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Aarhus Piano Competition

Piano
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Seasonality: Every two years
Phone: +45 6043 8205
Website: Discover
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Aarhus International Piano Competition was established by Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, and Juhl-Sørensen A/S in 2009. The first competition took place in 2011 and the competition has been a biannual event since then. Former piano professor at The Royal Academy in Aarhus, Anne Øland originally had the idea of creating the competition. From the beginning she involved her piano students deeply in the process of creating the competition in order to make a competition from pianists to pianists with all the features that any pianist could dream of in a competition – ranging from scheduled and substantial practice possibilities, to a lounge where participants can meet and have a snack, to concert opportunities in Denmark for all competitors. The first competition was run by pianist and manager Dominik Falenski, but in 2012 pianists Rune Maahn Christensen and Christian Skovgaard Flarup took over the management of the competition, and they have been running it since. During its history the competition has been a central part of Danish music life since it is the only international piano competition in Denmark. In 2015 the competition took part in the celebration of the 150th birthday of Danish composer Carl Nielsen. The competition has been linked to Carl Nielsen since its beginning, as his piano works have always been mandatory for all competitors in the first round, thus making the competition one of the greatest ambassadors in the world for Carl Nielsen´s piano music.
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
Juries
Winners
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Albert Tiu
Jury
Piano
Filipino
Erik T. Tawaststjerna
Jury
Piano
Finland
Justas Dvarionas
Jury
Piano
Lithuanian
Kevin Kenner
Jury
Piano
American
Klaus Kaufmann
Jury
Piano
Austrian
Solomon Mikowsky
Jury
Piano
Cuban
Anne Øland
President
Piano
Danish
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Anastasia Sokolova
Category A: 1st Prize
Piano
Russian
Anastasia Sokolova
Category A: Audience Prize
Piano
Russian
Beatrice Rana
Category B: 1st Prize
Piano
Italian
Churen Li
Category A: 3rd Prize
Piano
Singaporean
Jamie Bergin
Category B: 2nd Prize
Piano
British
Jamie Bergin
Category B: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
British
Konstanca Dyulgerova
Category A: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Russian
Leonardo Colafelice
Category A: 2nd Prize
Piano
Italian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Erik T. Tawaststjerna
Jury
Piano
Finland
Jens Elvekjær
Jury
Piano
Danish
Justas Dvarionas
Jury
Piano
Lithuanian
Klaus Kaufmann
Jury
Piano
Austrian
Reiko Kikuchi
Jury
Piano
Japanese
Zelma Bodzin
Jury
Piano
American
Anne Øland
President
Piano
Danish
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Anastasia Sobyanina
Category B: 2nd Prize
Piano
Russian
Arash Rokni
Category B: 4th Prize
Piano
Iranian
Davit Khrikuli
Category A: 1st Prize
Piano
Georgian
Davit Khrikuli
Category A: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Georgian
German Kitkin
Category B: 3rd Prize
Piano
German
Leonardo Colafelice
Category B: 1st Prize
Piano
Italian
Leonardo Colafelice
Category B: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Italian
Leonardo Colafelice
Category B: Panorama Prize
Piano
Italian
Victoria Audrey Sarasvathy
Category A: 2nd Prize
Piano
German
Yelizaveta Kliucheriova
Category A: 3rd Prize
Piano
Russian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Christopher Elton
Jury
Piano
British
Erik T. Tawaststjerna
Jury
Piano
Finland
Irina Osipova
Jury
Piano
Russian
Jens Elvekjær
Jury
Piano
Danish
Uta Weyand
Jury
Piano
German
Zelma Bodzin
Jury
Piano
American
Anne Øland
President
Piano
Danish
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Alberto Ferro
Category B: 2nd Prize
Piano
Italian
Coco Ma
Category A: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Canadian
George Harliono-Evans
Category A: 2nd Prize
Piano
British
Irma Gigani
Category B: 4th Prize
Piano
Georgian
Joshua Han
Category A: 1st Prize
Piano
Australian
Joshua Han
Category A: Audience Prize
Piano
Australian
Myeong Hyeon Kim
Category B: 3rd Prize
Piano
South-korean
Philipp Scheucher
Category B: 1st Prize
Piano
Austrian
Philipp Scheucher
Category B: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Austrian
Yelizaveta Kliucheriova
Category A: 3rd Prize
Piano
Russian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Jury
Christopher Elton
Jury
Piano
British
Erik T. Tawaststjerna
Jury
Piano
Finland
Ewa Pobłocka
Jury
Piano
Polish
Jean-Paul Sevilla
Jury
Piano
French
Uta Weyand
Jury
Piano
German
Søren Rastogi
President
Piano
Danish
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Girim Choi
Category B: 3rd Prize
Piano
South-korean
Gustav Piekut
Category B: 2nd Prize
Piano
Danish
Gustav Piekut
Category B: Audience Prize
Piano
Danish
Gustav Piekut
Category B: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Danish
Hao-Wei Lin
Category A: 2nd Prize
Piano
Taiwanese
J Jun Li Bui
Category A: 3rd Prize
Piano
Canadian
J Jun Li Bui
Category A: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Canadian
Kyle Hu
Category A: 1st Prize
Piano
Taiwanese
Natalie Schwamová
Category B: 4th Prize
Piano
Czech
Rafael Kyrychenko
Category B: 1st Prize
Piano
Portuguese
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Jury
Antti Siirala
Jury
Piano
Caroline Hong
Jury
Piano
South-korean
Ewa Pobłocka
Jury
Piano
Polish
Markus Schirmer
Jury
Piano
Austrian
Zlata Chochieva
Jury
Piano
Russian
Søren Rastogi
President
Piano
Danish
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
David Munk-Nielsen
Category B: 2nd Prize
Piano
Danish
David Munk-Nielsen
Category B: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Danish
Ennian Bai
Category A: 1st Prize
Piano
Chinese
Hao Rao
Category A: 3rd Prize
Piano
Chinese
Ignas Maknickas
Category B: 3rd Prize
Piano
American
Jeonghwan Kim
Category B: 1st Prize
Piano
South-korean
Junhyung Kim
Category B: 4th Prize
Piano
South-korean
Ryan Martin Bradshaw
Category A: 2nd Prize
Piano
Slovakian
Ryan Martin Bradshaw
Category A: Audience Prize
Piano
Slovakian
Ryan Martin Bradshaw
Category A: Carl Nielsen Prize
Piano
Slovakian