IV Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition

The Fourth Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition took place in Minneapolis – Saint Paul from June 29 to July 10, 2009.

Jury

• Alexander Braginsky (nonvoting chairman)
• David Dubal
• Akiko Ebi
• Gabriel Kwok
• Nikolai Petrov
• Jerome Rose
• Jeremy Siepmann
• Arie Vardi

Awards

Award	Winner	Notes
1st prize	Alessandro Taverna	Cash award of US $25,000.
2nd prize	Pavel Yeletskiy	Cash award of US $15,000.
3rd prize	Hélène Tysman	Cash award of US $10,000.
4th prize	Eric Zuber	Cash award of US $6,000.
5th prize	Howard Na	Cash award of US $5,000.
6th prize	Grace Eun Hae Kim	Cash award of US $4,000.
Schubert prize	Pavel Yeletskiy	Cash award of US $3,000 by The Schubert Club. Awarded to one contestant for the best performance of a Schubert Sonata. Yeletskiy performed the Schubert Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894 (Op. 78).

Competition results, by rounds

Preliminary Round

February 12–15, Yamaha Artist Services Inc. (Piano Salon), New York City.

1st Round

June 30-July 4, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.

• Chao-yin Cai
• Elmar Gasanov
• Vyacheslav Gryaznov
• Ran Jia
• Andrej Jussow
• Grace Eunhae Kim
• Eduard Kunz
• Hanchien Lee
• Howard Na
• Piotr Rozanski
• Yukiko Sekino
• Alexander Seredenko
• Rui Shi
• Andrew Staupe
• Konstantin Soukhovetski
• Young-Ah Tak
• Alessandro Taverna
• Anastasya Terenkova
• Hélène Tysman
• Clara Hui Yang
• Pavel Yeletskiy
• Dizhou Zhao
• Denis Zhdanov
• Eric Zuber

References

• Alink-Argerich Foundation

See also

• Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition