2024 Competition Videos
Round I
Sponsored by Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Eleven contestants performed 50-minute recitals during four sessions over the course of two days at the University of the Incarnate Word. Yungyung Guo of China won the Junior Jury Award of $2,500, sponsored by Mary Ann Winden.
1:00 - 1:50 PM • Yongqiu Liu (China)
Program
PROKOFIEV Sarcasm, Op.17
GERSHWIN Selections from Songbook, transcribed for piano solo by Gershwin
Clap yo’ hands
The man I love
Strike up the band
SCHUMANN Sonata No.1, Op.11
2:00 - 2:50 PM • Zihao Wu (China)
Program
BEETHOVEN Sonata in E major Op.109
CHOPIN Rondo à la Mazurka in F Major, Op. 5
STRAVINSKY Three movements from Petrushka
3:00 - 3:50 PM • Chi-Jo Lee (Taiwan)
Program
MOZART Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K 280
LISZT Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
RACHMANINOFF Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
6:00 - 6:50 PM • Young Sun Choi (South Korea)
MOZART Sonata in C Major, K. 309
CHOPIN Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
VINE Sonata No. 1
7:00 - 7:50 PM • Zifan Ye (China)
Program
RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36
PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
8:00 - 8:50 PM • Nathan Cheung (USA)
Program
BACH Italian Concerto
DE FALLA Fantasia Baetica
CÉCILE CHAMINADE 6 Etudes de concert, Op. 35
1:00 - 1:50 PM • Rachel Breen (USA)
Program
BACH Goldberg Variations
2:00 - 2:50 PM • Yungyung Guo (China) - Junior Jury Award
Program
MOZART Andante in F Major, K. 616
BARTÓK Study for Piano, Op. 18 No. 3
SCHUBERT Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960
3:00 - 3:50 PM • Tatiana Dorokhova (Russia)
Program
LISZT “Après une lecture du Dante”, Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161 No. 7
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an exhibition
6 - 6:50 PM • Jialin Yao (China)
Program
BACH Toccata in G Major, BWV 916
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, Op. 16
I. Äußerst bewegt
II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
III. Sehr aufgeregt
IV. Sehr langsam
V. Sehr lebhaft
VI. Sehr langsam
VII. Sehr rasch
VIII. Schnell und spielend
SCRIABIN Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28
7 - 7:50 PM • Min Joo Yi (USA)
Program
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Bk. 1
MOZART Sonata in C major, K. 330
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante cantabile
III. Allegretto
TCHAIKOVSKY/PLETNEV Concert Suite from “The Nutcracker”
I. March
II. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
III. Tarantella
IV. Intermezzo
V. Trépak (Russian Dance)
VI. Tea (Chinese Dance)
VII. Andante maestoso (Pas de deux)
8 – 8:50 PM • Deliberations & Announcements
Round II
Sponsored by Rachel & Jonathan Gurwitz
1:00 - 1:50 PM • Zihao Wu (China)
Program
SCHUMANN ‘Abegg’ variations Op.1
SCRIABIN Fantasy in B minor Op. 28
JIANZHONG WANG Liuyang River (1972)
ALBÉNIZ Malagueña from Rumores de la Caleta Op. 71 No. 6
LISZT Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418
2:00 - 2:50 PM • Chi-Jo Lee (Taiwan)
Program
TYZEN HSIAO “Prelude” and “Memory” from Memories of Home
DEBUSSY Préludes, Book 1, L. 117
IV. “Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir”
V. “Les collines d’Anacapri”
GINASTERA Piano Sonata No.1
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 3, Op. 23
3:00 - 3:50 PM • Young Sun Choi (South Korea) - Best Performance of a Work by a Spanish or Latin Composer
Program
GRANADOS No. 4 ‘Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor’ from “Goyescas”
UNSUK CHIN Piano Etude No. 5 “Toccata”
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
SCHUMANN Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11
6:00 - 6:50 PM • Rachel Breen (USA)
Program
PROKOFIEV March from Love for Three Oranges
KURTAG Prelude and Waltz in C
SCRIABIN Prelude in F Op. 11 No. 23
PROKOFIEV Intermezzo from Cinderella Op. 95 No. 1
BEETHOVEN Bagatelle Op. 126 no. 3
ALBÉNIZ Evocation
CHOPIN Impromptu No. 1 in Ab
BERIO Wasserklavier (1965)
CHOPIN Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp
MEDTNER Fairy Tale Op. 51 No. 5 (1928)
RACHMANINOFF Etude Op. 39 No. 4
DESYATNIKOV Prelude No. 4
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
BARBER After the Concert (1960s)
7:00 - 7:50 PM • Yungyung Guo (China)
Program
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Jeunes filles au jardin (from Scènes d’enfants)
El Lago (from Paisajes)
MOZART Sonata No. 1 in C Major, K. 279
ZHENBANG LEI, Tajik Folk Song “Why Are the Flowers So Red” arr. ZHAO ZHANG
CÉSAR FRANCK Prélude, Choral et Fugue, Op. 21
LIGETI
Etude No. 11 “En suspens” (1988–1994)
Etude No. 13 “L’escalier du diable”(1988–1994)
8:00 - 8:50 PM • Tatiana Dorokhova (Russia)
Program
FRANCK Prélude, Choral et Fugue
ALBÉNIZ “El Puerto” from Iberia, Book I
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
Round III, World Music
Sponsored by Ben Jones
Young Sun Choi (South Korea)
Program
KELLY-MARIE MURPHY Star Burning Blue (2000)
AARON PRADO El Colibrí y la Cempasúchil (2023)
Yungyung Guo (China)
Program
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Butterflying (2003)
CARL VINE The Anne Landa Preludes Selections (2006)
Prelude No. 4 “Ever After Ever”
Prelude No. 9 “Tarantella”
Prelude No. 11 “Fughetta”
AARON PRADO El Colibrí y la Cempasúchil (2023)
Tatiana Dorokhova (Russia) - Audience Favorite
Program
GABRIELLA SMITH Imaginary Pancake (2020)
AARON PRADO El Colibrí y la Cempasúchil (2023)
Round IV
Sponsored by Malú and Carlos Alvarez, City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Cultura and the Global Engagement Office
Young Sun Choi (South Korea) - Bronze
Program
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Yungyung Guo (China) - Gold
Program
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Tatiana Dorokhova (Russia) - Silver
Program
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, TH 5
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