Ninth Competition
October 15-21, 2006
Prizes
Solo recital performance in the Music from Saint Mark’s Series
SECOND PRIZE : Silver Medal and $10,000
THIRD PRIZE : Bronze Medal and $5,000
FOURTH PRIZE : $2,500
FIFTH PRIZE : $2,000
SEMIFINAL ROUND SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS: $700 each
BEST PERFORMANCE AWARDS: $1,000 each
Alexey Koltakov (Ukraine/Australia) Gold Medal
Grace Fong (USA) Bronze Medal
Michael Mizrahi (USA) Bronze Medal
(No Silver Medal awarded)
Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Alexey Koltakov
Best Performance of a Classical Work: Grace Fong
Best Performance of a Romantic Work: Alexey Koltakov
Finalists
Svetlana Smolina, Russia/USA
Semifinalists
Judy Huang, Taiwan
Esther Park, Korea/USA
Yukiko Sekino, Japan
Rui Shi, China
Contestant Selection Jury
Andrea Sokol-Albert
Kiyoshi Tamagawa
Competition Jury
Robin McCabe, USA
William Wolfram, USA
Commissioned Composer
Rhapsody
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