2016 Competition
The 2016 San Antonio International Piano Competition Winners are:
SAIPC Winners Announced
Gold Medal
#7 Scott Cuellar
Silver Medal
#8 Sung Chang
Bronze Medal
#3 Osip Nikiforov
Junior Jury Award
#12 Saetybeol Kim
Best Performance of a Russian Composer
#7 Scott Cuellar
Best Performance of a 20th or 21st Century
#12 Saetbyeol Kim
Andrew R Gurwitz
Memorial Composition
#3 Osip Nikiforov
Special Recognition Awards
#4 Joseph Choi
#12 Saetbyeol Kim
Competitor Programs
#1 ALAN WOO
Semifinals — Round 2
Iberia, Book 1 Isaac Albéniz
Evocación (1860-1909)
El Puerto
Corpus-Christi en Sevilla
Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 Ludwig van Beethoven Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (1770–1827)
Allegro molto
Adagio ma non troppo – Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo
#2 ESTHER LEE
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata in F Major, Hob.XVI:23 Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
Miroirs Maurice Ravel
Noctuelles (1875-1937)
Oiseaux tristes
Une barque sur l’océan
Alborada del gracioso
Allegro de Concierto, Op. 46 Enrique Granados
#3 OSIP NIKIFOROV
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 Ludwig van Beethoven Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (1770–1827) Lebhaft, marschmäßig
Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit
Gaspard de la Nuit Maurice Ravel
Ondine (1875-1937)
Le gibet
Scarbo
#4 JOSEPH CHOI
Semifinals — Round 2
Preludes, Book I Claude Debussy
La sérénade interrompue (1862–1918)
La Cathédrale engloutie
La danse de Puck
La fille aux cheveux de lin
Minstrels
Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 Ludwig van Beethoven “Waldstein” (1770–1827)
Allegro con brio
Introduzione: Adagio molto
Rondo: Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
#5 YEVGENY YONTOV
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 Ludwig van Beethoven Maestoso — Allegro con brio ed appassionato (1770–1827)
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Cuatro Piezas Españolas Manuel de Falla
No. 1 – Aragonesa (1876-1946)
No. 4 – Andaluza
#6 SUNG-SOO CHO
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven
“The Hunt” (1770–1827)
Allegro
Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
Presto con fuoco
Préludes Claude Debussy
La puerta del Vino (1862–1918)
Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses
Ondine
Ce qu’a vu le Vent d’Ouest
Les collines d’Anacapri
#7 SCOTT CUELLAR
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata in C minor, D.958 Franz Schubert
Allegro (1797-1828)
Adagio
Minuetto and Trio
Allegro
Images, Book II Claude Debussy
Et la lune descent sur la temple qui fut (1862–1918)
Poisson d’or
#8 SUNG CHANG
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata in E Major, Hob. XVI:31 Joseph Haydn
Moderato (1732-1809)
Allegretto
Presto
La Valse Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
Prelude Book 1, No. 6 Claude Debussy
Des pas sur la neige (1862–1918)
Valse Poeticos Enrique Granados
(1867-1916)
#9 JEANETTE AUFIERO
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Ludwig van Beethoven “Appassionata” (1770–1827)
Allegro assai
Andante con moto
Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
Allegro de Concierto, Op. 46 Enrique Granados
(1867-1916)
#10 MING XIE
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro vivace (1770–1827) Largo appassionato
Scherzo: Allegretto
Rondo: Grazioso
Gaspard de la Nuit Maurice Ravel
Ondine (1875-1937)
Le gibet
Scarbo
#11 LIANA PANIYEVA
Semifinals — Round 2
Sonata in A minor, K.310 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro maestoso (1756–1791)
Andante cantabile con expressione
Presto
Pavane Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
La Valse Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
#12 SAETBYEOL KIM
Semifinals — Round 2
Valse Poeticos Enrique Granados
(1867-1916)
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven
“The Hunt” (1770–1827)
Allegro
Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
Presto con fuoco
Goyescas Enrique Granados
Los requiebros (1867-1916)