Tenth Competition
October 11-17, 2009
Prizes
Performance with the San Antonio Symphony
A week of chamber music concerts with Cactus Pear Music Festival
Solo recital performance in the Music from Saint Mark’s Series
SECOND PRIZE : Silver Medal and $10,000
Solo recital performance at The Arts at Coker concert series
THIRD PRIZE : Bronze Medal and $5,000
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS: $2,500 each
SEMIFINAL ROUND SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS: $1,000 each
BEST PERFORMANCE AWARDS: $1,000 each
JUNIOR JURY AWARD: $500
Ryo Yanagitani (Canada) Gold Medal
Andrea Lam (Australia) Silver Medal
Christopher Atzinger (USA) Bronze Medal
Special Recognition: Ran Jia, China
Special Recognition: Dizhou Zhao, China
Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Christopher Atzinger
Best Performance of a Classical Work: Andrea Lam
Best Performance of a Romantic Work: Ryo Yanagitani
Best Performance of a Work by a Latin American Composer: Ryo Yanagitani
Best Performance of a Work by a Russian Composer: Andrea Lam
Junior Jury Award: Ryo Yanagitani
Semifinalists
Yoonjung Han, Korea
Hanchien Lee, Taiwan
Weiwen Ma, China
Alberto Nosè
Contestant Selection Jury
Wei-Yi Yang, Taiwan
Competition Jury
Eduardo Delgado, Argintina
Robin McCabe, USA
Gustavo Romero, USA
Ilana Vered, Israel
Junior Jury
Katie Ha, age 16
Julia Maters, age 16
Ellen Pavliska, age 17
Kira Sedberry, age 17
Brian White, age 16
Commissioned Composer
Ivory and Ebony
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