Following worldwide auditions of 240 pianists, the following, in alphabetical order, have been selected and invited to participate in the 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition:

 

 Name

 

Country

Audition Venue

1

Mr

Charlie

Albright

USA

New York

2

Mr

Fernando

Altamura

Italy

Paris

3

Mr

Manuel

Araujo

Portugal

Paris

4

Mr

Marco

Ciampi

Italy

Naples

5

Mr

Sean

Chen

USA

New York

6

Mr

Ran

Dank

Israel

New York

7

Mr

Christopher

Devine

UK

Vienna

8

Mr

John

Fisher

Australia

Sydney

9

Mr

Balázs

Fülei

Hungary

Vienna

10

Mr

David

Fung

Australia

Los Angeles

11

Mr

Adam

Herd

Australia

Sydney

12

Miss

Elizaveta

Ivanova

Russia

Moscow

13

Miss

Miya

Kazauka

Japan

Naples

14

Mr

Tomoki

Kitamura

Japan

Tokyo

15

Miss

Tatiana

Kolesova

Russia

Paris

16

Mr

Eduard

Kunz

Russia

London

17

Miss

Miyeon

Lee

South Korea

Tokyo

18 Mr Ryan MacEvoy McCullough USA Los Angeles

19

Mr

Jose

Menor

Spain

New York

20

Mr

Hoang

Pham

Australian

New York

21

Miss

Yoonsoo

Rhee

South Korea

Vienna

22

Mr

Sergei

Saratovsky

Russia

Sydney (DVD)

23

Mr

Takashi

Sato

Japan

Hamburg

24

Mr

Konstantin

Shamray

Russia

Moscow

25

Mr

Yekwon

Sunwoo

South Korea

New York

26

Mr

Daniil

Tsvetkov

Kazakhstan

Moscow

27

Miss

Mariangela

Vacatello

Italy

Paris

28

Mr

Xun

Wang

China

New York

29

Mr

Wojciech

Wisniewski

Poland

Sydney

30 Miss Aiko Yajima Japan Vienna

31

Mr

Alexey

Yemtsov

Australia

Sydney

32

Mr

Chun-Chieh

Yen

Taiwan

Los Angeles

33

Mr

Feng

Zhang

China

Shanghai

34

Mr

XiXi

Zhou

China

Shanghai

35

Mr

Hao

Zhu

China

Shanghai

36

Mr

Eric

Zuber

USA

Los Angeles


Reserve List (Listed in order of merit)

1

Miss

Oxana

Shevchenko

Russia

2

Miss

Hee Youn

Choue

South Korea

3

Miss

Gayane

Saakjana

Latvia



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