And then there were three The Busoni Competition- The Final Part 1 and 2

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Arsenii Mun with the Mayor of Bolzano and the Artistic Director of the Busoni

A very impressive Busoni Competition beamed live not only on Italian television but also to a vast Asian audience following throughout the world at a time that was possible for all to enjoy the excitement generated by the competition.A jury with Ingrid Fliter,Imogen Cooper and many other distinguished musicians and operators from the musical world.Steinway pianos presenting a choice of wonderful instruments to the contestants.I personally was very pleased to see that the Chamber Music Final with string quartet also included a major work for solo piano which allowed the jury to be reminded of the artistry of the contestants in the previous rounds.A magnificent orchestra directed by the distinguished conductor Arvo Volmer bought this sumptuous feast to a wonderful conclusion.
Ingrid Fliter chairwoman of the jury thanking everyone at the conclusion of the competition
The first time in 15 years that the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli has been awarded
Arsenii Mun first prize
Audience Prize Arsenii Mun
Anthony Ratinov 2nd prize
Ryota Yamasaki 3rd prize
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The jury with the three finalists
Jury of the final rounds 2023 in Bolzano: Ingrid Fliter (President of the Jury, pianist), Iain Burnside (pianist), Jiang Chen (pianist), Imogen Cooper (pianist), Fulvia de Colle (Artistic Director – Fondazione Musica Insieme), François -Frédéric Guy (pianist), Aleksandar Madžar (pianist), Nicolas Namoradze (pianist), Clemens Trautmann (CEO – Deutsche Grammophon)
An very controversial artist,a showman,who thinks more of himself than the music he is serving .But like his mentor Serghei Babayan creates his own world with the notes of the others that can be rather hit or miss but they are prepared to risk all.
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A very impressive Chamber music final where his choice of Liszt 2nd Rhapsody and Feux d’Artifice not to mention Haydn E flat sonata had me appreciating the fact that everything he did was spontaneous and like many jazz players as though in a world of discovery of his own making.His Rachmaninov final with orchestra I found his self indulgent showmanship too much but of all three finalist one had to admit that he was a true artist.
‘So you are a composer …you take the notes of others and make them your own ‘ Karl Ulrich Schnabel exclaimed to a young virtuoso now a renowned pianist .He refused to teach someone who thought more of himself than the composer he was serving.
Controversial but some of the sounds he found and moments were memorable and the effect he had on the public was rewarded with the public audience prize,the Michelangeli prize and the Gold Medal! Viva Busoni.
A very solid musicianly performance of Prokofiev as you might expect from the class of Boris Berman .Following an equally impressive Chopin B minor Sonata op 58 that he had played in the chamber Music Final together with the Franck Quintet.His Prokofiev 8th sonata in the semifinal had been memorable too .No rhetoric or showmanship but a very impressive architectural understanding of all he does.
A wonderful performance of the Chopin op 25 Studies was followed by a very rhetorical Liszt Sonata where strangely he chose to ignore the composers very specific indications in the Chamber music round.The Tchaikowsky Concerto was brilliantly played but suffered from a lack of direction in slow lyrical passages as in his Liszt Sonata earlier .The Andantino semplice slow movement suffered from a lack of direction and flow due to the very slow tempo whereas his mastery and conviction in the more virtuoso passages was of great authority .

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The jury
Arsenii Mun
Anthony Ratinov
Ryota Yamasaki
The magnificent Haydn Orchestra under Arvo Volmer

Again, the piano world is turning its attention to South Tyrol, where one of the oldest and most renowned piano competitions is entering its all-important decisive phase. A year ago, 110 candidates from almost 600 applicants were invited to participate in the Glocal Piano Project in November 2022. Under this motto, the first round of the competition was held in Steinway & Sons showrooms worldwide over the course of 10 days. The recitals recorded in front of live audiences were professionally recorded, and the jury subsequently appointed the main group of 26 finalists based on the videos. Further candidates got to enter the final stages through the audience vote or were nominated from among prize winners from associated WFIMC competitions; three young pianists were allowed to postpone their 2020 final participation to this year. The audience in Bolzano and the world can look forward to a particularly wide field of participants, with now 32 outstanding young talents!

Media kit: http://bit.ly/mediakit_busoni_2023

The final stages in 2023 The structure of the four-part final phase is divided into two solo rounds, a chamber music round, and the grand finale with orchestra, in which only three finalists get to play for the First Prize. This year the chamber music round is divided into a recital and a quintet part, accompanied by the breathtakingly energetic Isidore String Quartet from New York City. The Finalissima with orchestra will be held on a Sunday morning for the first time, a response to a constantly growing interest in Asia. Streaming: Follow the competition live anywhere The gripping, thrilling course of the competition can also be experienced directly from a distance, thanks to the live-streaming of all phases of the competition on

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Schedule I Solo Semifinals with 33 pianists

August 23 11 a.m., 4 p.m. & 8.30pm

August 24 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 8.30pm 

August 25 10 a.m. & 4 p.m 

II Solo Finale with 12 pianists

August 26 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

August 27 10 a.m. & 3 p.m

III Chamber music

Isidore String Quartet & 6 pianists

August 29, 30 & 31, 8 p.m.

IV Finalissima

Haydn Orchestra, Arvo Volmer conductor & 3 pianists 

September 3 10.00 a.m
*all times CET

STAGE+ and Busoni Competition Announce New Cooperation In 2023, Deutsche Grammophon’s recently introduced service STAGE+ will also feature the final rounds of the Busoni Competition. A multi-faceted accompanying program will also feature portraits of the finalists, musical highlights from the solo or chamber music rounds, and a historical summary of the prize-winners of the past four editions. Not only the final rounds of the International Ferruccio BusoniPiano Competition will be part of the exclusive offer in August 2023; in addition, the first-prize winner will be featured in the “Rising Stars”, comprising an audiovisual concert portrait and digital audio releases. 

Jury of the final rounds 2023 in Bolzano: Ingrid Fliter (President of the Jury, pianist), Iain Burnside (pianist), Jiang Chen (pianist), Imogen Cooper (pianist), Fulvia de Colle (Artistic Director – Fondazione Musica Insieme), François -Frédéric Guy (pianist), Aleksandar Madžar (pianist), Nicolas Namoradze (pianist), Clemens Trautmann (CEO – Deutsche Grammophon)

Competition rules and prize money

The new competition rules include an increasingly demanding repertoire list, including the preparation of two concerts with orchestra. The prize money donated by the city of Bolzano was increased to 30,000 euros. Including all special prizes, prizes with a total value of over 60,000 euros will be awarded in August 2023. A particular innovation is the Mentoring Program, specially tailored to the Chinese market, which the competition, in cooperation with the Schoenfeld String Competition and its media partner Amadeus.

Two-year management for the prizewinner

The importance of a music competition can be determined by many parameters: the artistic diversity of its candidates, the quality of its jurors, media visibility and networking, and the attractiveness of the prizes. A competition is particularly important if it enables its award winners to make significant appearances. In this way, a music competition does justice to its very own task, to act as a door opener for young talents to international music life. The International Ferruccio Busoni Piano Competition has also concluded various partnerships, which enable the Busoni prize winner to have his own management for a period of two years and thus various bookings at international music institutions . The last award winner, Jae Hong Park, played more than 80 concerts in the period from September 2021 to June 2023, mainly in Europe and Asia. These are the first fundamental building blocks of his international career. The network of international partnerships for engagement and appearance opportunities is constantly growing; Negotiations with national and international concert organizers for the 2023-2025 season are in full swing.
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