Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Appearance
The Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition took place in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 25 to June 10, 2017.
Commissioned work
[edit]All competitors were required to play the commissioned work in their 45-minute Preliminary Round recital. It was Toccata on "L'homme armé", a 4- to 6-minute work composed by pianist-composer jury member Marc-André Hamelin.[1]
Jury
[edit]Competition Jury
[edit]- Leonard Slatkin, jury chairman
- Arnaldo Cohen
- Christopher Elton
- Marc-André Hamelin
- Joseph Kalichstein
- Mari Kodama
- Anne-Marie McDermott
- Alexander Toradze
Screening Jury
[edit]- Dmitri Alexeev
- Michel Beroff
- Janina Fialkowska
- James Parker
- Pamela Mia Paul
Awards
[edit]Winners of the top prizes:
Gold Medalist | Silver Medalist | Bronze Medalist | Audience Award |
---|---|---|---|
Yekwon Sunwoo | Kenneth Broberg | Daniel Hsu | Rachel Cheung |
Applicants
[edit]A record 290 entries from 43 countries were received for the competition.[2] On March 7, 2017 the 30 competitors from 17 countries were announced.[3]
Competitors
[edit]- Martin James Bartlett, United Kingdom, age 20
- Sergey Belyavskiy, Russia, 23
- Alina Bercu, Romania, 27
- Kenneth Broberg, United States, 23
- Luigi Carroccia, Italy, 25
- Han Chen, Taiwan, 25
- Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong, 25
- Yury Favorin, Russia, 30
- Madoka Fukami, Japan, 28
- Mehdi Ghazi, Algeria/Canada, 28, (he withdrew from the competition)
- Caterina Grewe, Germany, 29
- Daniel Hsu, United States, 19
- Alyosha Jurinic, Croatia, 28
- Nikolay Khozyainov, Russia, 24
- Dasol Kim, South Korea, 28
- Honggi Kim, South Korea, 25
- Su Yeon Kim, South Korea, 23
- Julia Kociuban, Poland, 25
- Rachel Naomi Kudo, United States/Japan, 30
- Eun-Ae Lee, South Korea, 29
- Ilya Maximov, Russia, 30
- Sun-A Park, United States, 29
- Leonardo Pierdomenico, Italy, 24
- Philipp Scheucher, Austria, 24
- Ilya Shmukler, Russia, 22
- Yutong Sun, China, 21
- Yekwon Sunwoo, South Korea, 28
- Georgy Tchaidze, Russia, 29
- Tristan Teo, Canada, 20
- Tony Yike Yang, Canada, 18
Results
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References
[edit]- ^ "Commissioned Work". The Cliburn. The Cliburn. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "Record Number of Entries". The Cliburn. The Cliburn. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "2017 Competitors". The Cliburn. The Cliburn. Retrieved 19 April 2017.