Sydney International Piano Competition 

Piano
Date:
Seasonality: Every four year
Phone: +61 2 9241 3291
Website: Discover
The competition was established in July 1977 by Claire Dan, with co-founders Rex Hobcroft and Robert Tobias, and was admitted as a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1978. The Artistic Director from its inception until 2015 was Warren Thomson, who also served as chairman of the jury from 1992 until 2012. In April 2015, following Thomson's death in February, Piers Lane (a former competitor and juror) was announced as the Artistic Director of the 2016 competition.
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021
Juries
Winners
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Alan Piers Lane
Jury
Piano
Australian
Alexander Jenner
Jury
Piano
Austrian
Aquiles Delle Vigne
Jury
Piano
Belgian
Arie Vardi
Jury
Piano
Israeli
John O’Conor
Jury
Piano
Irish
Nancy Bricard Woods
Jury
Piano
American
Xiang-dong Kong
Jury
Piano
Chinese
Warren Thomson
President
Piano
Australian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Alexander Lubyantsev
5th Prize
Piano
Russian
Ayano Shimada
4th Prize
Piano
Japanese
Chu-Fang Huang
6th Prize
Piano
Chinese
Daniel de Borah
3rd Prize
Piano
Australian
John Chen
1st Prize
Piano
New-zealander
Rem Urasin
2nd Prize
Piano
Russian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Aquiles Delle Vigne
Jury
Piano
Belgian
Arie Vardi
Jury
Piano
Israeli
Choong-Mo Kang
Jury
Piano
Korean
Heinz Medjimorec
Jury
Piano
Austrian
Ian David Munro
Jury
Piano
Australian
Manana Doidjashvili
Jury
Piano
Georgian
Michael Brimer
Jury
Piano
Australian
Norma Fisher
Jury
Piano
British
Warren Thomson
President
Piano
Australian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Alexey Yemtsov
Paul & Helena Haas Encouragement Award
Piano
Ukrainian
Charlie Albright
Best Performance of a Study by Liszt in Stage I
Piano
American
Daniil Tsvetkov
Best performance of a Virtuoso Study in Stage I
Piano
Russian
Eric Zuber
6th Prize
Piano
American
Eric Zuber
Best Performance of a work by Lizst (excluding Studies) in Stage I
Piano
American
Feng Zhang
Encouragement Award
Piano
Chinese
Hoang Pham
Best Australian Pianist
Piano
Vietnamese
Konstantin Shamray
1st Prize
Piano
Russian
Konstantin Shamray
Best Performance of a 19th or 20th Century Concerto
Piano
Russian
Konstantin Shamray
Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto
Piano
Russian
Konstantin Shamray
Best Performance of a work by Beethoven
Piano
Russian
Konstantin Shamray
Best performance of a work by Mozart
Piano
Russian
Konstantin Shamray
People’s Choice Prize
Piano
Russian
Mariangela Vacatello
Encouragement Award
Piano
Italian
Ran Dank
3rd Prize
Piano
Israeli
Ran Dank
Best Overall Performer of Two Concertos
Piano
Israeli
Ran Dank
Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in Stage III
Piano
Israeli
Ran Dank
Best Performance of a work by Rachmaninov
Piano
Israeli
Takashi Sato
4th Prize
Piano
Japanese
Takashi Sato
Best Performance of a work by Chopin
Piano
Japanese
Tatiana Kolesova
2nd Prize
Piano
Russian
Tatiana Kolesova
Best Chamber Music Performance
Piano
Russian
Tatiana Kolesova
Best Performance of a work by a Russian composer in Stages I-IV
Piano
Russian
Tomoki Kitamura
5th Prize
Piano
Japanese
Tomoki Kitamura
Best Performance of an Australian work in Stage III
Piano
Japanese
Tomoko Kitamura
Best Performance of a work by Schubert
Piano
Japanese
Yoon Soo Rhee
Best Overall Performance of a work from the Romantic Period in Stages I-V
Piano
Korean
Yoon Soo Rhee
Best performance of a Sonata by Haydn in Stage III
Piano
Korean
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Aquiles Delle Vigne
Jury
Piano
Belgian
Arie Vardi
Jury
Piano
Israeli
Dan-Wei Wei
Jury
Piano
Chinese
Heinz Medjimorec
Jury
Piano
Austrian
Manana Doijashvili
Jury
Piano
Georgian
Michael Brimer
Jury
Piano
Australian
Norma Fisher
Jury
Piano
British
Philip Shock
Jury
Piano
Australian
Warren Thomson
President
Piano
Australian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Alex Raineri
Encouragement Award for the Youngest Australian Pianist in the Competition
Piano
Australian
Arta Arnicane
Semi Finalists
Piano
Latvian
Avan Yu
1st Prize
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Best Overall Performance of a work from the Romantic period in Stages I-IV
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Best Performance of a 19th or 20th Century Concerto
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Best Performance of a Chamber Music Work
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Best performance of a Sonata by Haydn in Stage III
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Best Performance of a work by Beethoven
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Best Performance of a work by Ravel
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Encouragement Award for the runner-up of the People’s Choice Prize
Piano
Canadian
Avan Yu
Prize for the Best Male Pianist
Piano
Canadian
Dmitry Onishchenko
3rd Prize
Piano
Ukrainian
Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in Stage II
Piano
Ukrainian
Dmitry Onishchenko
Best Performance of an Australian work in Stage III
Piano
Ukrainian
Feng Bian
Best Performance of a Sonata by Clementi in any Stage of the Competition (NOT AWARDED)
Piano
Chinese
Feng Bian
Best Performance of the Virtuosa Study in Stage I
Piano
Chinese
Giulio Biddau
Semi Finalists
Piano
Italian
Dizhou Zhao
5th Prize
Piano
Chinese
Hao Zhu
Best Performance of a work by Chopin
Piano
Chinese
James Guan
Prize for the Best Australian Pianist
Piano
Australian
Jin-Hong Li
Semi Finalists
Piano
Chinese
Lu Shen
Semi Finalists
Piano
Chinese
Maya Irgalina
Paul & Helena Haas Encouragement Award
Piano
Belarusian
Mikhail Berestnev
4th Prize
Piano
Russian
Mikhail Berestnev
Best performance of a work by a Russian composer in Stages I-IV
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
2nd Prize
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Overall Performer of Two Concertos as voted by The Musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Performance of a Study by Liszt in Stage I
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Performance of a work by Liszt
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
Best Performance of a work by Schubert
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
Encouragement Award for Chamber work in Stage IV
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
Encouragement Award given after Stage II to a pianist not selected to proceed to the Quarter Finals
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
People’s Choice Prize
Piano
Russian
Nikolay Khozyainov
The Youngest Finalist
Piano
Russian
Stefano Guarascio
Semi Finalists
Piano
Italian
Tanya Gabrielian
6th Prize
Piano
American
Tanya Gabrielian
Best Female Competitor
Piano
American
Tanya Gabrielian
Best Performance of a work by Rachmaninov
Piano
American
Tanya Gabrielian
Prize for the Best Female Pianist
Piano
American
Tomoaki Yoshida
Best Performance of a work by Mozart
Piano
Japanese
Tomoaki Yoshida
Semi Finalists
Piano
Japanese
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Carl Vine
Jury
Piano
Australian
Ewa Kupiec
Jury
Piano
Polish
Hamish Milne
Jury
Piano
British
Mira Yevtich
Jury
Piano
Australian
Nikolai Demidenko
Jury
Piano
Russian
Noriko Ogawa
Jury
Piano
Japanese
Orli Shaham
Jury
Piano
American
Sa Chen
Jury
Piano
Chinese
Timothy Walker
Jury
Piano
Australian
Alan Piers Lane
President
Piano
Australian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Andrey Gugnin
1st Prize
Piano
Russian
Andrey Gugnin
Best 19th or 20th Century Concerto donated by Janice Tuynman in memory of her husband Hank Tuynman
Piano
Russian
Andrey Gugnin
Best Overall Concerto sponsored and selected by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Piano
Russian
Andrey Gugnin
Best Preliminaries Round 1 Recital donated by Ron, Lynn and Marcus Ogden
Piano
Russian
Andrey Gugnin
Best Violin and Piano Sonata donated by Susie Bate and Annie Moulden in memory of their uncle, Warren Thomson OAM
Piano
Russian
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev
2nd Prize
Piano
Russian
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev
Best Preliminaries Round 2 Recital donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
Piano
Russian
Daniel Lebhardt
Most Promising Pianist Sponsored by Universal Music Australia
Piano
Hungarian
Jianing Kong
6th Prize
Piano
Chinese
Jianing Kong
Best 18th Century Concerto donated by Drs Keith and Eileen Ong
Piano
Chinese
Jianing Kong
Best Semi Finals Recital donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
Piano
Chinese
Kenny Broberg
4th Prize
Piano
American
Moye Chen
3rd Prize
Piano
Chinese
Oxana Shevchenko
5th Prize
Piano
Kazakhstani
Oxana Shevchenko
Best Piano Quintet donated by David and Jan Robinson
Piano
Kazakhstani
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Mira Yevtich
Jury
Piano
Australian
Olga Kern
Jury
Piano
Russian
Olivier Cazal
Jury
Piano
French
Seta Tanyel
Jury
Piano
Turkish
Thai Son Dang
Jury
Piano
Canadian
Vladimir Tropp
Jury
Piano
Russian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Alexander Gadjiev
Best Program Presentation in Semi Final or Final
Piano
Italian
Alexander Gadjiev
Edward Goll Best Performance of a work by Liszt
Piano
Italian
Alexander Gadjiev
Ernest Hutcheson First Prize
Piano
Italian
Alexander Gadjiev
Lance Dosser Best Performance of a work by a Classical period composer (excluding Beethoven)
Piano
Italian
Alexander Gadjiev
Malcolm Williamson Best Performance of an Australian Piece
Piano
Italian
Alexander Gadjiev
Miriam Hyde Best Performance of a work by a Romantic period composer (excluding Liszt)
Piano
Italian
Alexander Gadjiev
Roger Smalley Best Preliminary Recital
Piano
Italian
Alice Burla
William Murdoch Fourth Prize
Piano
Canadian
Calvin Abdiel
Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist
Piano
Australian
Anna Geniushene
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals
Piano
Russian
Anna Geniushene
Rex Hobcroft Best Performance of a work by Beethoven
Piano
Russian
Antonii Baryshevskyi
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals
Piano
Ukrainian
Artem Yasynskyy
Best Performance of a work from any period before 1950 by a rarely-played and unduly neglected composer
Piano
Ukrainian
Artem Yasynskyy
Best Program Construction in the Semi Final or Final
Piano
Ukrainian
Artem Yasynskyy
Ignaz Friedman Best Semi Final Recital
Piano
Ukrainian
Artem Yasynskyy
Isador Goodman Best Encore in the Preliminary or Finals
Piano
Ukrainian
Artem Yasynskyy
Percy Grainger Second Prize
Piano
Ukrainian
Artem Yasynskyy
Rhondda Gillespie Best Performance of a Twentieth-Century work
Piano
Ukrainian
Calvin Abdiel
An Overseas Scholarship for an Australian Competitor to Further Their Musical Career
Piano
Australian
Calvin Abdiel
George Frederick Boyle Third Prize
Piano
Australian
Kyoungsun Park
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals
Piano
South-korean
Philipp Lynov
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals
Piano
Russian
Shion Ota
Noel Mewton-Wood Sixth Prize
Piano
Japanese
Yangrui Cai
Geoffrey Tozer Most Promising Pianist not Proceeding to the Finals
Piano
Chinese
Yangrui Cai
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals
Piano
Chinese
Yu Nitahara
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals
Piano
Japanese