Winners of 2020 Spring Competitions
Piano Competition
Young Musician Category (5 – 10 years old)
Vladimir Kariakin, Russia, Grand Prize
Teacher: Natalia Kreknina
Program:
1) J.S. Bach, Concerto No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1056, 3rd movement
2) J.S. Bach, Three part invention No. 4 in D Minor
3) F. Mendelssohn, Songs Without Words Op. 38, No. 2
Nikki Lau, Canada , First Place
Teacher: Angela Ho
Program:
F. Chopin, Waltz Op. Posth. in A Minor
Aidan Lu, Canada, First Place
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Program:
Dmitrii Shostakovich, Waltz Scherzo from Ballet Suite No. 1
Emma Chiang, Canada, Second Place
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Program:
Dmitrii Kabalevsky, Toccatina from Children's Pieces, Op. 27
Olga Saghatelyan, Armenia, Third Place
Teacher: Honored pedagogue of the Republic of Armenia Karine Harutyunyan
Program:
1) Rodriges, Bolero
2) Aram Khachaturian, Folk Imitation
3) Claude Debussy, The Little Negro
Kayley Low, Canada, Third Place
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Program:
Yoshinao Nakada, The Song of Twilight
Amelia Sheldon, Canada, Fourth Place
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Program:
1) Robert Schumann, The First Loss from the Album for the Young, Op. 68
2) Robert Schumann, The Happy Farmer from the Album for the Young, Op. 68
Piano Competition
Junior Category (11 – 14 years old)
Svetlana Hakobyan, Armenia, Grand Prize
Teacher: Honored pedagogue of the Republic of Armenia Karine Harutyunyan
Program:
1) F. Chopin Variations on a German Air
2) J.S. Bach, Prelude from the English Suite No. 2
Kima Ohanyan, Armenia, First Place
Teacher: Honored pedagogue of the Republic of Armenia Karine Harutyunyan
Program:
1) Ernesto Lecuona, Malaguena
2) Claude Debussy, Prelude from Pour le Piano
Grigorii Zhizhilkin, Russia, First Place
Teacher: Natalia Pikalova
Program:
1) Isaac Dunajewski, Walts "Polovchanskie sadi"
2) Sergey Prokofiev, Mercutio