2015 Leeds International Piano Competition
The 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition was the 18th edition of the tournament, and it was held in the University of Leeds and the Leeds Town Hall from 26 August to 13 September 2015, with the Hallé Orchestra acting in the final conducted by Mark Elder. Russian pianist Anna Tcybuleva won the competition.
Jury
- Fanny Waterman (chairman)
- Nikolai Demidenko
- Pascal Devoyon
- Danny Evans
- Adam Gatehouse
- Han Tong-il
- Jerome Lowenthal
- Robert McDonald
- Marios Papadopoulos
- Boris Petrushansky
- Anne Queffélec
- Eleanor Wong
Results
Competitor | R1 | R2 | SF | F |
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Anna Tcybuleva | 1st | |||
Kim Hee-jae | 2nd | |||
Vitaly Pisarenko | 3rd | |||
Drew Petersen | 4th | |||
Tomoki Kitamura | 5th | |||
Wei Yun | 6th | |||
Ashley Fripp | ||||
Hong Hi-hwang | ||||
Alexander Panfilov | ||||
Su Szuyu | ||||
Sun Jun | ||||
Zhou Yunqing | ||||
Jamie Bergin | ||||
Cho Jun-hwi | ||||
Kiveli Dörken | ||||
Giuseppe Guarerra | ||||
Huh Jae-weon | ||||
Daiki Kato | ||||
Daniel Lebhardt | ||||
Lee Taek-gi | ||||
Rodolfo Leone | ||||
Li Zhenni | ||||
Yuka Morishige | ||||
Park Joo-hyeon | ||||
Costanza Principe | ||||
Shin Chang-yong | ||||
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev | ||||
Won Jae-yeon | ||||
Yang Yuanfan | ||||
Masaru Yoshitake | ||||
Alina Bercu | ||||
Anna Bulkina | ||||
Jenny Chen | ||||
Cho Jun | ||||
Daniel Ciobanu | ||||
Lindsay Garritson | ||||
Pietro Gatto | ||||
Eriko Gomita | ||||
Guang Chen | ||||
Julia Hamos | ||||
Shalva Khotenashvili | ||||
Kim Myung-hyun | ||||
Kim Yoon-ji | ||||
Lim Hyun-jin | ||||
Lin Peng | ||||
Mizuho Nakada | ||||
Adi Neuhaus | ||||
Nariya Nogi | ||||
Oh Yeon-taek | ||||
Kana Okada | ||||
Célia Oneto Bensaid | ||||
Park Hyo-eun | ||||
Stephanie Proot | ||||
Mihai Ritivoiu | ||||
Tamila Salimdjanova | ||||
Nikolai Saratovsky | ||||
Shen Mengsheng | ||||
Song Jeung-beum | ||||
Nattapol Tantikarn | ||||
Wang Chun | ||||
Wong Chiyan | ||||
Wu Chuyong | ||||
Wu Zhenyi | ||||
Yong Chang | ||||
Yoon Joon |
Reactions
Andrew Clements from The Guardian found that while Tcybuleva's playing in the final was fluent "she often seemed incapable of seeing the overall shape of the work [Brahms' 2nd Concerto], and her role in projecting it." He thought "only Petersen and Kim gave any sense that they chose music they genuinely loved" (Rachmaninov's 1st and Beethoven's 4th respectively), while describing Pisarenko as "another pianist with steely technique and limited musical imagination in the current Russian mould." [1]
Norman Lebrecht reported in Slipped Disc that "on-scene observers reported on social media (and privately to Slipped Disc) that the quality had been lower than past contests. They felt that the first prize should have been withheld." [2]
References
- ↑ Leeds International Piano competition final – first prize for Anna Tcybuleva, not the obvious choice. The Guardian, 14 September 2015
- ↑ Some disquiet about Leeds piano winner. Slipped Disc, 13 September 2015