1977
Jenö Jandó has become the world’s most recorded classical pianist with Naxos Records, as well as performing world-wide in recitals and with orchestras.
Piers Lane is an Australian-born, London-based international concert pianist and recording artist, who performs regularly in over forty countries. He will give the opening recital for the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia.
Andre La Plante is a Professor of Piano in Toronto (Canada) Conservatory of Music, and also a concert artist.
John O’Conor has a career as an international concert pianist and recording artist as well as being the founder of the Dublin International Piano Competition. He has recorded all the Beethoven piano sonatas and works by Irish composer John Field.
1981
David Owen Norris is one of England’s leading concert pianists who tours internationally.
Yves Rault is a renowned French pianist now on the international circuit. He has toured in Australia several times.
1985
Bernd Glemser’s 2003 recording of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, was voted by a panel of judges to be the “best recording ever” of this work. Based in Germany, voted “best recording of the month” nine times (2002/3) for recordings released in Europe and the USA. He has recorded all piano concertos by Beethoven and Rachmaninov, as well as piano sonatas by Prokofiev, amongst other works.
Thomas Duis is an international concert artist and Professor at Musik Hochschule Saarbruchen. He has performed on five continents.
1998
Alexander Korsantiya was a First Prize-winner at the Rubinstein Competition, and was voted best winner in the history of that Competition. In 2001, he was appointed Professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and continues his concert career.
Victor Sangiorgio is an internationally recognised concert pianist from Australia. He has made a number of CDs of virtuoso works with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
1992
Xiang Dong Kong has a career as an international concert pianist and recording artist on several projects with Naxos. He has opened five music schools in Shanghai to develop the talents of young Chinese pianists and pianists from other countries.
Duncan Gifford, an Australian pianist, gained First Place in three major International Piano Competitions: the Mozart Competition (Switzerland), Jose Iturbi Competition (Spain) and the Maria Callas Competition (Greece), and was recently appointed Professor of Piano at Madrid Contemporary Music Conservatoire. He continues to expand his solo repertoire and gives many concerts of chamber music and accompanies instrumental and vocal soloists. He recently recorded works by French composers D’Indy, Fauré and Saint-Saëns with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, due for release in late 2003.
1996
Sergei Tarasov is a Russian pianist establishing his career as a concert artist in Russia and Europe.
Yuki Takao, from Japan, has many concert engagements throughout his home country, and also in Africa, South America and Europe.
Roberto Cominati continues to develop his international career. He has twice returned for concert tours in Australia.
2000
Marina Kolomiitseva returned to Australia in 2002, performing recitals in all states of Australia, and concerto appearances with the West Australian, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney Youth and Central Coast Symphony Orchestras. She has also had two concert tours in the USA, and her CD recording for ABC Classics will be launched in March 2004.
Daniel del Pino has won prizes in competitions in Spain and Morocco, and has also given concert tours in the USA, Switzerland, Spain, England, Taiwan, Italy, Germany and Romania. In addition, he has recorded all 27 Études of Chopin and also Études by Mendelssohn and Mocheles.
Alexei Volodin was the winner of the 2003 Geza Anda International Piano Competition in Switzerland. In addition to prize-money, he obtained concert management for three years, and concert engagements throughout Europe. His recordings of ballet transcriptions - Stravinsky’s Petrouchka, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty will be launched by ABC Classics in March, 2004.
A number of former prize-winners and competitors have obtained important positions in Conservatories and Universities in the USA, Russia, Spain, Germany and other countries in Europe, England and Canada. These include: Paul Wise, Shan Deng, Matthew Hagle, Marioara Trifan, Svetlana Navasardian, Irina Plotnikova, Catherine Vickers, Daniel Blumenthal, Arnan Weisel, Michael Gurt, Ivor Janssen, Dmitry Grigortsevich, Ingo Dannhorn, Anne-Louise Turgeon, Daniel del Pino, Vera Kamaneva and Alexei Volodin.
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Bernd Glemser continues to receive rave reviews for his recordings. The latest for his recordings of the Prokofiev Sonatas. “Classics Today USA - Rating 10 out of 10”. The recording was given 5 stars in Denmark and “Star of the Month (April)” in Germany’s magazine Fono Forum. Another review states, “If I had to choose one set of Prokofiev Sonatas to take to a desert island, it would be a tough decision to make and would undoubtedly come down to Glemser and Raekallio. In the end though, I believe I would opt for Glemser. His Prokofiev Fifth here is one of the finer versions available.”
Alexei Volodin has quite a heavy schedule of recitals and concertos during 2004, including the Ruhr Festival, Moscow, Erbach, Korbach, Frankfurt, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Lille, Paris, Schaffhausen, St Moritz, Zurich, Lucerne, Stuttgart, Rostov-on-Don, Berlin, Ludwigshafen, Munich, Cesky Krumlov Festival, Pescara, St Gallen, Montreux, Bern, Bad Säckingen and Fribourg. Concertos to be performed are Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Chopin’s Variations Op. 2.
