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CIPC Young Artists Competition: final round with the Canton Symphony (May 21)

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by Daniel Hathaway

CIPC-2015-FinalsAfter playing two rounds with no eliminations, the original pool of 24 young pianists in the Cleveland International Piano Competition’s Young Artists Competition was trimmed to 12. The semifinal round pared that number down to six finalists — three each in the Senior and Junior divisions. The final round with Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Canton Symphony Orchestra, played in front of a sold-out house in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Thursday evening, May 21, would determine who would win first, second and third prizes in each division, as well as who would be awarded the Mozart, Bach and Audience prizes. [Read more…]

CIPC Young Artists finalists announced

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Berea — May 19

Six CIPC YA FInalistsFollowing Tuesday’s semifinal round, CIPC executive director Pierre van der Westhuizen announced the names of three pianists in the Senior Division who would advance to the final round: Jiachen Xiong (18, China), Yuafan Yang (18, U.K.), and Chaeyoung Park (17, South Korea).

The six Junior and Senior Division competitors who will play concerto movements with Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Canton Symphony Orchestra on Thursday evening, May 21 at 7:30 pm in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art are pictured above (L-R) and listed below in performance order with their repertoire. The finals will be broadcast live on WCLV, 104.9 FM and wclv.com.

Elliot Wuu (15, USA), Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1, first movement; Jiacheng Xiong (18, China), Chopin’s Concerto No. 2, first movement; Leonid Nediak (12, Canada), Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3, first movement; Chaeyoung Park (17, South Korea), Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1, first movement; Jae Hong Park (15, South Korea), Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3, first movement; Yuanfan Yang (18, U.K.), Grieg’s Concerto, first movement.

CIPC Young Artists Competition Junior and Senior Divisions, Second Round (May 16)

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by Mike Telin

CIPC-Young-Artists-Logo2The Junior Division continued with its second round on Saturday, May 16, at 10:00 am in Gamble Auditorium.

Nina Yifang Hu (14, USA) kicked things off with an engaging performance of Liszt’s “La campanella” from his Grandes études de Paganini, which she followed with a nicely-shaped and well-voiced rendition of Chopin’s Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2. Hu was in her element during Liebermann’s Gargoyles, Op. 29, playing with sensitivity and wonderful technique.

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CIPC Young Artist Competition Semifinalists named

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Berea, May 18, 2015

Twelve young pianists will advance to the semifinal rounds in the Cleveland International Piano Competition’s Young Artist Competition. Sessions will take place on Monday afternoon and evening, May 18 (Junior Division) and Tuesday afternoon and evening, May 19 (Senior Division) in Gamble Auditorium at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory. See our concert listings page for links to ticketing, biographies, repertoire and live streaming of the four sessions.

JuniorSemis

JUNIOR DIVISION SEMI-FINALISTS:

Xiaoxuan Li (13, China), Elliot Wuu (15, USA), Leonid Nediak (11, Canada), Maxim Lando (12, USA), Jae Hong Park (15, South Korea) & William Yang (13, USA).

SeniorSemis

SENIOR DIVISION SEMI-FINALISTS:

Jiacheng Xiong (18, China),Yuanfan Yang (18, U.K.), Chaeyoung Park (17, South Korea), Giorgio Trione Bartoli (18, Italy), Evren Ozel (15, USA) & Kyubin Chung (17, South Korea).

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