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January 2013

USASU International Piano Competition
ASU Herberger Institute
School of Music

Honorary Advisory Board
Sulamita Aronovsky, UK
Jaime Ingram, Panama
Jerome Lowenthal, USA
Garrick Ohlsson, USA
Menahem Pressler, USA
Pnina Salzman, Israel (in memoriam)

Competitors

ages 19–32 | ages 16–18 | ages 13–15

Bösendorfer USASU International Piano Competition
(ages 19-32)

Elina Akselrud

21, Country: Ukraine

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
• Bach: Italian concerto in F major, BWV 971
  • I. –
  • II. Andante
  • III. Presto
• Prokofiev: Sarcasms, Op. 17
  • Tempestoso
  • Allegro rubato
  • Allegro precipitato
  • Smanioso
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Sonata in C minor, K. 4
  • Molto allegro
  • Adagio
  • Allegro assai
• Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22
• Skoryk: Burlesque

 

Yelena Beriyeva

23, Country: Georgia/USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
• Handel: 21 Variations in G major
• Schumann/Liszt: “Liebeslied” in A-flat major
• Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Sonata in F major, K. 547
  • Allegro
  • Allegretto
• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

 

Anna Bulkina

24, Country: Russia

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1
• Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35
  • Intermezzo in C-sharp minor, Op. 117 No. 3
• Gubaydulina: Chaconne
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
  • Allegro
  • Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
  • Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
  • Presto con fuoco
• Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35
  • Books I and II

 

Yi-Yang Chen

20, Country: Taiwan

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1
• Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, WTC I, BWV 861
• Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 36
  • I. Allegro Agitato
• Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 126
  • Andante con moto, Cantabile compiacevole
  • Allegro
  • Andante, Cantabile e grazioso
  • Presto
  • Quasi allegretto
  • Presto
• Prokofiev: Sarcasms, Op. 17
  • Tempestoso
  • Allegro rubato
  • Allegro precipitato
  • Smanioso
  • Precipitosissimo

 

Jana Cheteleva

25, Country: Macedonia

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12
• Bach/Busoni: Chaconne in D minor from Violin Partita
  • No. 2, BWV 1004
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in C minor, Op. 39 No. 1
• Vladigerov: Autumn Elegia
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op. 109
  • Vivace ma non troppo
  • Prestissimo
  • Andante, molto cantabile ed espressivo
• Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
  • XVII. Allegretto
  • XVIII. Molto allegro
  • XIX. Vivace
  • XX. Largo
  • XXI. Cantabile
  • XXII. Molto agitato
  • XXIII. Moderato
  • XXIV. Allegro appassionato
• Prokofeiv: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

 

Ana Cristea

23, Country: Moldova

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6
• Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K. 310
  • Allegro maestoso
  • Andante cantabile con espressione
  • Presto
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in C minor, Op. 39 No. 1
  • Etude-Tableaux in E-flat minor, Op. 39 No. 5
• Gubaidulina: Chaconne
• Bartok: Out of Doors, Sz. 81
  • With Drums and Pipes
  • Barcarolla
  • Musettes
  • The Night’s Music
  • The Chase

 

Anastasia Dedik

29, Country: Russia

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5
• Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp minor, Op. 15 No. 2
• Chopin: Waltz in E minor, Op. posthmus
• Rameau: Les Rappel Des Oiseaux
• Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
  • Allegro Assai
  • Andante con moto
  • Allegro ma non troppo
• Bach/Petri: “Sheep May Safely Graze”
• Tchaikovsky/Pletnev: Concert Suite from Nutcracker
  • I. March
  • II. Danse de la Fée Dragée
  • IV. Intermezzo
  • V. Trepak
  • VII. Andante

 

Rabiga Dyussembayeva

23, Country: Kazakhstan

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
• Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2
• Bach/Busoni: Chaconne in D minor from Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 7
  • Allegro molto e con brio
  • Largo, con gran espressione
  • Allegro
  • Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
• Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
  • Vivacissimo: So rasch wie möglich
  • Andantino
  • Scherzo: Sehr rasch und markiert
  • Rondo: Presto

 

Anzhelika Fuks

23, Country: Ukraine

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
• Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”
  • Das Lebewohl
  • Abwesenheit
  • Das Wiedersehen
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major, S. 244
• Final Round:
• Haydn: Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI: 50
  • Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Allegro molto
• Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
  • Allegro agitato
  • Non allegro
  • Allegro molto

 

Vladimir Gligoric

31, Country: Serbia

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8
• Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
• Rachmaninoff: Musical Moments, Op. 16
  • II. Allegretto
  • III. Andante cantabile
  • IV. Presto
  • V. Adagio sostenuto
• Mozart/Volodos: Turkish March
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
  • Allegro assai
  • Andante con moto
  • Allegro ma non troppo
• Liszt: Annes de Pelerinage, Vol. II, S. 161
  • VII. Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata

 

Hee Jun Han

20, Country: Republic of Korea

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
• Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
  • Des Abends
  • Aufschwung
  • Warum?
  • Grillen
  • In der Nacht
  • Fabel
  • Traumes Wirren
  • Ende vom Lied
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor, WoO. 80
• Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S. 178
  

 

Oleksii Ivanchenko

25, Country: Ukraine

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
• Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op 17
  • I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
  • - Im Legendenton - Tempo primo
• Strauss/Evler: Arabesques on themes from “By the beautiful Blue Danube”
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 101
  • Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung.
  • Lebhaft. Marschmäßig.
  • Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll.
  • Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit.
• Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
  • Ondine
  • Le gibet
  • Scarbo

 

Jennifer Shinyoung Ju

29, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Six Paganini Etudes, S. 141
  • II. –
• Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
  • Allegro agitato
  • Non allegro
  • Allegro molto
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Six Variations in F on an Original Theme, Op. 34
• Scriabin: Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19
  • Andante
  • Presto
• Rachmaninoff/Richardson: Vocalise, Op 34 No. 14
• Balakirev: Islamey, Oriental Fantasy

 

Zhenni Li

23, Country: Peoples Republic of China

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139
  • V. Feux Follets
• Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173
  • VII. Funérailles
• Debussy: Images, Book I
  • Reflets dans l’eau
  • Hommage à Rameau
  • Mouvement
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 101
  • Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung.
  • Lebhaft. Marschmäßig.
  • Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll.
  • Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit.
• Libermann: Gargoyles, Op. 29
  • Presto
  • Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
  • Allegro moderato
  • Presto feroce

 

Hyeyeon Park

27, Country: Republic of Korea

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No 8
  • Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7
• Beethoven: Rondo in C major, Op. 51 No. 1
• Ravel: La Valse
• Final Round:
• Haydn: Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI: 48
  • Andante con espressione
  • Rondo: Presto
• Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
  • Allegro maestoso
  • Scherzo: Allegro vivace
  • Largo
  • Finale: Presto non tanto

 

JuYoung Park

20, Country: Republic of Korea

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
• Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
  • I. Allegro
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in A minor, Op. 39 No. 6
• Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A major Op. 82
  • I. Allegro moderato
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
  • Allegro con brio
  • Introduzione-Adagio molto
  • Rondo-Allegretto moderato
• Barber: Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26
  • IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirit
• Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
  • III. Scarbo
• Schubert/Liszt: Schwanengesang, S. 560
  • Ständchen
• Schubert/Liszt: Song Transcriptions for Piano
  • Der Erlkönig, S. 558 No. 4

 

Sun-A Park

22, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Two Concert Etudes, S. 145
  • II. Gnomenreigen
• Corigliano: Etude-Fantasy
  • I. For the left hand
  • II. Legato
  • III. Fifths to Thirds
  • IV. Ornaments
• Final Round:
• Haydn: Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI: 50
  • Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Allegro Moltro
• Bach: Capriccio on the Departure of his Beloved Brother, BWV 992
• Liszt: Scherzo and March, S. 177

 

Oleksandr Poliykov

22, Country: Ukraine

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139
  • XII. Chasse Neige
• Wagner/Liszt: Tannhäuser Overture
• Final Round:
• Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958
  • Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Menuetto: Allegro-Trio
  • Allegro
• Scriabin: Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 12 No. 8
• Schubert/Liszt: Erlkönig

 

Chris Rice

22, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
• Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
• Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, K. 135
• Prokofiev: Ten Pieces, Op. 12
  • VI. Legend
• Prokofiev: Tocatta in D minor, Op. 11
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Sonata in F major, K. 280
  • Allegro assai
  • Adagio
  • Presto
• Brahms: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118
  • I. Intermezzo in A minor
  • II. Intermezzo in A major
  • III. Ballade in G minor
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
• Chopin: Scherzo in B-flat minor, Op. 31

 

Ronaldo Rolim

24, Country: Brazil

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
• Szymnowski: Metopes, Op. 29
  • L’Île des Sirènes
  • Calypso
  • Nausicaa
• Final Round:
• Schubert: Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960
  • Molto moderato
  • Andante sostenuto
  • Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio
  • Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto
• Scriabin: Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 30

 

Jeong-ah Ryu

25, Country: Republic of Korea

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
• Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII: 6
• Vine: Five Bagatelles
  • I. Darkly
  • II. Leggiero e legato
  • III. –
  • IV. –
  • V. Therenody (for all of the innocent victims): Gently
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
  • Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchhaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
  • Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen
• Messian: Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
  • XIII. Noël
• Liszt: Annes de Pelerinage, Vol. II, S. 161
  • VII. Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata

 

Anton Smirnov

26, Country: Russia

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5
• Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, WTC II, BWV 885
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in C minor, Op. 39 No. 1
  • Etude-Tableaux in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
• Gounod/Liszt: Waltz from the opera “Faust”, S. 407
• Final Round:
• Haydn: Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 52
  • Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Presto
• Stravinsky: Trois Movements de Petrushka
  • Dance russe
  • Chez Pétrouchka
  • Le semaine grasse
• Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

 

Konstantin Soukhovetski

29, Country: Russia/USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
• Prokofiev: Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29
  • Allegro molto sostenuto
  • Andante assai
  • Allegro con brio, ma non leggiero
• Wagner/Liszt: Isolde’s Liebestod
• Final Round:
• Schubert: Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960
  • Molto moderato
  • Andante sostenuto
  • Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio
  • Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto
• Ravel: La Valse

 

Tsotne Tsotskhalashvili

19, Country: Georgia

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
• Bach: Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
  • Toccata
  • Allemande
  • Courante
  • Air
  • Sarabande
  • Tempo di Gavotta
  • Gigue
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K. 511
• Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus
  • XV. Le baiser de l’enfant-Jésus
• Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
• Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4

 

Hsiang Tu

31, Country: Taiwan/USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Six Paganini Etudes, S. 141
  • II. –
• Sweelinck: Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End”
• Scriabin: Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19
  • Andante
  • Presto
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 “Quasi una fantasia“
  • Andante-Allegro-Andante
  • Allegro molto e vivace
  • Adagio con espressione
  • Allegro vivace
• Schumann: Humoresque, Op. 20

 

Maya Tuylieva

29, Country: Turkmenistan

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Three Concert Etudes, S. 144
  • II. La leggierezza
• Chopin: Etude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
• Scriabin: Etude in E major, Op. 8 No. 5
• Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
  • I. So rasch wie möglich
• Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, K. 27
  • Sonata in B minor, K. 87
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Sonata in C minor, K. 457
  • Molto Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Allegro Assai
• Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, WTC II, BWV 8
• Liszt: Annes de Pelerinage, Vol. II, S. 161
  • VII. Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata

 

Yinfei Wang

24, Country: Peoples Republic of China

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1
  • Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5
• Schumann: Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14
  • I. Allegro brillante
  • III. Quasi variazioni: Andantino de Clara Wieck
• Bartok: Out of Doors, Sz. 81
  • I. With Drums and Pipes
  • II. Musettes
  • V. The Chase
• Final Round:
• Schubert: Sonata in C minor, D. 958
  • Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Menuetto: Allegro-Trio
  • Allegro
• Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
  • I. Ondine
  • III. Scarbo

 

Wanchen Zhu

24, Country: Peoples Republic of China

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
• Medtner: Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39
  • IV. Canzona Matinata
• Ravel: La Valse
• Final Round:
• Haydn: Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23
  • Moderato
  • Adagio
  • Presto
• Liebermann: Gargoyles, Op. 29
  • Presto
  • Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
  • Allegro moderato
  • Presto feroce
• Sgambati: Melodie de Gluck
• Liszt: Annes de Pelerinage, Vol. II, S. 161
  • VII. Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata

[top]

 

Schimmel USASU International Piano Competition for Young Pianists
(Senior Competition: ages 16-18)

Kevin Ahfat

16, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139
  • VII. Eroica
• Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
  • I. Ondine
• Haydn: Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 52
  • I. Allegro
• Final Round:
• Schubert: Impromptu in B-flat major, Op. 142 No. 3
• Berg: Piano Sonata Op. 1
• Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139
  • VIII. Wilde Jagd

 

Dennis Fang

16, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5
• Liszt/Gounod: Waltz from Faust Concert Paraphrase, S. 407
• Bartok: Sonata, Sz. 80
  • Allegro moderato
  • Sostenuto e pesante
  • Allegro molto
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
  • Allegro con brio
  • Introduzione. Adagio molto
  • Rondo. Allegretto moderato
• Busoni: Sonatina Super, “Carmen”
• Prokofiev: Diabolic Suggestion, Op. 4 No. 4

 

Anthony Giovann Tamayo Illescas

18, Country: Mexico

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6
• Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in A minor, Op. 39 no. 6
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”
  • Das Lebewohl
  • Abwesenheit
  • Das Wiedersehen
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in A minor, Op. 39 No. 2
• Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

 

Yesse Kim

18, Country: Republic of Korea

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Two Concert Etudes, S. 145
  • II. Gnomenreigen
• Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major, WTC II, BWV 884
• Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat major, Op. 61
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1, “Quasi una Fantasia”
  • Andante
  • Allegro molto e vivace
  • Adagio con esspresione
  • Allegro vivace
• Liebermann: Gargoyles, Op. 29
  • Presto
  • Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
  • Allegro moderato
  • Presto feroce

 

Ryan Reilly

18, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
• Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
  • I. Allegro
• Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, WTC II, BWV 883
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op. 109
  • Vivace ma non troppo
  • Prestissimo
  • Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung
• Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

 

Stephanie Tang

16, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8
• Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
  • I. Ondine
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor, S. 244
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
  • Allegro Assai
  • Andante con moto
  • Allegro ma non troppo
• Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in D major, Op. 39 No. 9

 

Lior Willinger

17, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7
  • Etude in A-flat major, Op. 10 No. 10
• Schumann: Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 11
• I. Introduzione. Un poco Adagio-Allegro vivace
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in F major Op. 10 No. 2
  • Allegro
  • Allegretto
  • Presto
• Vine: Sonata No. 1 (1990)
  • Lento
  • Leggiero e legato

 

Min Joo Yi

16, Country: Republic of Korea

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
• Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
  • I. Ondine
• Balakirev: Islamey, Oriental Fantasy
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 330
  • Allegro moderato
  • Andante cantabile
  • Allegretto
• Liszt: Spanish Rhapsodie, S. 254

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Schimmel USASU International Piano Competition for Young Pianists
(Junior Competition: ages 13-15)

Anahit Arushanyan

13, Country: Armenia

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6
• Liszt: Sonnet di Petrarca N. 123
• Rachmaninoff: Musical Moments, Op. 16
  • IV. Presto
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Fantasy in C minor, K. 4
• Prokofiev: Four Pieces, Op. 4
  • IV. Diabolic Suggestion
• Goldstein/Strauss: Thousand and One Nights Waltz

 

Joey (IanJoe) Chang

15, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12
• Prokofiev: Sonata No. 5 in C major, Op. 38
  • I. Allegro tranquillo
• Scriabin: Polonaise in B-flat major, Op. 21
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 78
  • Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
  • Allegro vivace
• Ravel: Mirrors Suite
  • III. Une barque sur l’océan
  • IV. Alborada del gracioso

 

Gabrielle Chou

15, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
• Bach: Partita No 2 in C minor, BWV 826
  • I. Sinfonia
• Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
  • I. Allegro con brio
• Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

 

Seika Ishida

13, Country: Japan

• Semi-final Round:
• Liszt: Three Concert Etudes, S. 144
  • II. La leggierezza
• Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
• Final Round:
• Mozart: Sonata in F major, K. 280
  • I. Allegro Assai
• Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1
  • Allegro
• Verdi/Liszt: Rigoletto, Concert Paraphrase for Piano, S. 434

 

Phoebe Pan

13, Country: USA

• Semi-final Round:
• Chopin: Etude in G-flat major, Op. 25 No. 9
• Bach: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother in B-flat major, BWV 992
• Final Round:
• Haydn: Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 52
  • I. Allegro
• Liebermann: Nocturne No. 5, Op. 55
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8 in F-sharp minor, S. 244

 

Tristan Teo

13, Country: Canada

• Semi-final Round:
• Moszkowski: Etude in G minor, Op. 72 No. 2
• Bach/Liszt: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543, S. 462/1
• Prokofiev: Toccata, Op. 11
• Final Round:
• Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
  • I. Allegro Assai
• Schubert/Liszt: Schwanengesang, S. 560
  • Ständchen
• Kapustin: Concert Etude, Op. 40 No. 3, “Toccatina”

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