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COPY OF THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO ARTISTS COMPETITION PROGRAM (sans f. and b. covers)

FINAL ROUND PERFORMANCES 2017 Washington International Piano Artists Competition

Ferdy Talan - 2nd Place Winner and Chopin Award

I-wen Tseng - Winner Bach Award (Tocatta in E Minor - See Preliminary Round)

Andy Liao - 3rd Place Winner and Classical Period (Haydn Sonata B Minor, Hob:XVI:32

Joseph Lipare - Winner Baroque Period Award

Hiroaki Taniguchi - 1st Place Winner and Liszt Award - Semifinal Round -- Legend: St. Francis walking on the waves

Simon Finlow - Winner of Romantic Period (prelim round) and Beethoven Awards (final round) Op 10, No. 3

 

SEMIFINAL ROUND PERFORMANCES 2017 Washington International Piano Artists Competition

Kotomi Suzuki - Winner Ravel Award (Tombeau de Couperin Selections performed in this round of the competition)

Joseph Lipare***Finalist

Ferdy Talan***Finalist (Most Imaginative Programming [all rounds] Award)

David Caldine

Max Sung

Andy Liao***Finalist

Simon Finlow***Finalist

Dr. Utako Tanigawa

Judy Darst

Alexandra Nica (see prelim for Contemporary Composer Award)

Hiroaki Taniguchi***Finalist (Liszt Award: St. Francis Walking on the Waves)

I-wen Tseng***Finalist (See prelim round for Bach Award)

John Blasdale

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND PERFORMANCES 2017 Washington International Piano Artists Competition

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***First Part Prelims

Leslie Shapiro

Steve Bertges

I-Wen Tseng**semifianlist (Bach Award - Tocatta in E Minor)

Nuria Planas Vilanova

John Blasdale**semifinalist

Joseph Lipare**semifinalist

Andy Liao**semifinalist

Yoko Taruki

Alexandra Nica**semifinalist (Contemporary Period Award-Enescu Gypsy Dance & Ciortea Prelude)

Simon Finlow**semifinalist (Romantic Period Award-Schumann Novelette in F Major)

Timothy Kent

David Caldine**semifinalist

***Second Part Prelims

Kotomi Suzuki**semifinalist

Neil McKelvie

Ferdy Talan**semifinalist

Judy Darst**semifinalist

Hideya Suzuki

Dr. Utako Tanigawa**semifinalist

Melinda Morse

Hiroaki Taniguchi**semifinalist

Wei Ling Wang

Max Sung**semifinalist

David Leehey