Hong Kong International Piano Competition

The Hong Kong International Piano Competition was first held in 2005. It is organized by the Chopin Society of Hong Kong, its Honorary President, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Since 1972 he has been a citizen of Iceland, his wife Þórunn's country of birth. Since 1978, because of his many obligations in Europe, he and his family have resided in Meggen, near Lucerne in Switzerland...

, serving as the jury's chairman.

Palmares


Year
2005	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	Finalists
	Ilya Rashkovsky Ilya Rashkovsky Ilya Rashkovsky is a Russian pianist.He is a pupil of Vladimir Krainev at the Musikhochschule Hannover. At 17 Rashkovsky was second to Dong-Hyek Lim at the XXII Long-Thibaud Competition, and subsequently won the XLVIII Premio de Jaén and the inaugural edition of the Hong Kong Competition...	Wen-Yu Shen	Sung-Hoon Kim Sung-Hoon Kim Sung-Hoon Kim is a South Korean pianist.-References:* Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition* Hong Kong International Piano Competition...	Ka-Ling Colleen Lee Colleen Lee Colleen Lee Ka-ling is a Hong Kong pianist who won the 6th place prize in the 15th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in 2005.-Biography:...
				Mei Yi Foo
				Andrey Ponochevny Andrey Ponochevny Andrey Ponochevny is a prize-winning pianist born in Minsk, Belarus on December 31, 1976. He graduated at the Belarussian State Academy of Music in 2001, and soon afterward was awarded the Bronze Medal at the XIII Tchaikovsky competition. Mr. Ponochevny, who had settled in the American scene after...
2008	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	4th Prize
	Jin Sang Lee Jin Sang Lee Jinsang Lee is a South Korean classical pianist.Born in Seoul, Lee began his education at Korea National University of Arts, where he attended the classes of Professor Daejin Kim. He graduated in 2003...	Jong-Hai Park	Miao Huang	Hye Jin Kim
				5th prize
				Helene Tysman

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