Twelfth Competition
June 5 – 12, 2016
Prizes
Performance with the San Antonio Symphony
A week of chamber music concerts with Cactus Pear Music Festival
Solo recital performance with the Fredericksburg Music Club
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: $1,500 each
JUNIOR JURY AWARD: $500
Scott Cuellar (USA) Gold Medal
Sung Chang (S Korea) Silver Medal
Osip Nikiforov (Russia) Bronze Medal
Special Recognition: Joseph Choi, USA
Special Recognition: Saetbyeol Kim, South Korea
Best Performance of the Commissioned Work: Osip Nikiforov
Best Performance of a Baroque Work: Joseph Choi
Best Performance of a Classical Work: Sung Chang
Best Performance of a Romantic Work: Scott Cuellar
Best Performance of a 20th or 21st Century Work: Saetbyeol Kim
Best Performance of a Work by a Spanish or Latin American Composer: Sung Chang
Best Performance of a Work by a Russian Composer: Scott Cuellar
Junior Jury Award: Saetbyeol Kim
Semifinalists
Sung-Soo Cho, South Korea
Esther Lee, USA
Liana Paniyeva, Ukraine
Alan Woo, USA
Ming Xie, China
Yevgeny Yontov, Israel
Contestant Selection Jury
Christina Long, Taiwan
Ryo Yanagitani, Canada
Competition Jury
Jeffrey Biegel, United States
Eduardo Delgado, Argentina
Beatrice Long, Taiwan
Naoko Takao, Japan
Junior Jury
Erin Guetzloe, age 14
Helen Nebeker, age 18
Mark Rogers, age 17
Katherine Sheridan, age 14
Paul Overlie, age 16 (alternate)
Commissioned Composer
Bal Fantôme, Op. 4
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