The fifteenth Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition

Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition

The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the second largest piano competition in the United States....

took place in Salt Lake City, Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 from June 16 to July 1, 2010. Rounds one and two were held at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

The Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center is a three-venue arts complex in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah that is home to modern dance companies, the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, Plan-B Theatre Company, and the Sundance Film Festival. It is part of the Salt Lake County Center for the...

. The final round was held at Abravanel Hall

Abravanel Hall

Abravanel Hall is a concert hall in Salt Lake City, Utah that is home to the Utah Symphony, and is part of the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts. The hall is an architectural landmark in the city, and is adjacent to Temple Square and the Salt Palace on South Temple Street...

 with the Utah Symphony Orchestra

Utah Symphony Orchestra

-History:The first attempt to create a symphony group in the Utah area occurred in 1892, before Utah was a state. The Salt Lake Symphony was created and presented just one concert before disbanding. In 1902 the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra was formed, and it remained in existence until 1911...

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Awards

Award	Winner	Details
First prize	Lukas Geniušas	The first prize of $30,000 US awarded by Kirk and Susan Boman Commemorative gold medal awarded by Stephanie Saint-Thomas Utah Symphony Orchestra Utah Symphony Orchestra -History:The first attempt to create a symphony group in the Utah area occurred in 1892, before Utah was a state. The Salt Lake Symphony was created and presented just one concert before disbanding. In 1902 the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra was formed, and it remained in existence until 1911...  and other concert engagements CD recording of selected solo repertory
Second prize	Serhiy Salov	Second prize of $15,000 US awarded by anonymous donor Commemorative silver medal awarded by Stephanie Saint-Thomas Utah Symphony Orchestra Utah Symphony Orchestra -History:The first attempt to create a symphony group in the Utah area occurred in 1892, before Utah was a state. The Salt Lake Symphony was created and presented just one concert before disbanding. In 1902 the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra was formed, and it remained in existence until 1911...  and other concert engagements CD recording of selected solo repertory
Third prize	Dmitri Levkovich	The Joanne Baker Memorial third prize of $10,000 US Commemorative bronze medal awarded by Stephanie Saint-Thomas Concert engagements CD recording of selected solo repertory
Fourth prize	Yunjie Chen	Cash award of $8,000 US awarded by Ned and Kimberly Warner and Brad and Karen Beagles CD recording of selected solo repertory
Fifth prize	Kotaro Fukuma	Cash award of $7,000 US CD recording of selected solo repertory
Sixth prize	Zhang Zuo	The Dr. Stanley B. Kimball Memorial Sixth Prize of $6,000 US awarded by Chase Kimball CD recording of selected solo repertory
Audience prize	Lukas Geniušas	Cash award of $500 US awarded by Russell A. Cannon and Marilyn J. Cannon

Jury

9 jurors:

Hui-Qiao Bao – could not attend due to visa issues Bernadene Blaha – withdrew due to personal emergency Gennady Dzubenko Douglas Humpherys

Douglas Humpherys

Douglas Humpherys is an American pianist, educator, and adjudicator.-Performing Career:Douglas Humpherys won the Gold Medal at the first Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1976, and has performed in Asia, Europe, and North America...

 Dae-Jin Kim   Jie Lu – replacement juror
Yuko Ninomiya   Walter Ponce Dmitry Rachmanov – replacement juror John Roos Einar Steen-Nøkleberg– withdrew due to personal emergency Nelita True (chairperson)

Round One and Round Two (semifinals, 38 competitors)

Charlie Albright

Charlie Albright

Charlie Albright is an American-born classical pianist. He is a 2010 Gilmore Young Artist, an official Steinway Artist, and is under management with Young Concert Artists, Inc...

 Yunjie Chen Stefan Ciric Sara Daneshpour Gregory DeTurck Sebastian Di Bin Nazareno Ferruggio Kotaro Fukuma Lukas Geniušas Pavel Gintov

Pavel Gintov

Pavel Gintov is a classical pianist. Gintov currently studies with acclaimed Professor Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he is now completing his Doctoral studies.-Education:...

 Dorel Golan

Dorel Golan

Dorel Golan ,an Israeli pianist.She has studied with acclaimed pianists Daniel Gortler and Vadim Monastirsky. Golan currently completes her Masters studies with Prof...

 Yoonjung Han

Yoonjung Han

Yoonjung Han is an award-winning female South Korean classical pianist.-Education:Han attended the Juilliard School Pre-College Division in New York City from 2001-2003. Then from 2003–2007, she attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia studying with Eleanor Sokoloff, receiving her...

 Fazliddin Husanov Daria Kameneva Benjamin Kim

Benjamin Kim

Benjamin Kim is a American pianist, who won the 55th ARD International Music Competition in Munich, September 2006 .Kim started studying the piano at age five with the famed Oregonian piano teacher, Dorothy Fahlman...

 Soyeon Kim Andrea Lam Viviana Pia Lasaracina Alexei Lebedev
Dmitri Levkovich Benjamin Moser Seejoon Park Mayumi Sakamoto Serhiy Salov Nima Sarkechik Anastasia Solomatina - withdrew before Round One Ardita Statovci Olga Stezhko Konstantin Soukhovetski

Konstantin Soukhovetski

Konstantin Soukhovetski was born into a family of artists, and began playing the piano at the age of four. He studied at the Moscow Central School under the auspices of the Moscow Conservatory, where his special subjects also included composition and acting...

 Alexei Sychev Anastasya Terenkova Matei Varga David Violi Joshua Wright Pavel Yeletsky Dizhou Zhao Zhang Zuo Darrett Zusko

Final round (6 competitors)

Finalist	Final round concerto with Utah Symphony Orchestra Utah Symphony Orchestra -History:The first attempt to create a symphony group in the Utah area occurred in 1892, before Utah was a state. The Salt Lake Symphony was created and presented just one concert before disbanding. In 1902 the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra was formed, and it remained in existence until 1911...  directed by Lawrence Leighton Smith Lawrence Leighton Smith Lawrence Leighton Smith, a conductor and pianist, was born April 8, 1936 in Portland, Oregon.He studied piano with Ariel Rubstein in Portland and Leonard Shure in New York. He earned bachelor's degrees from Portland State University in 1956 and Mannes College of Music in 1959...
Yunjie Chen	Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin) The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, is a piano concerto written by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. It was first performed on 11 October of that year, in Warsaw, with the composer as soloist, during one of his "farewell" concerts before leaving Poland....
Kotaro Fukuma	Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Piano Concerto (Schumann) The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54, is a famous Romantic concerto by Robert Schumann, completed in 1845.Schumann had begun several piano concerti before this one: In 1828, he had begun one in E-flat major; from 1829-31 he worked on one in F major, and in 1839, he wrote one movement of a concerto...
Lukas Geniušas	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff) The Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, composed in 1909 by Sergei Rachmaninoff is famous for its technical and musical demands on the performer...
Dmitri Levkovich	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900...
Serhiy Salov	Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms) The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms is a composition for solo piano with orchestral accompaniment. It is separated by a gap of 22 years from the composer's first piano concerto. Brahms began work on the piece in 1878 and completed it in 1881 while in Pressbaum near...
Zhang Zuo	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900...