XVII Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition

The 17th Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition took place in the Festival Palace of Santander, Spain from July 27 to August 8, 2012. Twenty pianists from ten countries took part in the competition.[1] For the fifth time the First Prize was not awarded; Ahn Ah-ruem won the Second Prize while Tamar Beraia and János Palojtay shared the Third Prize. Beraia was awarded the Audience Prize.[2]

Jury

Spain Antoni Ros Marbà (chairman)
United Kingdom Peter Alward (vice-chairman)
Portugal Luis Pereira Leal (vice-chairman)
Italy Lorenzo Fasolo
Finland Ralf Gothóni
Hungary Márta Gulyás
Russia Elisabeth Leonskaja
Ukraine Oleg Maisenberg
Spain Tomás Marco
Hungary Ferenc Rados
Switzerland Gérard Wyss
Hungary Jenő Nyári (preselection)
Spain Luis Fernando Pérez (preselection)

Results

Contestant R1 R2 SF F Notes
South Korea Ahn Ah-ruem
Georgia (country) Tamar Beraia Awarded the Audience Prize
Hungary János Palojtay
Hungary Benedek Horváth
Italy Daniele Rinaldo
Kazakhstan Samson Tsoy
Russia Yulia Chaplina
Russia Vladislav Kozhukhin
Spain Marta Liébana
Russia Nadezhda Pisareva
China Song Zihui
Russia Diana Tkachenko
United States Charlie Albright
Russia Polina Bogdanova
Finland Marko Hilpo
South Korea Kim Tae-hyung
Russia Eduard Kiprskiy
Cuba Marcos Madrigal
Italy Scipione Sangiovanni
South Korea Sung Jenna

References

  1. ↑ Selected pianists for the Paloma O'Shea competition. Mundoclasico.com
  2. ↑ The Santander Paloma O'Shea Piano Competition's First Prize is not awarded. RTVE.es, 08/08/12