8th International Competition for Young Pianists dedicated to the Works of F. Chopin

09.02.2010

A report by Marina Krasavina (International Competition for Young Pianists Dedicated to the Works of F. Chopin)

The competition took part from 31st January until 7th February 2010 in Narva, Estonia.

Special prizes:

1. For the best performance of the music of a composer from own country:

• Tikich, Marianna (age group 1), Ukraine

2. For the best performance of Bach’s music:

• Takahashi, Kanetsugu (Innokenti) (age group 2), Russia

3. For the best performance of a classical sonata:

• Nosova, Liubov (age group 3), Russia

4.For the best performance of a mazurka:

• Dąbek, Aleksandra Hortensja (age group 2), Poland

5. For the best performance of a polonaise:

• Dąbek, Aleksandra Hortensja (age group 2), Poland

6. For the best performance a ballade:

• Dubovski, Leo (age group 3), Estonia

7. For the best performance a nocturne:

• Haftman, Artur Andrzej (age group 2), Poland

8. For the best performance an etude:

• Guang, Zhilin Liu Peter (age group 2), Denmark

9. For the best performance a waltz:

• Liang, Sijin (age group 2), China

Winner of the EMCY Prize and the diploma:

• Yermalayeva, Yulia (age group 3), Belarus