2015 Leeds International Piano Competition

The 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition was the 18th edition of the tournament, and it was held in the University of Leeds and the Leeds Town Hall from 26 August to 13 September 2015, with the Hallé Orchestra acting in the final conducted by Mark Elder. Russian pianist Anna Tcybuleva won the competition.

Jury

Results

Competitor R1 R2 SF F
Russia Anna Tsybuleva 1st
South Korea Heejae Kim 2nd
Russia Vitaly Pisarenko 3rd
United States Drew Petersen 4th
Japan Tomoki Kitamura 5th
China Wei Yun 6th
United Kingdom Ashley Fripp
South Korea Hong Hi-hwang
Russia Alexander Panfilov
Taiwan Szuyu Rachel Su
China Sun Jun
China Zhou Yunqing
United Kingdom Jamie Bergin
South Korea Cho Jun-hwi
Germany Kiveli Dörken
Italy Giuseppe Guarerra
South Korea Huh Jae-weon
Japan Daiki Kato
Hungary Daniel Lebhardt
South Korea Lee Taek-gi
Italy Rodolfo Leone
China Li Zhenni
Japan Yuka Morishige
South Korea Park Joo-hyeon
Italy Costanza Principe
South Korea Shin Chang-yong
Russia Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev
South Korea Won Jae-yeon
United Kingdom Yang Yuanfan
Japan Masaru Yoshitake
Romania Alina Bercu
Russia Anna Bulkina
Taiwan Jenny Chen
South Korea Cho Jun
Romania Daniel Ciobanu
United States Lindsay Garritson
Italy Pietro Gatto
Japan Eriko Gomita
China Guang Chen
United States Julia Hamos
Georgia (country) Shalva Khotenashvili
South Korea Kim Myung-hyun
South Korea Kim Yoon-ji
South Korea Lim Hyun-jin
China Lin Peng
Japan Mizuho Nakada
Israel Adi Neuhaus
Japan Nariya Nogi
South Korea Oh Yeon-taek
Japan Kana Okada
France Célia Oneto Bensaid
South Korea Park Hyo-eun
Belgium Stephanie Proot
Romania Mihai Ritivoiu
Uzbekistan Tamila Salimdjanova
Russia Nikolai Saratovsky
Taiwan Shen Mengsheng
South Korea Song Jeung-beum
Thailand Nattapol Tantikarn
China Wang Chun
Hong Kong Wong Chiyan
China Wu Chuyong
China Wu Zhenyi
South Korea Yong Chang
South Korea Yoon Joon

Reactions

Andrew Clements from The Guardian found that while Tcybuleva's playing in the final was fluent "she often seemed incapable of seeing the overall shape of the work [Brahms' 2nd Concerto], and her role in projecting it." He thought "only Petersen and Kim gave any sense that they chose music they genuinely loved" (Rachmaninov's 1st and Beethoven's 4th respectively), while describing Pisarenko as "another pianist with steely technique and limited musical imagination in the current Russian mould."[1]

Norman Lebrecht reported in Slipped Disc that "on-scene observers reported on social media (and privately to Slipped Disc) that the quality had been lower than past contests. They felt that the first prize should have been withheld."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Leeds International Piano competition final – first prize for Anna Tcybuleva, not the obvious choice. The Guardian, 14 September 2015
  2. ↑ Some disquiet about Leeds piano winner. Slipped Disc, 13 September 2015
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