2008 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi

Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi XVI took take place in Valencia from September 15–27, 2008. It was won by Zhengyu Chen, who became the first Chinese pianist to attain the 1st prize. Jury Spain Joaquín Soriano (president) Italy Antonio di Cristofano Azerbaijan Russia USA Bella Davidovich Lithuania Petras Geniusas Austria Peter Lang Russia Spain Stanislav Pochekin Spain Fernando Puchol Spain Jesús Ángel Rodríguez Italy Maria Tipo Japan Fujiko Yamada Prizes Winner Prize Sponsor 1st Grand Prize China Zhengyu Chen 18.000 € + CD + Concert tour Diputación de Valencia 2nd Prize South Korea Soyeon Kim 12.000 € + Concerts in Valencia Diputación de Valencia 3rd Prize Moldova Russia Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya 6.000 € + Concerts in Valencia Diputación de Valencia 4th Prize Spain Ángel Cabrera 4.000 € Bancaja 5th Prize Italy Angelo Arciglione 3.000 € Ayuntamiento de Valencia6th Prize South Korea Yu-Mi Lee 1.900 € Sociedad Filarmónica de Valencia7th Prize 22 22 void 1.600 € Bancaja Best Chopin performance void 2.500 € Mrs. Heide Wolf Kawai Prize 2 2 Moldova Russia Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya 1.900 € Kawai-España Yamaha Premium 3 3 South Korea Soyeon Kim 1.900 € Yamaha-Música Ibérica Clemente Pianos Prize 4 4 China Zhengyu Chen 1.900 € Clemente Pianos Diputación Prize 5 5 Spain Ángel Cabrera 1.600 € Diputación de Valencia 1 1 Awarded to the best qualified Valencian competitor. 2 2 Awarded to the best qualified Spanish competitor. 3 3 Awarded to the best Spanish contemporary music performer. 4 4 Awarded to the best Concerto performer. 5 5 Awarded to the best Spanish music performer. Compositions commissioned for the competition Emilio Calandín - Tres naipes del I Ching Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher - Chronos / Kayros Enrique Sanz-Burguete - A Matilde Competition Results (by rounds) First round September 16 and 17. Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo. Domenico Scarlatti / Antonio Soler Sonata + Two pieces among Frédéric Chopin's Nocturnes, Impromptus, Mazurkas and Waltzes + Gabriel Fauré / Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel composition + Ad libitum. Germany UK Ron Abramski Spain Mario Alonso Herrero Italy Angelo Arciglione France Honoré Béjin Garcia Spain Enrique Bernaldo de Quirós Martín Russia Tatyana Bezmenova Norway Ingfrid Breie Nyhus Northern Ireland Cathal Breslin Spain Ángel Cabrera Switzerland Christian Chamorel China Zhengyu Chen China Wu Chi Italy Sebastian Di Bin Italy Nazareno Ferrugio Croatia Martina Filjak Russia Sofya Gulyak Japan Shinnosuke Inugai South Korea Soyeon Kim Belarus Karalina Kirylchyk North Korea Yun Jung Koo Poland USA Martin Labazevitch Lithuania Daiva Lavrinavičiūtė Russia Aleksey Lebedev Taiwan Li-Wei Lee South Korea Yu Mi Lee Spain José Menor Martín Greece Theodosia Ntokou Italy Vincenzo Oliva Japan Fumie Onda South Korea Jin Woo Park South Korea Joo Hyeon Park France Tristan Pfaff Moldova Russia Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya Macedonia Ivana Ristova Russia Daniil Sayamov Russia Sergey Sobolev Japan Masataka Takada Japan Yoshida Tomoaki Russia Maria Tretiyakova Russia Andrey Yaroshinsky Quarter-finals September 18, 19 and 20. Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo. Joseph Haydn / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata or Variations + Frédéric Chopin Etude + Isaac Albéniz (Iberia) / Enrique Granados (Goyescas) / Manuel de Falla (Fantasía Bética, Cuatro piezas españolas) composition Germany UK Ron Abramski Italy Angelo Arciglione Russia Tatyana Bezmenova Spain Ángel Cabrera Switzerland Christian Chamorel China Zhengyu Chen Italy Sebastian Di Bin Italy Nazareno Ferrugio Japan Shinnosuke Inugai South Korea Soyeon Kim North Korea Yun Jung Koo Poland USA Martin Labazevitch Russia Aleksey Lebedev South Korea Yu-Mi Lee Japan Fumie Onda France Tristan Pfaff Moldova Russia Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya Russia Maria Tretiyakova Semi-finals September 21 and 22. Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo. Romantic composition/s + Mandatory contemporary composition. Germany United Kingdom Ron Abramsky Italy Angelo Arciglione Spain Ángel Cabrera Switzerland Christian Chamorel China Zhengyu Chen Japan Shinnosuke Inugai South Korea Soyeon Kim North Korea Yun Jung Koo Poland USA Martin Labazevitch South Korea Yu-Mi Lee France Tristan Pfaff (withdrawal) Moldova Russia Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya Final September 26 and 27. Palau de la Música - Sala Iturbi. Italy Angelo Arciglione --- Frédéric Chopin: 2nd. Spain Ángel Cabrera --- Frédéric Chopin: 2nd. China Zhengyu Chen --- Ferenc Liszt: 1st. South Korea Soyeon Kim --- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1st. South Korea Yu-Mi Lee --- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1st. Moldova Russia Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya --- Frédéric Chopin: 1st. Orquesta de Valencia. Max Bragado, conductor. External links Diputación de Valencia - Valencia International Piano Competition José Iturbi Category:José Iturbi International Piano Competition Category:September 2008 in Europe Category:2008 in Spanish music Category:2008 in Valencia