The IX Sydney International Piano Competition took place at the Seymour Centre in Sydney from 16 July to 2 August 2008.

It was won by Konstantin Shamray.

Jury

Prizes

Winner
1st Grand Prize Russia Konstantin Shamray
2nd Prize Russia Tatyana Kolesova
3rd Prize Israel Ran Dank
4th Prize Japan Takashi Sato
5th Prize Japan Tomoki Kitamura
6th Prize United States Eric Zuber
Australian SQ engagement Russia Konstantin Shamray
People's Choice Prize Russia Konstantin Shamray
Best Female competitor Russia Tatyana Kolesova
Best Australian competitor Australia Hoang Pham
Best Australian Music performance Japan Tomoki Kitamura
Best Mozart Concerto performance Russia Konstantin Shamray
Best overall Concerto performance Israel Ran Dank
Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance Russia Konstantin Shamray
Best Beethoven performance Russia Konstantin Shamray
Best Chopin performance Japan Takashi Sato
Best Liszt performance United States Eric Zuber
Best Liszt Study performance United States Charlie Albright
Best Rachmaninoff performance Israel Ran Dank
Best Chamber Music performance Russia Tatyana Kolesova
Best Mozart performance Russia Konstantin Shamray
Best Schubert performance Japan Tomoki Kitamura
Best Debussy Prélude performance Israel Ran Dank
Best Russian Music performance Russia Tatyana Kolesova
Best Romantic Music overall performance South Korea Yoonsoo Rhee
Best Haydn Sonata performance South Korea Yoonsoo Rhee
Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize Kazakhstan Daniil Tsvetkov
I Round Encouragement Award China Feng Zhang
Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award Australia Alexei Yemtsov
Semi-finals Encouragement Award Italy Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
Youngest finalist Japan Tomoki Kitamura
Youngest Australian competitor Australia Hoang Pham

Works commissioned for the competition

Competition results (by rounds)

First round

16–17 July 2008

  • United States Charlie Albright
  • Italy Fernando Altamura
  • Portugal Manuel Araujo
  • Italy Marco Ciampi
  • United States Sean Chen
  • Israel Ran Dank
  • United Kingdom Christopher Devine
  • Australia John Fisher
  • Hungary Balázs Fülei
  • Australia David Fung
  • Australia Adam Herd
  • Russia Elizaveta Ivanova
  • Italy Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
  • Japan Miya Kazauka
  • Japan Tomoki Kitamura
  • Russia Tatyana Kolesova
  • Russia Eduard Kunz
  • Hong Kong Ka-Ling Colleen Lee
  • South Korea Miyeon Lee
  • United States Ryan McEvoy McCullough
  • Spain José Menor Martín
  • Australia Hoang Pham
  • South Korea Yoonsoo Rhee
  • Russia Sergey Saratovsky
  • Japan Takashi Sato
  • Russia Konstantin Shamray
  • South Korea Yekwon Sunwoo
  • Kazakhstan Daniil Tsvetkov
  • Italy Mariangela Vacatello
  • China Xun Wang
  • Poland Wojciech Wisniewski
  • Australia Alexei Yemtsov
  • Taiwan Chun-Chieh Yen
  • China Feng Zhang
  • China Xi-Xi Zhou
  • China Hao Zhu
  • United States Eric Zuber

Quarterfinals

21–22 July 2008

  • United States Charlie Albright
  • Italy Fernando Altamura
  • United States Sean Chen
  • Israel Ran Dank
  • United Kingdom Christopher Devine
  • Australia David Fung
  • Japan Tomoki Kitamura
  • Russia Tatyana Kolesova
  • South Korea Miyeon Lee
  • Spain José Menor Martín
  • Australia Hoang Pham
  • South Korea Yoonsoo Rhee
  • Italy Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
  • Russia Sergey Saratovsky
  • Japan Takashi Sato
  • Russia Konstantin Shamray
  • Kazakhstan Daniil Tsvetkov
  • Italy Mariangela Vacatello
  • Australia Alexei Yemtsov
  • China Hao Zhu
  • United States Eric Zuber

Semifinals

23–25 July 2008

  • United States Charlie Albright
  • Israel Ran Dank
  • Japan Tomoki Kitamura
  • Russia Tatyana Kolesova
  • South Korea Miyeon Lee
  • Australia Hoang Pham
  • Italy Shizuka Susanna Salvemini
  • Japan Takashi Sato
  • Russia Konstantin Shamray
  • Kazakhstan Daniil Tsvetkov
  • Italy Mariangela Vacatello
  • United States Eric Zuber

Final

29 July – 2 August 2008

References

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