The XVI Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition is to take place in Santander

Santander, Cantabria

The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 183,446 .-History:...

, Spain

Spain

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's Palacio de Festivales, from July 25 to August 7, 2008. 20 pianists, selected through three shortlists of candidates (Madrid, Moscow and New York) are taking part in the event. The Dresden Philharmonic will accompany the three finalists in the final, scheduled for August 6. Both the Semi-finals and the Final will be broadcast through TVE.

Jury

• •   Dmitry Alexeev
    Dimitri Alexeev
    -Life:Dmitri Alexeev was a student at the Moscow Conservatory. He also studied under Dmitri Bashkirov. In the 1970s he made his debut in London, Vienna, Chicago and New York...
    
    
  •   Klaus Hellwig
  •   Jerome Lowenthal
    Jerome Lowenthal
    Jerome Lowenthal is an American classical pianist. He is a professor of piano at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was also chair of the piano department. Additionally, Lowenthal is on the faculty at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.He made his debut at 13 with the...
    
    
  •   Luis Pereira Leal
  •   Sergio Perticaroli
  •   Jerome Rose
    Jerome Rose
    -Biography:A pupil of Adolph Baller, Rose debuted with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of 15. A Mannes College and Juilliard School of Music graduate, he also studied with Leonard Shure and Rudolf Serkin at Marlboro Music School. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Vienna as well...
    
    
  •   Jacques Rouvier
    Jacques Rouvier
    Jacques Rouvier is a French pianist. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Hubeau, Vlado Perlemuter, and Pierre Sancan. He took two Premiers Prix : in piano performance and in chamber music .Rouvier was remarkably successful at piano competitions in his youth...
    
    
  •   Yang Liqing

  Maria Tipo

Maria Tipo

-Biography:Tipo was born in Naples. She was taught originally by her mother, Ersilia Cavallo, who was a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni, she went on to study under Alfredo Casella and Guido Agosti.At only seventeen, she won the Geneva international piano competition...

 couldn't travel to Santander due to health problems.

First Round

July 25-27, 16:00-23:00. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Pereda. Recital.

• •   Alina Artemyeva
  •   Lucas Blondeel
  •   Stefan Ciric
  •   Emmanuel Christien
  •   François Dumont
  •   Kotarô Fukuma
  •   Vyacheslav Gryaznov
  •   Violetta Khachikian
  •   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:...
    
    
  •   Hyo Sun Lim
  •   Wu Muye
  •   Akiko Nikami
  •   Yuma Osaki
  •   Sergey Sobolev
  •   Anastasya Terenkova
  •   Jue Wang
  •   Andrey Yaroshinsky
  •     Avan Yu
    Avan Yu
    Avan Yu is a Canadian pianist.He won a number of prizes including Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, XVI Santander International Piano Competition and Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition....
    
    
  •   Yubo Zhou
  •   Zuo Zhang

Second Round

July 29-August 1, 16:00-23:00. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Pereda. Recital + Chamber music (quintet).

• •   Alina Artemyeva
  •   Lucas Blondeel
  •   Stefan Ciric
  •   Emmanuel Christien
  •   Kotarô Fukuma
  •   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:...
    
    
  •   Hyo Sun Lim
  •   Wu Muye
  •   Sergey Sobolev
  •   Jue Wang
  •   Andrey Yaroshinsky
  •     Avan Yu

Semi-finals

August 3-4, 21:00. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Argenta. Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

 piano concerto.

• •   Kotarô Fukuma
  •   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:...
    
    
  •   Sergey Sobolev
  •   Jue Wang
  •   Andrey Yaroshinsky
  •     Avan Yu

Real Philharmonía de Galicia. Juanjo Mena

Juanjo Mena

Juanjo Mena is a Spanish conductor. His brother Carlos is a countertenor and his sister Elena is a research chemist....

, conductor.

Final

August 6. Palacio de Festivales, Sala Argenta. Symphonic piano concerto.

• •   Kotarô Fukuma
  •   Jue Wang
  •     Avan Yu

Dresden Philharmonic. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos is a Spanish conductor and composer.Frühbeck studied violin, piano, and composition at the conservatories of Bilbao and Madrid...

, conductor.

• • First Prize: Jue Wang
  • Second Prize: Avan Yu
  • Third Prize: Kotaro Fukuma

• • Audience Prize: Avan Yu