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Thank you all for your patience and musicianship.
2017
IBLA GRAND PRIZE
26th ANNIVERSARY
RESULTS
The standard of performance expressed during the 26th edition of the
IBLA GRAND PRIZE 2017
has reached once again an extremely high level of excellence.
These artists are all outstanding professionals and
deserve the attention of the international public at large.
Please note that IBLA Competitors are not judged against each other
but in reference to a standard of excellence at all times
TOP WINNER
Scores from 9.50 to 10.00 + Special Awards
This musician will be invited to perform the
IBLA New York Carnegie Debut on May 8, 2018
Luowen Huang, piano - CHINA
9.50 Top Prize
RAVEL SPECIAL MENTION
ROTARY RAGUSA AWARD
WILLIAM MODICA AND CONCETTA GIORDANELLA MODICA MEMORIAL AWARD
OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS
Scores from 9.00 to 9.50 + Special Mention
These musicians may be invited to perform in the winners concerts
Upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.
Momoko Arima, violin, - JAPAN / UNITED KINGDOM
9.00 Outstanding Musician Musician
WIENIAWSKI SPECIAL MENTION
GRACE M. SUSINO MEMORIAL AWARD
Anna Kavalerova, piano - RUSSIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
BARTOK AWARD
Zlata Khershberg, mezzo-soprano - RUSSIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
SHCHREDIN SPECIAL MENTION
MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
Scores from 8.00 to 8.90 + Special Mention
These musicians may be invited to perform in the winners concerts
Upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.
Julia Siciliano, piano - USA
8.90 Most Distinguished Musician
SCHUMANN SPECIAL MENTION
Kostandin Tashko, piano - ALBANIA
8.90 Most Distinguished Musician
LISZT SPECIAL MENTION
Silvia Tessari, piano - ITALY
8.90 Most Distinguished Musician
STRAVINSKY SPECIAL MENTION
Chieko Arake, soprano saxophone - JAPAN
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
TELEMANN SPECIAL MENTION
Paloma Chiner, soprano - SPAIN
Pablo García Berlanga, piano - SPAIN
Jorge Fanjul, cello - SPAIN
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
VILLA-LOBOS SPECIAL MENTION
Caterina Fiorentini, composer - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Floriana Franchina, flute - ITALY
Claudia D’Ippolito, piano - ITALY
Simone Ginanneschi, flute - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished
DOPPLER SPECIAL MENTION
Iwona Glinka, flute - POLAND
Michail Travlos, composer - GREECE
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Laetitia Grimaldi, voice - FRANCE
Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano - ISRAEL
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
OBRADORS SPECIAL MENTION
Zaya Mandaksuren, piano - MONGOLIA
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
KAPUSTIN SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Ruben Talon, piano - SPAIN
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
DE FALLA SPECIAL MENTION
Salvatore Vaccarella, piano - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
DEBUSSY SPECIAL MENTION
Ann-Marie Walsh, mezzo soprano - FINLAND
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
BRITTEN SPECIAL MENTION
Ghenadie Rotari, accordion - ITALY
Valentina Vargiu, pianist - ITALY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
MAKKONEN SPECIAL MENTION
Zarina Shimanskaya, piano - GERMANY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Claudette Verhulst, piano - THE NETHERLANDS
Elsbet Remijn, piano - THE NETHERLANDS
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
NAEFF SPECIAL MENTION
Chika Nagata, piano - JAPAN
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
BARTOK SPECIAL MENTION
Radoslava Vorgic, soprano - SERBIA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
HANDEL- BAL SPECIAL MENTION
Cristiano Arata, guitar - ITALY
Giulio De Felice, flute - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
CIMAROSA SPECIAL MENTION
Suvd Batchuluun, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
KAPUSTIN SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Philip Lawrence Borter, cello - USA
Hirono Borter, violin - USA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SCHULHOFF SPECIAL MENTION
Bertrand Chauvineau, composer - FRANCE
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Hommage à Julie Otsuka - for piano solo
Sonata no. 2
SPECIAL MENTION
Anar Galt, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
BERKOVICH SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Ganzorig Enkhtsag, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
ZAKHAROV SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Ganzorig Itgeltugs, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
KABALEVSKY SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Stella Gitelman Willoughby, composer - USA
‘Expectations’ x string quartet 2016
Allegro con forza: the Benefactor
Largo dolente: the Girl
Allegro con brio: Return to a Father
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
Steven Heelein, composer - GERMANY
"Veitstanz" for piano solo
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Xiaoxiao Ji, piano - CHINA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Martina Mazzola, voice - ITALY
Gianbartolo Porretta, piano - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Narangerel Tsogt, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
GRIEG SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Emma Pestugia, piano - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Marcus Rivera, counter-tenor - PHILIPPINES / AUSTRALIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Keina Satoh, cello - JAPAN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Adriano Leonardo Scapicchi, piano - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Agnieszka Skorupa, piano - POLAND
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Casey Tucker, composer - AUSTRALIA
Black Water Deep - Composition for Brass Band
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Norah Wanton, piano - SPAIN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
TCHAIKOVSKY SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Roberto Adamov, piano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
KATCHATURIAN SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Giulia Attardo, soprano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
TOSTI SPECIAL MENTION
Mattia Cicciarella, piano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
LIGETI SPECIAL MENTION
Dario Di Gregorio, composer - ITALY
‘Sonata improvviso’ x piano solo
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Silvana Fagone, composer - ITALY
Dialogue de sens x piano solo
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Stephanie van der Goes, soprano - THE NETHERLANDS
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Vincenzo Attardo, composer - ITALY
Dal Libro dei Versi - Arrigo Boito - Dualismo x soprano and electronics
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Ingrid Carbone, piano - ITALY
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Gabriele Umberto Casella, piano - ITALY
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
Janet Norman, piano - USA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
ZAIMONT SPECIAL MENTION
Manaka Okamura, trombone - JAPAN
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV SPECIAL MENTION
Anita Ioana Stoica, piano - ROMANIA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
BRITTEN SPECIAL MENTION
Raffaello Bellavista, piano - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Federica Grassullo, piano - ITALY / THE NETHERLANDS
Roberta Raro, piano - ITALY
Irene Maria Salerno, piano - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Anahita Modarresi, composer - IRAN
‘They call me Destiny - Her name was Luna’ x piano and string quartet
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Batmunkh Esui, piano - MONGOLIA
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
KUHLAU SPECIAL MENTION
Yanyu Lin, piano young D - CHINA / MACAU
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Klaudia Baca, double bass - POLAND / SWITZERLAND
Leonardo Nevari, piano - ITALY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Magdalena Demetz, composer - ITALY
‘Rolling 2015’
‘Composition without a name’ x piano solo
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
Trimor Dhomi, composer - KOSOVO
‘Into a dream’ x Orchestra
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Irakli Grigali, tenor - GEORGIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Hans Wilhelm Jens Luhr, piano - NORWAY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Krystof Marek, composer - CZECH REPUBLIC
‘Heart of Gardens’ concerto x English Horn and Orchestra
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Salvatore Mastrosimone, piano - ITALY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
SCHUBERT SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Ayasa Nagano, violin - JAPAN
Yoshio Seki, piano - JAPAN
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Alexandra Rytwinska, violin - POLAND
Agnieszka Skorupa, piano - POLAND
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Emmanuelle Stephan, piano - FRANCE
Aiko Kusunoki, piano - JAPAN
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Fan Yang, viola & violin - HONG KONG
Gu Yu, piano - HONG KONG
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Gu Yu, piano - HONG KONG
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
Scores from 7.00 to 7.90 + Special Mention
Hyejung Kang, piano - SOUTH KOREA
Bokyung Park, piano - SOUTH KOREA
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Adrian Kwok, composer - HONG KONG
‘The Police and the Thief’ x flute and piano
7.70 Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
Aidan Ma, composer - CHINA
‘Coffee Cat’ x for solo flute
7.70 Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
Agnieszka Oszczepalska, piano - POLAND
7.70 Distinguished Musician
Makino Sea, composer - JAPAN
Last Emperor - for piano solo
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Isaac Sze Chun Wong, composer - HONG KONG
‘T-Rex’ x keyboard
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Austin Liu, composer - USA
Flowing River - for piano solo or piano and orchestra
7.40 Distinguished Musician
Yung Tsz Hei Kaden, composer - CHINA
‘The Tale of RB Leipzig (2017)’, x synthesizer
(a german team formed in 2009 … unbeaten for 13 league games in a row)
7.10 Distinguished Musician
Karman Lee, composer - USA
‘Memories’ - for piano solo or piano and orchestra
7.00 Distinguished Musician
Ziad Abdel Alim, composer - BANGLADESH
‘Me and Myself’ for solo piano
7.00 Distinguished Musician
2017 IBLA GRAND PRIZE 26th ANNIVERSARY
RESULTS - ALPHABETICAL ORDER
A
Roberto Adamov, piano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
KATCHATURIAN SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Chieko Arake, soprano saxophone - JAPAN
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
TELEMANN SPECIAL MENTION
Cristiano Arata, guitar - ITALY
Giulio De Felice, flute - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
CIMAROSA SPECIAL MENTION
Momoko Arima, violin, - JAPAN / UNITED KINGDOM
9.00 Outstanding Musician Musician
WIENIAWSKI SPECIAL MENTION
GRACE M. SUSINO MEMORIAL AWARD
Giulia Attardo, soprano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
TOSTI SPECIAL MENTION
Vincenzo Attardo, composer - ITALY
Dal Libro dei Versi - Arrigo Boito - Dualismo x soprano and electronics
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
B
Klaudia Baca, double bass - POLAND / SWITZERLAND
Leonardo Nevari, piano - ITALY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Suvd Batchuluun, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
KAPUSTIN SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Batmunkh Esui, piano - MONGOLIA
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
KUHLAU SPECIAL MENTION
Raffaello Bellavista, piano - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Pablo García Berlanga, piano - SPAIN
Paloma Chiner, soprano - SPAIN
Jorge Fanjul, cello - SPAIN
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
VILLA-LOBOS SPECIAL MENTION
Hirono Borter, violin - USA
Philip Lawrence Borter, cello - USA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SCHULHOFF SPECIAL MENTION
Philip Lawrence Borter, cello - USA
Hirono Borter, violin - USA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SCHULHOFF SPECIAL MENTION
Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano - ISRAEL
Laetitia Grimaldi, voice - FRANCE
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
OBRADORS SPECIAL MENTION
C
Ingrid Carbone, piano - ITALY
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Gabriele Umberto Casella, piano - ITALY
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
Bertrand Chauvineau, composer - FRANCE
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Hommage à Julie Otsuka - for piano solo
Sonata no. 2
SPECIAL MENTION
Paloma Chiner, soprano - SPAIN
Pablo García Berlanga, piano - SPAIN
Jorge Fanjul, cello - SPAIN
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
VILLA-LOBOS SPECIAL MENTION
Mattia Cicciarella, piano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
LIGETI SPECIAL MENTION
D
Claudia D’Ippolito, piano - ITALY
Floriana Franchina, flute - ITALY
Simone Ginanneschi, flute - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
DOPPLER SPECIAL MENTION
Giulio De Felice, flute - ITALY
Cristiano Arata, guitar - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
CIMAROSA SPECIAL MENTION
Magdalena Demetz, composer - ITALY
‘Rolling 2015’
‘Composition without a name’ x piano solo
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
Trimor Dhomi, composer - KOSOVO
‘Into a dream’ x Orchestra
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Dario Di Gregorio, composer - ITALY
‘Sonata improvviso’ x piano solo
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
F
Silvana Fagone, composer - ITALY
Dialogue de sens x piano solo
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Jorge Fanjul, cello - SPAIN
Paloma Chiner, soprano - SPAIN
Pablo García Berlanga, piano - SPAIN
8.80 Most Distinguished
VILLA-LOBOS SPECIAL MENTION
Caterina Fiorentini, composer - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Floriana Franchina, flute - ITALY
Claudia D’Ippolito, piano - ITALY
Simone Ginanneschi, flute - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished
DOPPLER SPECIAL MENTION
G
Anar Galt, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
BERKOVICH SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Ganzorig Enkhtsag, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
ZAKHAROV SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Ganzorig Itgeltugs, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
KABALEVSKY SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Simone Ginanneschi, flute - ITALY
Floriana Franchina, flute - ITALY
Claudia D’Ippolito, piano - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished
DOPPLER SPECIAL MENTION
Stella Gitelman Willoughby, composer - USA
‘Expectations’ x string quartet 2016
Allegro con forza: the Benefactor
Largo dolente: the Girl
Allegro con brio: Return to a Father
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
Iwona Glinka, flute - POLAND
Michail Travlos, composer - GREECE
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Federica Grassullo, piano - ITALY / THE NETHERLANDS
Roberta Raro, piano - ITALY
Irene Maria Salerno, piano - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Irakli Grigali, tenor - GEORGIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Laetitia Grimaldi, voice - FRANCE
Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano - ISRAEL
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
OBRADORS SPECIAL MENTION
H
Steven Heelein, composer - GERMANY
"Veitstanz" for piano solo
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Luowen Huang, piano - CHINA
9.50 Top Prize
RAVEL SPECIAL MENTION
ROTARY RAGUSA AWARD
WILLIAM MODICA AND CONCETTA GIORDANELLA MODICA MEMORIAL AWARD
J
Xiaoxiao Ji, piano - CHINA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
K
Anna Kavalerova, piano - RUSSIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
BARTOK AWARD
Hyejung Kang, piano - SOUTH KOREA
Bokyung Park, piano - SOUTH KOREA
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Zlata Khershberg, mezzo-soprano - RUSSIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
SHCHREDIN SPECIAL MENTION
Aiko Kusunoki, piano - JAPAN
Emmanuelle Stephan, piano - FRANCE
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Adrian Kwok, composer - HONG KONG
‘The Police and the Thief’ x flute and piano
7.70 Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
L
Karman Lee, composer - USA
‘Memories’ - for piano solo or piano and orchestra
7.00 Distinguished Musician
Yanyu Lin, piano young D - CHINA / MACAU
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Austin Liu, composer - USA
Flowing River - for piano solo or piano and orchestra
7.40 Distinguished Musician
Hans Wilhelm Jens Luhr, piano - NORWAY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
M
Aidan Ma, composer - CHINA
‘Coffee Cat’ x for solo flute
7.70 Distinguished Musician
YOUNG TALENT SPECIAL MENTION
Zaya Mandaksuren, piano - MONGOLIA
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
KAPUSTIN SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Krystof Marek, composer - CZECH REPUBLIC
‘Heart of Gardens’ concerto x English Horn and Orchestra
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Salvatore Mastrosimone, piano - ITALY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
SCHUBERT SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Martina Mazzola, voice - ITALY
Gianbartolo Porretta, piano - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Anahita Modarresi, composer - IRAN
‘They call me Destiny - Her name was Luna’ x piano and string quartet
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
N
Ayasa Nagano, violin - JAPAN
Yoshio Seki, piano - JAPAN
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Chika Nagata, piano - JAPAN
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
BARTOK SPECIAL MENTION
Narangerel Tsogt, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
GRIEG SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Leonardo Nevari, piano - ITALY
Klaudia Baca, double bass - POLAND / SWITZERLAND
8.00 Most Distinguished
Janet Norman, piano - USA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
ZAIMONT SPECIAL MENTION
O
Manaka Okamura, trombone - JAPAN
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV SPECIAL MENTION
Agnieszka Oszczepalska, piano - POLAND
7.70 Distinguished Musician
P
Bokyung Park, piano - SOUTH KOREA
Hyejung Kang, piano - SOUTH KOREA
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Emma Pestugia, piano - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Gianbartolo Porretta, piano - ITALY
Martina Mazzola, voice - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
R
Roberta Raro, piano - ITALY
Federica Grassullo, piano - ITALY / THE NETHERLANDS
Irene Maria Salerno, piano - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Marcus Rivera, counter-tenor - PHILIPPINES / AUSTRALIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Elsbet Remijn, piano - THE NETHERLANDS
Claudette Verhulst, piano - THE NETHERLANDS
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
NAEFF SPECIAL MENTION
Ghenadie Rotari, accordion - ITALY
Valentina Vargiu, pianist - ITALY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
MAKKONEN SPECIAL MENTION
Alexandra Rytwinska, violin - POLAND
Agniewzka Skorupa, piano - POLAND
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
S
Irene Maria Salerno, piano - ITALY
Federica Grassullo, piano - ITALY / THE NETHERLANDS
Roberta Raro, piano - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Keina Satoh, cello - JAPAN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Adriano Leonardo Scapicchi, piano - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Makino Sea, composer - JAPAN
Last Emperor - for piano solo
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Yoshio Seki, piano - JAPAN
Ayasa Nagano, violin - JAPAN
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Zarina Shimanskaya, piano - GERMANY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Julia Siciliano, piano - USA
8.90 Most Distinguished Musician
SCHUMANN SPECIAL MENTION
Agnieszka Skorupa, piano - POLAND
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Emmanuelle Stephan, piano - FRANCE
Aiko Kusunoki, piano - JAPAN
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Anita Ioana Stoica, piano - ROMANIA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
BRITTEN SPECIAL MENTION
T
Ruben Talon, piano - SPAIN
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
DE FALLA SPECIAL MENTION
Kostandin Tashko, piano - ALBANIA
8.90 Most Distinguished Musician
LISZT SPECIAL MENTION
Silvia Tessari, piano - ITALY
8.90 Most Distinguished Musician
STRAVINSKY SPECIAL MENTION
Michail Travlos, composer - GREECE
Iwona Glinka, flute - POLAND
Progressions - for solo flute
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
Casey Tucker, composer - AUSTRALIA
Black Water Deep - Composition for Brass Band
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
SPECIAL MENTION
V
Salvatore Vaccarella, piano - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
DEBUSSY SPECIAL MENTION
Stephanie van der Goes, soprano - THE NETHERLANDS
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Valentina Vargiu, pianist - ITALY
Ghenadie Rotari, accordion - ITALY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
MAKKONEN SPECIAL MENTION
Claudette Verhulst, piano - THE NETHERLANDS
Elsbet Remijn, piano - THE NETHERLANDS
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
NAEFF SPECIAL MENTION
Radoslava Vorgic, soprano - SERBIA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
HANDEL- BAL SPECIAL MENTION
W
Ann-Marie Walsh, mezzo soprano - FINLAND
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
BRITTEN SPECIAL MENTION
Norah Wanton, piano - SPAIN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
TCHAIKOVSKY SPECIAL MENTION
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PIANO INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Isaac Sze Chun Wong, composer - HONG KONG
‘T-Rex’ x keyboard
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Y
Fan Yang, viola & violin - HONG KONG
Gu Yu, piano - HONG KONG
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Gu Yu, piano - HONG KONG
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Yung Tsz Hei Kaden, composer - CHINA
‘The Tale of RB Leipzig (2017)’, x synthesizer
(a german team formed in 2009 … unbeaten for 13 league games in a row)
7.10 Distinguished Musician
Z
Ziad Abdel Alim, composer - BANGLADESH
‘Me and Myself’ for solo piano
7.00 Distinguished Musician
