The 12 Finalists of the 65th Busoni Piano Competition:

Ennian Bai. Elia Cecino Christos Fountos Yungyung Guo Dongyoung Kim Sandro Nebieridze Shion Ota Zeyu Shen Jakub Sládek Zhonghua Wei Yifan Wu (2005) Jialin Yao

The Solo Finals will be held on August 30th & 31st!

The six candidates selected for the Chamber Music Final are:

Sandro Nebieridze, (2001), Georgia – Shostakovich Quintet

Zeyu Shen, (2000), China– Franck Quintet

Zhonghua Wei, (2008), China– Brahms Quintet

Yifan Wu, (2005), China – Shostakovich Quintet

Elia Cecino, (2001), Italy – Dvorak Quintet

Christos Fountos, (1997) Cyprus – Franck Quintet

From September 2 to 4, the candidates will have the unique opportunity to shine both as soloists and as chamber musicians, performing masterpieces by Schumann, Dvořák, Brahms, Shostakovich, and Franck with the prestigious Simply Quartet quartet from Vienna.

Teatro Comunale Stadttheater

FINALISSIMA

Orchestra Haydn Orchestra George Pehlivanian Direttore Dirigent Sandro Nebieridze Sergej Rachmaninov Rapsodia su un tema di Paganini, op. 43 Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini, op. 43 Yifan Wu Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto n. 3 per pianoforte e orchestra in do minore, op. 37 Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 c-Moll, op. 37 – Intervallo – Pause – Christos Fountos Sergej Rachmaninov Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra n. 1 in fa diesis minore, op. 1 Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 fis-Moll, op. 1

Lista completa dei premi | Vollständige Preisliste

1st Prize  Yifan Wu 2nd Prize  Sandro Nebieridze 3rd Prize Christos Fountos 4th PrizeZhonghua Wei 5th PrizeElia Cecino 6th PrizeZeyu Shen Audience AwardYifan Wu Premio Maurizio Pollini Preis Yungyung Guo Premio Fryderyk Chopin Preis Jialin Yao Premio Senior Jury Preis Zhonghua Wei Premio Junior Jury Preis Sandro Nebieridze Premio speciale musica da camera | Sonderpreis für die beste Interpretation eines KammermusikwerkesChristos Fountos Premio speciale per la migliore l’interpretazione di musica pianistica contemporanea | Sonderpreis für die überzeugendste Interpretation zeitgenössischer Klaviermusik Zhonghua Wei Premio per l’esecuzione di un’opera di Busoni | Preis für die überzeugendste Interpretation eines Werkes von Busoni Yangrui Cai Keyboard Career Development PrizeYifan Wu Premio Alice Tartarotti Preis Yifan Wu

Grazie a FORST, Main Sponsor della Finalissima | Danke an FORST, Hauptsponsor des Grand Finale

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