Sydney International Piano Challenge 2023

The Sydney International Piano Challenge is underway!

Full details of the contestants and live streams of the stages can be found on the Piano + site.

Meanwhile, here are recordings of the Challenge to date.

Performers and works included in the Semi-Finals Highlights

Carter Johnson
Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin M.68 – 28:06
Yuanfan Yang
Franz Schubert: No.3 in B♭ major Andante con variazioni from 4 Impromptus D.935 – 11:29
Wynona Yinuo Wang
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.28 – 40:03
Philipp Lynov
Claude Debussy: Images Book II L.111 – 13:49
Reuben Tsang
Muzio Clementi: Sonata No.1 in G major from 3 Piano Sonatas Op.40 – 21:11

Performers and works included in the Preliminaries Highlights.

1. Anfisa Bobylova
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E major Op.54

2. Antonio Chen Guang
Johann Sebastian Bach: Italienisches Konzert BWV 971

3. Pedro López Salas
Joseph Haydn: Divertimento in A major Hob.XVI:1

4. Yungyung Guo
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit M.55 – No.1 Odine

5. Andrea Molteni
Johannes Brahms: Scherzo in E♭ minor Op.4

6. Yasuko Furumi
Aleksandr Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.2 in G# minor Op.19

7. Rafael Gutiérrez-Vélez
Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor Hob.XVII:6

8. Roman Lopatynskyi
Camille Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz: Danse Macabre

9. Uladzislau (Vladislav) Khandohi
Franz Schubert: 4 Impromptus D.899 – No.1 in C minor Allegro molto moderato

10. Kevin Chow
Peter Wilson: Three Preludes

11. Gabriel Yeo
Joseph Haydn: Fantasia (Capriccio) in C major Hob.XVII:4

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