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Under the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales, the fourth World Piano
Competition took place in London, 19-29 April. Founded in 1986 by the Moscow-trained
Russian/Lithuanian pianist and teacher Sulamita Aronovsky, the event attracted
more than 600 enquiries and eighty applications. Of the forty-five candidates
invited to submit unedited stereo video-tapes, twenty-four made it to the
closing rounds. Each gave two solo recitals (Stages 1 & 2), with nine
qualifying for the semi-final (Stage 3) and three for the Grand Final.
GRAND FINAL
presented by Lady Solti
Royal Festival Hall, Saturday April 29th
London Philharmonic Orchestra
under Alexander Vedernikov
JURY
Sulamita Aronovsky,
Chairman UK Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Arnulf von Arnim Germany Dortmund Musikhochschule
Vincenzo Balzani Italy Verdi Conservatorio, Milan
Carlos Cebro Uruguay Artistic Director Brest Piano Competition,
President Montevideo Piano Competition
Sergei Dorensky Russia Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow
William Kinderman Canada University of Victoria, British Columbia
Geoffrey Norris UK Daily Telegraph, London
Süher Pekinel Turkey
Jacques Taddei France Conservatoire supérieur de
Paris CNR
Melvyn Tan Singapore/UK
Martino Tirimo Cyprus/UK |
FIRST PRIZE
£12,000
Solo CD Recital for Naxos / Marco Polo
ANTTI SIIRALA
Finland
Born: Helsinki, May 16th 1979
Studied with Kristiina Hohti, Hui-Ying and Matti Raekallio
Brahms - Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor |
SECOND PRIZE
£8,000
SIMON TRPCESKI
Macedonia
Born: Skopje, September 18th 1979
Studied with Ljudmila Romanova and Boris Romanov
Prokoviev - Piano Concerto No 3 in C
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THIRD PRIZE
£6,000
LUCA RASCA
Italy
Born: Torino, May 31st 1972
Studied with Lazar Berman, Piero Rattalino, Franco Scala and Sergio
Perticaroli
Brahms - Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor |
EDUCATIONAL AWARDS
at the discretion of the Jury
Chiao-Ying Chang
Taiwan
Born: January 13th 1981
Teachers: Yu-Hsiou Tchen and Christopher Elton
Semi-final
Ran Dank
Israel
Born: April 3rd 1982
Teachers: Yaakov Krantz, Loira Peleg and Vadim Monastyrski
Stages 1 & 2
Wen-Yu Shen
China
Born: October 13th 1986
Teachers: Daxin Zheng and Gunther Hauer
Semi-final
James Willshire
Britain
Born: May 7th 1984
Teacher: Heather Slade-Lipkin
Stages 1 & 2
PREVIOUS WINNERS
1991
Chiharu Sakai Japan
Andrew Wilde UK
Fabio Bidini Italy
Yakov Kasman Russia
1994
Eugene Mursky Russia
Paul Lewis UK
Jeremy Denk USA
1997
Ashley Wass UK
Cristiano Burato Italy
Pierre Mancinelli France
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