X Sydney International Piano Competition
# X Sydney International Piano Competition

The 10th Sydney International Piano Competition took place at Sydney's Seymour Centre and Opera House from 4 to 21 July 2012 and it was contested by 36 pianists from 14 countries. Avan Yu won the competition, while Nikolay Khozyainov and Dmitry Onishchenko were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes.

## Jury

* Warren Thomson (chairman)
* Michael Brimer
* Manana Doidjashvili
* Aquiles Delle Vigne
* Norma Fisher
* Choong-Mo Kang
* Heinz Medjimorec
* Ian Munro
* Phillip Shovk
* Arie Vardi

## Prizes

| | Winner |
| - | - |
| 1st Grand Prize | Avan Yu |
| 2nd Prize | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| 3rd Prize | Dmitry Onishchenko |
| 4th Prize | Mikhail Berestnev |
| 5th Prize | Hao Zhu |
| 6th Prize | Tanya Gabrielian |
| Australian SQ engagement | Dmitry Onishchenko |
| Best Liszt performance | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best Australian competitor | James Guan |
| Best performance of an Australian work | Dmitry Onishchenko |
| Best Mozart Concerto performance | Avan Yu |
| People's Choice Prize | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Beethoven performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Chopin performance | Hao Zhu |
| Best performance of a Liszt Study | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best overall Concerto performance | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best Ravel performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Rachmaninoff performance | Tanya Gabrielian |
| Best Chamber Music performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Mozart performance | Tomoaki Yoshida |
| Best Schubert performance | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best performance of a Russian work | Mikhail Berestnev |
| Best performance of a Romantic work | Avan Yu |
| People's Choice Encouragement Prize | Avan Yu |
| Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award | Maya Irgalina |
| Best Performance of a Haydn Sonata | Avan Yu |
| Best Performance of a Debussy Prélude | Dmitry Onishchenko |
| Best Performance of a Clementi Sonata | not awarded |
| Stage I-II Encouragement Award | Feng Bian |
| Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Semi-Finals Encouragement Award | not awarded |
| Youngest finalist | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Youngest Australian competitor | Alex Raineri |
| Best Female competitor | Tanya Gabrielian |

## Works commissioned for the competition

* Anne Boyd - Kabarli Meditation (Dawn)
* Carl Vine - Toccatissimo

## Competition results (by rounds)

### First and Second Round

5–8 July 2012

* Arta Arnicāne
* Mikhail Berestnev
* Feng Bian
* Giulio Biddau
* Stefan Cassomenos
* Wei Cao
* Angelika Fuchs
* Tanya Gabrielian
* James Guan
* Stefano Guarascio
* Atsushi Imada
* Maya Irgalina
* Elizaveta Ivanova
* Wenbin Jin
* Joanne Kang
* Nikolay Khozyainov
* Jin-Hong Li
* Brian Yuebing Lin
* Ke Lin
* Aaron Liu
* Ilaria Locatelli
* Konrad Olszewski
* Dmitry Onishchenko
* Olga Paliy
* Marios Panteliadis
* Poom Prommachart
* Alex Raineri
* Lu Shen
* Yifan Sun
* Benoît Tourette
* Sean Yeh
* Jung-Yeon Yim
* Qian Yong
* Tomoaki Yoshida
* Avan Yu
* Hao Zhu

### Quarterfinals

9-10 July 2012

* Arta Arnicāne
* Mikhail Berestnev
* Giulio Biddau
* Wei Cao
* Tanya Gabrielian
* James Guan
* Stefano Guarascio
* Atsushi Imada
* Maya Irgalina
* Elizaveta Ivanova
* Nikolay Khozyainov
* Jin-Hong Li
* Dmitry Onishchenko
* Olga Paliy
* Lu Shen
* Sean Yeh
* Qian Yong
* Tomoaki Yoshida
* Avan Yu
* Hao Zhu

### Semifinals

11-13 July 2012

* Arta Arnicāne
* Mikhail Berestnev
* Giulio Biddau
* Tanya Gabrielian
* Stefano Guarascio
* Nikolay Khozyainov
* Jin-Hong Li
* Dmitry Onishchenko
* Lu Shen
* Tomoaki Yoshida
* Avan Yu
* Hao Zhu

### Final

17-21 July 2012

* Concerti
   * Mikhail Berestnev — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
   * Tanya Gabrielian — Mozart: 21st, Tchaikovsky: 1st
   * Nikolay Khozyainov — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: 3rd
   * Dmitry Onishchenko — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: 3rd
   * Avan Yu — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
   * Hao Zhu — Mozart: 24th, Rachmaninoff: 2nd
