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THE 2011 COMPETITORS

Following the selection of the competitors for the preliminary stage of the competition, Jury Chairman, Gordon Fergus-Thompson issued the following statement:

'The standard of the forty-seven entries was extremely high. We have come to expect very high technical accomplishment but we acknowledge also a significant rise in the intellectual and artistic status of these young artists'

 

COMPETITORS FOR THE PRELIMINARY STAGE

Joao Bettencourt - Portugal
Aleksandra Bobrowska - Poland
Qiaojing Dai - China
Anna Dmytrenko - USA
Ivan Hovorun - Ukraine
Olga Jegunova - Latvia
Syuzanna Kaszo - Ukraine
Jennifer Lee - New Zealand
Kumi Matsuo - Japan
Gunel Mirzayeva - Azerbaijan
Asagi Nakata - Japan
Maria Nemtsova - USA
Riyad Nicolas - Syria
Jing Ouyang - China
Olga Paliy - Ukraine
James Redfern - Britain
Slava Sidorenko - Ukraine
Haijie Wang - China
Cordelia Williams - Britain
Grace Yeo - South Korea
Jessica Zhu - USA

PRELIMINARY STAGE

SATURDAY 1ST OCTOBER

9.30am - Anna Dmytrenko
9.50am - Slava Sidorenko
10.10am - Asagi Nakata
10.30am - Cordelia Williams

10.50am - Break

11.10am - Joao Bettencourt
11.30am - Grace Yeo
11.50am - Jessica Zhu
12.10pm - Olga Paliy
12.30pm - Syuzanna Kaszo

12.50pm - Break

1.40pm - Olga Jegunova
2.00pm - Kumi Matso
2.20pm - Haijie Wang
2.40pm - Alexsandra Bobrowska

3.00pm - Break

3.10pm - Qiaojing Dai
3.30pm - Jing Ouyang
3.50pm - Maria Memtsova
4.10pm - Riyad Nicolas

4.30pm - Break

5.00pm - James Redfern
5.20pm - Ivan Hovorun
5.40pm - Gunal Mirzayeva
6.00pm - Jennifer Lee

The 8 competitors selected for the Semi-final will be announced at approximately 6.50pm

 

SEMI-FINAL

1 - 10.00am Slava Sidorenko
2 - 10.45am Cordelia Williams

Break - 11.30am

3 - 11.50am Olga Paliy
4 - 12.35pm Haijie Wang

Break - 1.20pm

5 - 2.10pm Qiaojing Dai
6 - 2.55pm Maria Newtsova

Break - 3.40pm

7 - 4.00pm James Redfern
8 - 4.45pm Jennifer Lee

End - 5.30pm

 

Results and presentation of 4th Prize, Semi-final prizes and John Ireland Prize at approximately 5.30pm

Refreshments will be on sale at the college throughout the competition.

All proceeds to competition

 

Dudley International Piano Competition - Registered Charity No: 1088446