XVI Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition
The XVI Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition took place at the Palacio de Festivales in Santander, Spain, from July 25 to August 7, 2008. Twenty pianists, selected through three shortlists of candidates (Madrid, Moscow and New York) took part in the event. The Dresden Philharmonic accompanied the three finalists in the final on August 6. Both the Semi-finals and the Final were broadcast through TVE.
Jury
[edit]Dmitry Alexeev
Klaus Hellwig
Jerome Lowenthal
Luis Pereira Leal
Sergio Perticaroli
Jerome Rose
Jacques Rouvier
Yang Liqing
Maria Tipo could not travel to Santander due to health problems.[1]
Competition results, by rounds
[edit]First round
[edit]July 25–27, 16:00-23:00. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Pereda. Recital.
Alina Artemyeva
Lucas Blondeel
Stefan Ciric
Emmanuel Christien
François Dumont
Kotarô Fukuma
Vyacheslav Gryaznov
Violetta Khachikian
Ka Ling Colleen Lee
Hyo Sun Lim
Wu Muye
Akiko Nikami
Yuma Osaki
Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
Anastasya Terenkova
Jue Wang
Andrey Yaroshinsky
Avan Yu
Yubo Zhou
Zuo Zhang
Second round
[edit]July 29-August 1, 16:00-23:00. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Pereda. Recital + Chamber music (quintet).
Alina Artemyeva
Lucas Blondeel
Stefan Ciric
Emmanuel Christien
Kotarô Fukuma
Ka Ling Colleen Lee
Hyo Sun Lim
Wu Muye
Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
Jue Wang
Andrey Yaroshinsky
Avan Yu
Semi-finals
[edit]August 3–4, 21:00. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Argenta. Mozart piano concerto.
Kotarô Fukuma
Ka Ling Colleen Lee
Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
Jue Wang
Andrey Yaroshinsky
Avan Yu
Real Philharmonía de Galicia. Juanjo Mena, conductor.
Final
[edit]August 6. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Argenta. Symphonic piano concerto.
Dresden Philharmonic. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor.
- First Prize: Jue Wang
- Second Prize: Avan Yu
- Third Prize: Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
- Audience Prize: Avan Yu
References
[edit]- ^ "A health problem prevents Mario Tipo from serving as a jury". Albeniz Foundation. July 27, 2008.[dead link]