Concours international de piano de Sydney

Piano

Date:

Seasonality: Tous les quatre ans

Phone: +61 2 9241 3291

Address: Po Box R104 Royal Exchange NSW, 1225, Australia

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

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President

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5th Prize

4th Prize

6th Prize

3rd Prize

1st Prize

2nd Prize

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President

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Paul & Helena Haas Encouragement Award

Best Performance of a Study by Liszt in Stage I

Best performance of a Virtuoso Study in Stage I

6th Prize

Best Performance of a work by Lizst (excluding Studies) in Stage I

Encouragement Award

Best Australian Pianist

1st Prize

Best Performance of a 19th or 20th Century Concerto

Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto

Best Performance of a work by Beethoven

Best performance of a work by Mozart

People’s Choice Prize

Encouragement Award

3rd Prize

Best Overall Performer of Two Concertos

Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in Stage III

Best Performance of a work by Rachmaninov

4th Prize

Best Performance of a work by Chopin

2nd Prize

Best Chamber Music Performance

Best Performance of a work by a Russian composer in Stages I-IV

5th Prize

Best Performance of an Australian work in Stage III

Best Performance of a work by Schubert

Best Overall Performance of a work from the Romantic Period in Stages I-V

Best performance of a Sonata by Haydn in Stage III

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President

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Encouragement Award for the Youngest Australian Pianist in the Competition

Semi Finalists

1st Prize

Best Overall Performance of a work from the Romantic period in Stages I-IV

Best Performance of a 19th or 20th Century Concerto

Best Performance of a Chamber Music Work

Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto

Best performance of a Sonata by Haydn in Stage III

Best Performance of a work by Beethoven

Best Performance of a work by Ravel

Encouragement Award for the runner-up of the People’s Choice Prize

Prize for the Best Male Pianist

3rd Prize

Best Performance of a Debussy Prelude in Stage II

Best Performance of an Australian work in Stage III

Best Performance of a Sonata by Clementi in any Stage of the Competition (NOT AWARDED)

Best Performance of the Virtuosa Study in Stage I

Semi Finalists

5th Prize

Best Performance of a work by Chopin

Prize for the Best Australian Pianist

Semi Finalists

Paul & Helena Haas Encouragement Award

4th Prize

Best performance of a work by a Russian composer in Stages I-IV

2nd Prize

Best Overall Performer of Two Concertos as voted by The Musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Best Performance of a Study by Liszt in Stage I

Best Performance of a work by Liszt

Best Performance of a work by Schubert

Encouragement Award for Chamber work in Stage IV

Encouragement Award given after Stage II to a pianist not selected to proceed to the Quarter Finals

People’s Choice Prize

The Youngest Finalist

Semi Finalists

6th Prize

Best Female Competitor

Best Performance of a work by Rachmaninov

Prize for the Best Female Pianist

Best Performance of a work by Mozart

Semi Finalists

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1st Prize

Best 19th or 20th Century Concerto donated by Janice Tuynman in memory of her husband Hank Tuynman

Best Overall Concerto sponsored and selected by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Best Preliminaries Round 1 Recital donated by Ron, Lynn and Marcus Ogden

Best Violin and Piano Sonata donated by Susie Bate and Annie Moulden in memory of their uncle, Warren Thomson OAM

2nd Prize

Best Preliminaries Round 2 Recital donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon

Most Promising Pianist Sponsored by Universal Music Australia

6th Prize

Best 18th Century Concerto donated by Drs Keith and Eileen Ong

Best Semi Finals Recital donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon

4th Prize

3rd Prize

5th Prize

Best Piano Quintet donated by David and Jan Robinson

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Best Program Presentation in Semi Final or Final

Edward Goll Best Performance of a work by Liszt

Ernest Hutcheson First Prize

Lance Dosser Best Performance of a work by a Classical period composer (excluding Beethoven)

Malcolm Williamson Best Performance of an Australian Piece

Miriam Hyde Best Performance of a work by a Romantic period composer (excluding Liszt)

Roger Smalley Best Preliminary Recital

William Murdoch Fourth Prize

Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals

Rex Hobcroft Best Performance of a work by Beethoven

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals

Best Performance of a work from any period before 1950 by a rarely-played and unduly neglected composer

Best Program Construction in the Semi Final or Final

Ignaz Friedman Best Semi Final Recital

Isador Goodman Best Encore in the Preliminary or Finals

Percy Grainger Second Prize

Rhondda Gillespie Best Performance of a Twentieth-Century work

An Overseas Scholarship for an Australian Competitor to Further Their Musical Career

George Frederick Boyle Third Prize

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals

Noel Mewton-Wood Sixth Prize

Geoffrey Tozer Most Promising Pianist not Proceeding to the Finals

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals