May 18, 2009
Thirteenth Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition Competitor Update
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Grant, Grant Communications,
917.359.7319
Sevan
Melikyan, Director of Mktg., 682.564.5613
FORT
WORTH, TEXAS, MAY 18, 2009--The Thirteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition will host twenty-nine competitors
instead of the previously announced thirty. Chinese pianist Yue
Chu, 25, has withdrawn from the Thirteenth Competition four days
before the Preliminary Round begins due to a hand
injury.
With Mr. Chu's withdrawal, the number of competitors in the
Cliburn 2009 becomes twenty-nine (thirteen women and sixteen
men).
Fourteen countries will be represented: Australia (1),
Bulgaria (1), Canada (1), China (6), Czech Republic (1), Germany
(1), Greece (1), Israel (2), Italy (2), Japan (3), Korea (4),
Russia (2), Ukraine (1), and the United States (5).*
*Two competitors have dual citizenship.
"The most prestigious classical piano contest in the world..."
(Chicago Tribune)
The Cliburn, a quadrennial event, will be held for the
thirteenth time May 22-June 7 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort
Worth, Texas. Some 225 young pianists from around the world applied
to the competition, and were then whittled down to just over 150
(representing thirty-seven countries) who participated in the
worldwide screening audition recitals, held in Shanghai, China;
Hannover, Germany; St. Petersburg, Russia; Lugano, Switzerland; and
in the United States in New York, New York and Fort Worth, Texas,
during January and February. Thirty of these pianists were invited
to compete in the Cliburn 2009.
The competition consists of three rounds. Each artist will
perform a fifty-minute program over five days and ten sessions in
the Preliminary Round, May 22-May 26. Twelve musicians will
progress to the Semifinal Round, May 28-31, where in addition to
sixty-minute recitals, audiences will hear them perform piano
quintets with the one of today's preeminent ensembles, the Takács
Quartet, over a four-day, eight-session round. The Semifinal
Round's recitals will also include each competitor's choice of one
of several new works provided by the Foundation from its American
Composers Invitational initiative. Just six of these young artists
will advance to the Final Round, June 3-7, where they will perform
two concerti with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, led by
world-renowned conductor Maestro James Conlon; each one will also
play an additional fifty-minute recital. The winners will be
announced at the Awards Ceremony on June 7.
The twenty-nine competitors, their nationalities and ages, in
alphabetical order by last name, are:
Mr. Stephen Beus, United States, 27
Mr. Evgeni Bozhanov, Bulgaria, 25
Mr. Ran Dank, Israel, 27
Mr. Alessandro Deljavan, Italy, 22
Ms. Yoonjung Han, Korea, 24
Ms. Kyu Yeon Kim, Korea, 23
Ms. Naomi Kudo, United States/Japan, 22
Ms. Natacha Kudritskaya, Ukraine, 25
Mr. Eduard Kunz, Russia, 28
Ms. Andrea Lam, Australia, 27
Ms. Soyeon Lee, Korea, 29
Ms. Ang Li, Canada, 24
Mr. Michail Lifits, Germany, 26
Mr. Spencer Myer, United States, 30
Mr. Ilya Rashkovskiy, Russia, 24
Ms. Mayumi Sakamoto, Japan, 26
Ms. Yeol Eum Son, Korea, 23
Mr. Victor Stanislavsky, Israel, 26
Mr. Chetan Tierra, United States, 25
Mr. Nobuyuki Tsujii, Japan, 20
Ms. Mariangela Vacatello, Italy, 27
Mr. Vassilis Varvaresos, Greece, 26
Mr. Lukas Vondracek, Czech Republic, 22
Ms. Di Wu, China, 24
Ms. Amy J. Yang, United States/China, 25
Mr. Feng Zhang, China, 23
Mr. Haochen Zhang, China, 19
Mr. Ning Zhou, China, 21
Ms. Zhang Zuo, China, 20
For more information on the Thirteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, the competitors, jury, and the
numerous events taking place until June 7, please visit
www.cliburn.org.
ExxonMobil is the Principal Corporate Sponsor of the Van
Cliburn Foundation. American Airlines, Bank of America, City of
Fort Worth, J.P.Morgan, Star- Telegram, Steinway & Sons, and
XTO Energy Inc. are Official Corporate Sponsors, and RadioShack is
the Cliburn's Corporate Sponsor. Official Sponsors are the Amon G.
Carter Foundation, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County,
the Burnett Foundation, Beaumont Foundation of America, the Sid W.
Richardson Foundation, and the T. Boone Pickens Foundation.
Star-Telegram is the principal media partner and WRR 101.1 FM is
the official radio station of Cliburn Concerts.
Contact: Sevan Melikyan Dir. of P.R.
email: sevan@cliburn.org
phone: 682.564.5613 web:
May 18, 2009
Thirteenth Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition Competitor Update
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Grant, Grant Communications,
917.359.7319
Sevan
Melikyan, Director of Mktg., 682.564.5613
FORT
WORTH, TEXAS, MAY 18, 2009--The Thirteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition will host twenty-nine competitors
instead of the previously announced thirty. Chinese pianist Yue
Chu, 25, has withdrawn from the Thirteenth Competition four days
before the Preliminary Round begins due to a hand
injury.
With Mr. Chu's withdrawal, the number of competitors in the
Cliburn 2009 becomes twenty-nine (thirteen women and sixteen
men).
Fourteen countries will be represented: Australia (1),
Bulgaria (1), Canada (1), China (6), Czech Republic (1), Germany
(1), Greece (1), Israel (2), Italy (2), Japan (3), Korea (4),
Russia (2), Ukraine (1), and the United States (5).*
*Two competitors have dual citizenship.
"The most prestigious classical piano contest in the world..."
(Chicago Tribune)
The Cliburn, a quadrennial event, will be held for the
thirteenth time May 22-June 7 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort
Worth, Texas. Some 225 young pianists from around the world applied
to the competition, and were then whittled down to just over 150
(representing thirty-seven countries) who participated in the
worldwide screening audition recitals, held in Shanghai, China;
Hannover, Germany; St. Petersburg, Russia; Lugano, Switzerland; and
in the United States in New York, New York and Fort Worth, Texas,
during January and February. Thirty of these pianists were invited
to compete in the Cliburn 2009.
The competition consists of three rounds. Each artist will
perform a fifty-minute program over five days and ten sessions in
the Preliminary Round, May 22-May 26. Twelve musicians will
progress to the Semifinal Round, May 28-31, where in addition to
sixty-minute recitals, audiences will hear them perform piano
quintets with the one of today's preeminent ensembles, the Takács
Quartet, over a four-day, eight-session round. The Semifinal
Round's recitals will also include each competitor's choice of one
of several new works provided by the Foundation from its American
Composers Invitational initiative. Just six of these young artists
will advance to the Final Round, June 3-7, where they will perform
two concerti with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, led by
world-renowned conductor Maestro James Conlon; each one will also
play an additional fifty-minute recital. The winners will be
announced at the Awards Ceremony on June 7.
The twenty-nine competitors, their nationalities and ages, in
alphabetical order by last name, are:
Mr. Stephen Beus, United States, 27
Mr. Evgeni Bozhanov, Bulgaria, 25
Mr. Ran Dank, Israel, 27
Mr. Alessandro Deljavan, Italy, 22
Ms. Yoonjung Han, Korea, 24
Ms. Kyu Yeon Kim, Korea, 23
Ms. Naomi Kudo, United States/Japan, 22
Ms. Natacha Kudritskaya, Ukraine, 25
Mr. Eduard Kunz, Russia, 28
Ms. Andrea Lam, Australia, 27
Ms. Soyeon Lee, Korea, 29
Ms. Ang Li, Canada, 24
Mr. Michail Lifits, Germany, 26
Mr. Spencer Myer, United States, 30
Mr. Ilya Rashkovskiy, Russia, 24
Ms. Mayumi Sakamoto, Japan, 26
Ms. Yeol Eum Son, Korea, 23
Mr. Victor Stanislavsky, Israel, 26
Mr. Chetan Tierra, United States, 25
Mr. Nobuyuki Tsujii, Japan, 20
Ms. Mariangela Vacatello, Italy, 27
Mr. Vassilis Varvaresos, Greece, 26
Mr. Lukas Vondracek, Czech Republic, 22
Ms. Di Wu, China, 24
Ms. Amy J. Yang, United States/China, 25
Mr. Feng Zhang, China, 23
Mr. Haochen Zhang, China, 19
Mr. Ning Zhou, China, 21
Ms. Zhang Zuo, China, 20
For more information on the Thirteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, the competitors, jury, and the
numerous events taking place until June 7, please visit
www.cliburn.org.
ExxonMobil is the Principal Corporate Sponsor of the Van
Cliburn Foundation. American Airlines, Bank of America, City of
Fort Worth, J.P.Morgan, Star- Telegram, Steinway & Sons, and
XTO Energy Inc. are Official Corporate Sponsors, and RadioShack is
the Cliburn's Corporate Sponsor. Official Sponsors are the Amon G.
Carter Foundation, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County,
the Burnett Foundation, Beaumont Foundation of America, the Sid W.
Richardson Foundation, and the T. Boone Pickens Foundation.
Star-Telegram is the principal media partner and WRR 101.1 FM is
the official radio station of Cliburn Concerts.
Contact: Sevan Melikyan Dir. of P.R.
email: sevan@cliburn.org
phone: 682.564.5613 web:
