XVI José Iturbi International Piano Competition

The XVI José Iturbi International Piano Competition took take place in Valencia from September 15-27, 2008. It was won by Zhengyu Chen, who became the first Chinese pianist to attain the 1st prize.

Jury

** flagicon|Spain Joaquín Soriano "(president)"
** flagicon|Italy Antonio di Cristofano
** flagicon|Russia Bella Davidovich
** flagicon|Lithuania Petras Geniusas
** flagicon|Austria Peter Lang
** flagicon|Russia Stanislav Pochekin
** flagicon|Spain Fernando Puchol
** flagicon|Spain Jesús Ángel Rodríguez
** flagicon|Italy Maria Tipo
** flagicon|Japan Fujiko Yamada

Prizes

*fnb|1 Awarded to the best qualified Valencian competitor.
*fnb|2 Awarded to the best qualified Spanish competitor.
*fnb|3 Awarded to the best Spanish contemporary music performer.
*fnb|4 Awarded to the best Concerto performer.
*fnb|5 Awarded to the best Spanish music performer.

Compositions commisioned for the competition

** Emilio Calandín - "Tres naipes del I Ching"
** Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher - "Chronos / Kayros"
** Enrique Sanz-Burguete - "A Matilde"

Competition Results (by rounds)

First Round

"September 16 and 17". Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo.
* Domenico Scarlatti / Antonio Soler Sonata + Two pieces among Fryderyk Chopin's Nocturnes, Impromptus, Mazurkas and Waltzes + Gabriel Fauré / Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel composition + Ad libitum.

** flagicon|Germany flagicon|UK Ron Abramski
** flagicon|Spain Mario Alonso Herrero
** flagicon|Italy Angelo Arciglione
** flagicon|France Honoré Béjin Garcia
** flagicon|Spain Enrique Bernaldo de Quirós Martín
** flagicon|Russia Tatyana Bezmenova
** flagicon|Norway Ingfrid Breie Nyhus
** flagicon|Ireland Cathal Breslin
** flagicon|Spain Ángel Cabrera
** flagicon|Switzerland Christian Chamorel
** flagicon|China Zhengyu Chen
** flagicon|China Wu Chi
** flagicon|Italy Sebastian Di Bin
** flagicon|Italy Nazareno Ferrugio
** flagicon|Croatia Martina Filjak
** flagicon|Russia Sofya Gulyak
** flagicon|Japan Shinnosuke Inugai
** flagicon|South Korea Soyeon Kim
** flagicon|Belarus Karalina Kirylchyk
** flagicon|North Korea Yun Jung Koo
** flagicon|USA Martin Labazevitch
** flagicon|Lithuania Daiva Lavrinavičiūtė
** flagicon|Russia Aleksey Lebedev
** flagicon|Taiwan Li-Wei Lee
** flagicon|South Korea Yu Mi Lee
** flagicon|Spain José Menor Martín
** flagicon|Greece Theodosia Ntokou
** flagicon|Italy Vincenzo Oliva
** flagicon|Japan Fumie Onda
** flagicon|South Korea Jin Woo Park
** flagicon|South Korea Joo Hyeon Park
** flagicon|France Tristan Pfaff
** flagicon|Russia flagicon|Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya
** flagicon|Macedonia Ivana Ristova
** flagicon|Russia Daniil Sayamov
** flagicon|Russia Sergey Sobolev
** flagicon|Japan Masataka Takada
** flagicon|Japan Yoshida Tomoaki
** flagicon|Russia Maria Tretiyakova
** flagicon|Russia Andrey Yaroshinsky

Quarter-finals

"September 18, 19 and 20". Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo.
* Franz Joseph Haydn / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata or Variations + Fryderyk Chopin Etude + Isaac Albéniz (Iberia) / Enrique Granados (Goyescas) / Manuel de Falla (Fantasía Bética, Cuatro piezas españolas) composition

** flagicon|Germany flagicon|UK Ron Abramski
** flagicon|Italy Angelo Arciglione
** flagicon|Russia Tatyana Bezmenova
** flagicon|Spain Ángel Cabrera
** flagicon|Switzerland Christian Chamorel
** flagicon|China Zhengyu Chen
** flagicon|Italy Sebastian Di Bin
** flagicon|Italy Nazareno Ferrugio
** flagicon|Japan Shinnosuke Inugai
** flagicon|South Korea Soyeon Kim
** flagicon|North Korea Yun Jung Koo
** flagicon|USA Martin Labazevitch
** flagicon|Russia Aleksey Lebedev
** flagicon|South Korea Yu-Mi Lee
** flagicon|Japan Fumie Onda
** flagicon|France Tristan Pfaff
** flagicon|Russia flagicon|Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya
** flagicon|Russia Maria Tretiyakova

emi-finals

"September 21 and 22". Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo.
* Romantic composition/s + Mandatory contemporary composition.

** flagicon|Germany flagicon|United Kingdom Ron Abramsky
** flagicon|Italy Angelo Arciglione
** flagicon|Spain Ángel Cabrera
** flagicon|Switzerland Christian Chamorel
** flagicon|China Zhengyu Chen
** flagicon|Japan Shinnosuke Inugai
** flagicon|South Korea Soyeon Kim
** flagicon|North Korea Yun Jung Koo
** flagicon|USA Martin Labazevitch
** flagicon|South Korea Yu-Mi Lee
** flagicon|France Tristan Pfaff "(withdrawal)"
** flagicon|Russia flagicon|Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya

Final

"September 26 and 27". Palau de la Música - Sala Iturbi.

** flagicon|Italy Angelo Arciglione --- Fryderyk Chopin: 2nd.
** flagicon|Spain Ángel Cabrera --- Fryderyk Chopin: 2nd.
** flagicon|China Zhengyu Chen --- Ferenc Liszt: 1st.
** flagicon|South Korea Soyeon Kim --- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1st.
** flagicon|South Korea Yu-Mi Lee --- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1st.
** flagicon|Russia flagicon|Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya --- Fryderyk Chopin: 1st.

Orquesta de Valencia. Max Bragado, conductor.

External links

* [http://www.pianoiturbi.com/ Diputación de Valencia - Valencia International Piano Competition José Iturbi]