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Welcome to the Eighth Boston International Piano Competition. Our four-day competition celebrates

the achievements of dedicated amateur pianists who pursue their love of music while working in other fields. The Boston Piano Amateurs Association is a non-profit organi-zation dedicated to fostering and supporting the musical life in Greater Boston. This world-class piano competition, the only one of its kind in the Boston area, is a key compo-nent of our mission. We also provide pianists and classical music lovers with on-going events, including concerts and offering supportive educational opportunities in our mas-ter classes. We are very excited about this competition. Thank you for joining us and have a wonderful time.

Join us for the Ninth Boston International Piano Competition

Summer 2017Check our website ~ www.bostonpianoamateurs.org

for dates of the competition and details aboutthe 2015 competition winner’s recital in Boston

Board of Directors of Boston Piano Amateurs AssociationRobert Finley, President

Mark Bartlett, Vice-PresidentRobert Berkowitz, Treasurer

Paul Beninato • Andrew CelentanoUlker Copur • Richard Einhorn • David Kaiser • Madelon King

Laurie Macintosh • Debee Slater • Jacquie van Haelst

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A message from Robert FinleyDear Contestants, Guests and Friends, Distinguished Members of the Jury,

Welcome to the Eighth Boston International Piano Competition. We are proud to be one of the preeminent amateur competitions in the world, and to be part of the global community of pianists who pro-mote and compete in these competitions and serve as advocates for making music all over the globe. This year we are delighted to have 35 contestants from Canada, Europe and all over the USA. I would like to thank my Board of Directors very much for volunteering their time and for their hard work and dedication to make this com-petition a great success. I would also like to thank our sponsors and those who have donated money and services to our competition. We are extremely grateful to all the volunteers who have helped us during the competition. I am sure you will all have a wonderful time, musically and socially.

With best wishes,Robert FinleyCompetition Director,President and Founder, Boston Piano Amateurs Association Inc.

President & Founder, BPAA

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Patrons may purchase tickets for a specific day, or purchase a pass good for the entire competition. All tickets are general admission and will only be sold at the door. Your purchased ticket allows you to come and go throughout the day, but please be aware of the performers and do not leave or enter the hall during a performance.

Master classes are free to the general public and do not re-quire tickets.

LATECOMERSLatecomers are asked not to enter the hall while a piece is be-ing performed. Please ask a member of the competition staff if you are unsure about when to enter the hall.

CELL PHONES AND PAGERSPlease ensure that all cell phones and pagers are turned off during the performances.

FOOD AND BEVERAGESFood and beverages are not allowed inside any of the perfor-mance venues.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND RECORDINGUnauthorized use of cameras and audio and video recording equipment is prohibited.

GeneralInformation

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Event ScheduleThursday, June 11, 2015

9:00am - 12:00pmMasterclass with Janice Weber

12:00pm – 5:30pmPreliminary Competition Round, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall

Friday, June 12, 20159:00am - 12:00pm

Masterclass with Timothy McFarland12:00pm – 5:30pm

Preliminary Competition Round, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall6:30pm (approx)

Announcement of Semi-finalistsSaturday, June 13, 2015

9:00am - 12:00pmMasterclass with Victor Rosenbaum

1:30pm - 6:00pmSemifinal Competition Round, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall

6:45pm (approx.)Announcement of Finalists

Sunday, June 14, 201510:30am - 1:00pmPiano Marathon1:30pm - 6:00pm

Final Competition Round, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall5:45pm (approx)

Announcement of winners and prizes 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Post-competition reception

~Prizes and Awards ~Grand Prize Winner: $1000 cash prize and fully managed recital.

Arrangements for the concert date to be made between the winnerand BPAA’s Competition Director.

Second Prize Winner: $500 cash prize • Third Prize Winner: $250 cash prizeFourth Prize Winner: $125 cash prize • Fifth Prize Winner: $100 cash prize

All finalists receive certificatesBest Performing Awards:

$100 cash prizes for the best performance of a baroque, classical,romantic, and modern work.

Best Programming Award:$100 cash prize for the most imaginative programming.

Audience Award:$100 cash prize selected by the audience ballot.

Previous winners of the Boston International Piano Competition2001 – Victor Alexeeff • 2003 – Richard Einhorn • 2005 – Henri Delbeau

2007 – Christopher Shih • 2009 – Vincent Schmithorst2011 – Abel Sanchez-Aguilera • 2013 – Eberhard Zagrosek

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Tatyana Dudochinkin, a distinguished pianist and teacher, is currently on the piano faculty and is former Chair of the Piano Ensemble De-partment in the Preparatory and Continuing Edu-cation Division at the New England Conservatory as well as on the piano faculty of the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology and the Puigcerda Music Festival in Spain. A graduate of the St. Pe-tersburg and Kiev Conservatories of music, she is the Founder and has been Artistic Director of the Annual Composer’s Anniversary Celebrations at

New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall since 1991. She is President of the Chamber Music Foundation of New England as well as Founder and Direc-tor of the International Chamber Music Ensembles Competition. Ms. Dudochinkin has been described as a “formidable Russian born pianist.... highly sensitive and passionate playing with colorful tone” and as a “Strong and fiery player!” by the Boston Globe. She won First Prize and Grand Medal at the prestigious International Early Music Festival-Compe-tition in Lithuania, as well as having earned numerous awards including Ukrainian Chamber Music Competition, All-Union Music Competition and others. Critically acclaimed for her performances as a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Dudochkin has performed extensively throughout Canada, Holland, Italy, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Spain and the United States. She has served on the juries of several International Piano Competitions in Mexico, Russia, Spain and United States. She has been Artist in Residence at the Rockport Music Festival, Spring at Prague Festival, Hampton Music Festival and many others. Ms. Dudochinkin has recorded extensively on the Melodia label, performed and recorded at WGBH, WBUR, “Voice of America”, “Morning Pro Musica”, Washington National Public Radio and Continental CableVi-sion’s “In Performance.” She has also been featured on many annual “Live from Jordan Hall” recordings over the last 25 years and recently performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Her students have won more than 280 top prizes at International, National and World competitions.

Meet the JuryTatyanaDudochinkin

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Pianist Max Levinson is known as an intelligent and sensitive artist with a fearless technique. Levinson’s inter-national career was launched when he won First Prize at the 1997 Dublin In-ternational Piano Competition,the first American to achieve this distinction. He is also recipient of the Avery Fisher Ca-reer Grant and the Andrew Wolf Award. He has performed as soloist with the Los AngelesPhilharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, St. Paul Cham-ber Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Colorado Symphony, New World Symphony, Utah Symphony, Boston Pops, San Antonio Symphony, Louisville Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and National Symphony Orches-tra of Ireland, and in recital at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Wash-ington DC’s Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Zürich’s Tonhalle, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, Jordan Hall in Boston, and throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Levinson is a graduate of Harvard and the New England Conservatory. His teachers include Patricia Zander, Aube Tzerko and Bruce Sutherland. An active chamber musician, Levinson has performed with the Tokyo, Vermeer, Mendelssohn, and Borromeo Quartets, and appears at major music festivals in-cluding Santa Fe, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Bravo/Vail, La Jolla, Seattle and Cartagena. His recordings have earned wide ac-claim, including his most recent recording with violinist Stefan Jackiw of the Three Brahms Sonatas (Sony). In May, he served on the jury of the Dublin International Piano Competition, and is judging the BPA International Competition for the third time. Max Levinson is on the faculty at New England Conservatory and Boston Conservatory. He lives in Newton with his wife, cel-list Allison Eldredge, and their daughters Natalie and Jessica. www.maxlevinson.com

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Michael Lewin, Chair, is international-ly applauded as one of America’s most abundantly gifted and charismatic concert pianists, performing to acclaim in over 30 countries with orchestras, in recital and as a chamber musician. His career was launched by winning the William Kapell International Competition, the American Pianists Associ-ation Fellowship and the Liszt International Piano Competition in the Netherlands. He

has been awarded career grants from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Aaron Cop-land Recording Fund. The New York Times wrote of his New York recital debut in Lin-coln Center in 1984 that “his immense technique and ability qualify him eminently for success”. Since then, his tours have taken him to New York’s major halls, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Pasadena’s Ambas-sador Auditorium, the Library of Congress and National Gallery of Art in Washington, Moscow’s Great Hall, Hong Kong’s City Hall Theater, Taipei’s National Concert Hall, the Opera Houses of Cairo and Wilm-ington, the Athens Megaron, Holland’s Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, London’s Wigmore Hall and the Spoleto Festival. Television appear-ances include a PBS recital performing Schubert’s “Wanderer Fan-tasy” and Chopin works, hosted by Victor Borge. He has been the featured interview in Clavier and Piano & Keyboard Magazines, and edited piano music of Griffes for C.F.Peters. A Steinway Artist, he was Artistic Director of Steinway’s Gala 150th Anniversary Concert held in 2003 in Boston’s Symphony Hall. Deeply committed to guiding and nurturing gifted young pia-nists, Michael Lewin is one of America’s most sought-after teachers. He is a member of the Piano Faculty at The Boston Conservatory, where he also directs the Piano Masters Series, and at Boston Univer-sity, where he is Visiting Artist in Piano. A native of New York, he stud-ied at the Juilliard School. His own teachers included Leon Fleisher, Irwin Freundlich, Adele Marcus, and Yvonne Lefébure.

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SallyPinkas Sally Pinkas has been heard as recit-alist and chamber musician throughout Asia, Europe, Nigeria, Russia and the USA. Israeli born, she has been described by Gramophone Magazine as “...an artist who melds lucid textures with subtle ex-pressive detailing, minus hints of bombast or mannerism...”, she has appeared with the Boston Pops, Aspen Philharmonia, Ju-piter Symphony and the Bulgarian Cham-

ber Orchestra. Her summer credits include festivals at Marlboro, Tanglewood, Aspen, Monadnock, Apple Hill and Rockport, as well as Kfar Blum in Israel, Officina Scotese in Italy and Masters de Pontlevoy in France. Praised for her exquisite tone and driving energy, Ms. Pinkas commands a wide range of repertoire. With Evan Hirsch (The Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo) she has toured extensively, and has premiered and recorded works by George Rochberg, Dan-iel Pinkham, Peter Child, Kui Dong and Thomas Oboe Lee. With flutist Fenwick Smith she has recorded a 3-CD set featuring the music of Philippe Gaubert for the Naxos label. Other recent col-laborations include the Villiers Quartet in London and the Apple Hill Quartet in New Hampshire. She is a member of Ensemble Schumann, an Oboe-Viola-Piano Trio, and appears regularly with the Adaskin String Trio. Pinkas’s solo discography includes works by Schumann, Debussy, Christian Wolff and George Rochberg for the MSR, Naxos, Mode and Centaur labels. Following her crit-ically acclaimed release of Fauré’s Nocturnes on Musica Omnia, she has recorded Fauré’s Barcarolles and Dolly Suite, as well as his Piano Quartets (both for MSR). The Wall Street Journal praised her “exquisite performance” in her “superlatively well-played” re-cording of Harold Shapero’s Piano Music, recently released on the UK label Toccata Classics. Ms. Pinkas holds performance degrees from Indiana Uni-versity and the New England Conservatory of Music, and a PhD in Composition from Brandeis University. Her principal teachers were Russell Sherman, George Sebok, Luise Vosgerchian and Ge-nia Bar-Niv (piano), Sergiu Natra (composition), and Robert Koff (chamber music). She is Professor of Music at Dartmouth College and their Pianist-in-residence at their Hopkins Center.

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Roberto Poli, a native of Venice, Italy, has appeared as a soloist, harpsichordist, cham-ber musician and conductor around the world in cities such as Boston, Brussels, Calgary, Dub-lin, New York, Rome and Seoul. He has studied with Giorgio Vianello, Phillipe Cassard and Boris Petrushansky. After moving to the United States in 1998, he received a Master’s Degree and the prestigious Artist Diploma from the New En-gland Conservatory of Music under the guid-ance of Russell Sherman.

The music of Chopin, which Mr. Poli has studied through manu-scripts and original editions, is the current center of a project including the recording on video of the composer’s complete works; the orga-nization of the Chopin Symposia, featuring illustrious performers, peda-gogues and lecturers; and the publication of his first book, The Secret Life of Musical Notation: defying interpretive traditions (Amadeus Press, 2009) - a volume on pianistic interpretation which provides a new vision of Chopin’s works that is both scholarly and practical. His debut CD, “Shall We Dance...”, was released on Americus Records in 2002. An all-Liszt album was recently presented by Onclassical, a European label which will also release his recording of the complete works of Chopin. After Mr. Poli’s American debut was saluted by the press as “pure magic”, similar assessments have been expressed around the world in cities such as Boston, Brussels, Calgary, Dublin, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Tokyo, Vilnius, Zurich and wherever he travels. Acclaimed as a soloist on both piano and harpsichord, and as a chamber musician and conductor, Roberto Poli has appeared with the Monet Ensemble, the Trio di Venezia, the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, soprano Elizabeth Keusch, clarinetist Jonathan Cohler, violinist Markus Placci, and cellists Sarah Carter and Ronald Lowry. In recent years, he has ap-peared in extensive and critically acclaimed tours of South Korea and the United States with cellist Daniel Lee. In April of 2014, he appeared as a conductor and soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of El Salvador in a program devoted to Mozart and Chopin. Roberto Poli is an enthusiastic sought-after teacher and lecturer. He holds positions at the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, Massa-chusetts, where he is the Artist-in-Residence and Co-chair of the Pia-no Department; and at the New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School. He also enjoys a busy schedule of master classes, and has been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker at institutions such as Cornell Uni-versity, Dartmouth College, New England Conservatory of Music, Uni-versity of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia.

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12:00 Miho Kayoki

12:15 Inning Chen Walter

12:30 Hiromi Inomata

12:45 John Vineyard

1:00 Michael Cheung

1:15 Suzanna Perez Laramee

Break from 1:30 to 2:00

2:00 Art Manwelyan

2:15 Angela Lee Tien

2:30 Gerard de Botton

2:45 Sibylle Barrasso

3:00 Scot King


4:00 Sharon Madison

4:15 Neil McKelvie

4:30 Steven Boyce

4:45 Edward Fritz

5:00 Alexandre Rezende

5:15 Mark Cannon

Preliminary round ScheduleThursday

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12:00 May Chung

12:15 Viscount Thurston

12:30 Alan Brock

12:45 Melinda Morse

1:00 Michael Errico

1:15 Robert Gemmell


2:00 Weiling Wang

2:15 Gordon Cheng

2:30 Anne Miller

2:45 Stephan Dimos

3:00 David Leehey

3:15 Sheldon Kostelecky


4:00 Max Sung

4:15 Lara Fesdekjian

4:30 Rady Almadany

4:45 Miriam Berro

5:00 Daniel Kandelman

5:15 Chris Kokkinos

Jury Deliberations

Preliminary round ScheduleFriday

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Rady Almadany is the founder of a special edu-cational and therapeutic approach through music for people with autism.. He studied piano from childhood and worked with professors from English and Russian (Victor Bunin) schools. He obtained in Paris the Ecole Normal de Musique diploma after working with famous French pianists such France Cli-dat. With a MD diploma followed by MS in clinical research, he became passionate of Music-Medicine, the application of music for clinical objectives. He studied music therapy, and recently obtained a Tomatis consultant certificate from NYC. He has worked for many years with autistics using his special approach, offering them the possibility to develop many of their skills and to have a better understanding of their environment. Preliminary RoundLiszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.19 in D Minor Mozart - Fantasy in D Minor, K. 397/385g Semifinal Round Handel/Liszt - Sarabande and Chaconne, from AlmiraFinal RoundCage - In a Landscape Chopin - Ballade No.1 in G Minor, Op. 23Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horowitz - Danse Macabre

Rady AlmadanyMontreal, QC

Meet the pianists

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Sibylle Barrasso is an author of mystery novels, a pianist, business consultant, and proud mother of a lawyer. She started playing the piano at age 9, but quit soon due to philosophical differences with her teacher (Schubert vs. Czerny). Her passion for the piano resurfaced while writing a novel about Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto. A California native, she left L.A. with an MBA from UCLA to live in Europe and Brazil for a number of years, where she worked for IBM, and eventually moved to Boston to consult for Bain and Com-pany and Prime Computers. She studies with Roberto Poli and also at the Rivers Conservatory.

Preliminary RoundHaydn – Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6

Semifinal RoundChopin – Preludes, Op. 28, Nos. 6, 15, 22 Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2

Final RoundSchumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

Sibylle BarrassoWellesley, MA

Miriam Berro began studying piano at age 6 and gave her first recital at age 10. She continued her studies at the Conservatory Juan Jose Castro, Argentina, with pianist Ines Gomez Carrillo until graduation. Passionate about math and physics, she earned a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bue-nos Aires. She also holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Shebrooke, Canada. Her career has developed in the software engineering field. She has worked in Montreal since 2006 and continues with musical activities at McGill University. Miriam was the Second Prize Winner of the 2015 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York.Preliminary RoundScriabin – Preludes, Op. 11, Nos. 1, 4, 11, 14 Debussy – Preludes, Bk II 8. Ondine 12. Feux d’artifice Semifinal Round D Scarlatti – Sonata in B Minor, K. 27 Sonata in G Major, K. 337 Liszt – Transcendental Etude No. 11, “Harmonies du Soir”Final Round JS Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C-sharp Minor Beethoven – Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.81a “Les Adieux” Brahms – Fantasien, Op.116, Nos. 6 and 7 Ginastera - Preludios Americanos, Nos. 1, 3, 6

Miriam BerroMontreal, QC

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Steven Boyce, from the small college town of Fre-donia in western New York State, is a long-time New York City transplant. He began finding tunes on the rickety family upright at age two, and rarely goes a day without time at the piano. After raising two children who are now young adults, still working as a managing director of operational risk in the securities industry, and volunteering time to teach how to care for New York City’s street trees, in 2013 he began to really practice, as well as study with a concert pianist to help achieve his musical goals. Steven frequently performs with members of NY Piano Society, at Baruch College Performing Arts Center and at Lincoln Center Library.

Preliminary RoundChopin – Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 Shchedrin - Basso Ostinato

Semifinal Round Liszt - Vallée d’Obermann, from Années de Pèlerinage

Final Round Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Steven BoyceNew York, NY

Alan Brock is a freelance court reporter in Bos-ton, Massachusetts, and has been a two-time winner of the court reporting National Speed Contest. He studied with Jean Mainous until entering Oberlin Conservatory. At Oberlin, Alan studied with Jack Radunsky and Joe Schwartz. He then didn’t play for almost 25 years, but returned to playing a little about 2008. He has been studying privately with Doug Buys, profes-sor from New England Conservatory, since November of 2011.

Preliminary RoundSchoenberg - Sechs Kleine Klavierstucke, Op. 19 Debussy- “Reflets dans l’eau”, from Images, Book 1

Semifinal Round Chopin - Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

Final Round Beethoven - Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”

Alan BrockBoston, MA

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Inning Chen Walter, a California native, received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Optometry from Univer-sity of California, Berkeley. She began studying piano at the age of 5 and spent the majority of her education in music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has been prac-ticing in the greater Phoenix area for a few years, now at Oph-thalmic Surgeons and Physicians. She is active in the valley music culture, including the Scottsdale Bible Church worship team, Phoenix Piano Club, Sunday Classics Club, and RAC Chamber Music. She and her husband enjoy supporting the ASU football program, serving at church, and spending time outdoors with their Doberman, Duchess.

Preliminary RoundChopin - Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23Beethoven – Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, “Pathetique”, 1st m.

Semifinal RoundChopin - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Final Round Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue Beethoven - Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110, 1st m.

Inning Chen WalterScottsdale, AZ

Mark Cannon is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City. This is his first return to public playing since life being upended when his house was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy in 2012. His piano survived very well, as did almost everything except the house, but he was not able to resume working on music until a few months ago. His principal piano studies have been with Malcolm Bilson and Seymour Bern-stein. He has been a semifinalist in past Boston amateur com-petitions in addition to attending several times as an audience member, and is very glad to be returning as a competitor.

Preliminary RoundChopin – Introduction and Rondo in E-flat Major, Op. 16 Joplin - Pine Apple Rag

Semifinal Round Chopin - Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44 Chopin - Mazurka in E Major, Op. 6, No. 3

Final Round Schubert - Sonata in A Major, D. 664Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Mark CannonLarchmont, NY

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Gorden Cheng is a systems engineer and pianist living in San Diego, California. He studied piano privately and continues to practice daily. He has received numerous awards and top prizes at amateur competitions in Paris, Colo-rado Springs, Washington DC, Chicago, and Warsaw. Gorden works for EveryoneCounts, Inc., a software company special-izing in electronic voting solutions.Preliminary RoundChopin - Nocturne in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 Schumann - Abegg Variations, Op. 1 Semifinal Round Ravel - Jeux d’eauProkofiev - 3 pieces from Romeo & Juliet Suite, Op. 75 Young Juliet Mercutio Montagues & CapuletsFinal Round JS Bach - Italian Concerto, BWV 971 Chinese Folk Tune - Liu Yang River Melody Stravinsky - Trois mouvements de Petrouchka Danse russe Chez Petrouchka La semaine grasse

Gorden ChengRancho Santa Fe, CA

Michael Cheung was prescribed the piano by a hand surgeon as a physiotherapy starting at age 4. Training under private tutors and in masterclasses, he subsequently obtained a Diploma from the Trinity College of London (UK) at age 18. The piano took a hiatus as Michael decided to pursue a university degree in the sciences (biotechnology and psychology) in his native Canada, followed by a first career in banking in Hong Kong, before moving to Europe to obtain a Masters in Business. Settling down in Paris, where he cur-rently works as a coach-consultant in international business management, Michael discovered the world of amateur pia-nists and renewed his passion for the piano.

Preliminary RoundRameau - Gavotte et Six Doubles Debussy - L’isle joyeuseSemifinal Round Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3Romberg - The PianoChopin - Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39Final Round Beethoven - Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110

Rachmaninoff - 3 Preludes, from Op. 23

Michael CheungParis, France

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Gérard de Botton started piano in childhood and never quit, even during his professional career as an Orthope-dic Surgeon, from which he is now retired. He studied piano at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. Gérard previously competed in the 2014 WIPAC competition, and gives annual performances in Paris and Chartres.

Preliminary RoundJS Bach/Brahms - Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 (for the left hand)

Semifinal Round Beethoven - Sonata in E major, Op. 109

Final Round Chopin – Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57Franck – Prelude, Choral et Fugue

Gérard de BottonPrunay-le-Gillon, France

May Chung completed the Advanced Certificate Diploma and the Licentiate Diploma for the Royal School of Music in London. She won the first prize in the Bartok compe-tition in 1990-90, first prize in the United States Music Compe-tition and Accomplished Pianist Prize in the IBLA Competition in Ragusa, Italy. May Chung currently works as a full time pharmacist.Preliminary RoundAlbeniz – from España, Op. 165 2. Tango 3. Malaguena Prokofiev - Sonata No. 6, Op. 82, 1st m. - Allegro Inquieto

Semifinal Round Beethoven - Sonata in E-flat Major, Op 81a “Les Adieux” Final Round Albeniz – from España, Op. 165 1. Preludio 5. Capricho Catalan Prokofiev - Sonata No. 6, Op. 82 2. Allegretto 3. Tempo di Valzer, Lentissimo 4. Vivace

May ChungFremont, CA

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Stephan Dimos, a native of Schererville, Indiana, began his piano studies with Michele O Day and Bethyne Em-ery, a former pupil of Rudolph Ganz. In 1998, he placed fourth in the United States Open Music Competition before beginning his collegiate piano studies with Anton Nel at the University of Michigan. After two years of study, Stephan pursued a B.S. in Financial Information Systems at Indiana University North-west. He is a current student of Dr. James Giles, Dr. Andrea Schneider, and Junichi Sato. Since July 2011, he has been the Endowment Fund Accountant at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.Preliminary RoundJS Bach - Prelude and Fugue in D minor, WTC Bk II, BWV 875Chopin - Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31Semifinal Round Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47 Ravel – Sonatine, 3rd m.Bartok - Romanian Folk Dance No. 6, Sz. 56, “Maruntel” Final Round Beethoven - Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No.3, 1st m. Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23Barber - Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26, 4th m.

Stephan DimosChicago, IL

Michael Errico is an Orthopedic Surgeon practicing full time in Manhasset, New York. He began piano studies at age 4 studying with Gilda Sant Ambrogio and later Isabel Sant Ambrogio at Steinway Hall in New York City. He majored in Theory and Composition of Music at Yale University and then went on to medical school, discontinuing formal training for 35 years. He continued at the piano in jazz and cabaret for those years, ultimately co-writing and performing a cabaret show at Manhattan’s Algonquin Hotel, a show which ran for 8 years. In 1995, he returned to serious classical music study at Juilliard School of Music. He is a Board member of the Pianofest of the Hamptons, a training ground for young brilliant up and coming pianists.

Preliminary RoundMedtner - Sonata Reminiscenza, Op. 38, from Forgotten Mel-odies

Semifinal Round Debussy - Images, Book II

Final Round JS Bach/Busoni- Tausig- Errico - Toccata and Fugue in D MinorRachmaninoff - VocalizeWagner/Liszt - LiebestodPoulenc Improvisations Nos. 7, 15, 10

Michael ErricoNew York, NY

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Edward Fritz, a native of Cleveland Ohio, studied classical piano with Harold Swingle until his graduation from Hawken School in 1968. During his collegiate years at the College of Wooster, he continued to take piano lessons from the school faculty, including Daniel Winter. He then attended Case-Western Reserve University Dental School, where he received his DDS degree in 1978. After 3 years as a dentist with the U.S. Air Force at Williams AFB, in 1981 Edward opened his private dental prac-tice, New Health Dental, in Mesa, Arizona. Besides music, he enjoys movies, theater, Asian foods, and most of all spending time with his son.Preliminary RoundStenhammer - Fantasy Op. 11, No. 1 Liszt - Cantique d’Amour, from Harmonies Poétiques et Reli-gieuses No. 10

Semifinal Round Chopin – Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 Scriabin - Etude Op. 42, No. 7 Schubert/Liszt - Gretchen am Spinnrade

Final Round Rachmaninoff/Gryaznov - Vocalise Rachmaninoff – Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5 Debussy - Prelude Bk 1, No. 2 “Voiles”Sibelius/Dube - Was It a Dream? Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Edward FritzMesa, AZ

Lara Fesdekjian was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, where she grew up in a musical family. She studied music and then pharmacy at the University of Toronto, and has worked as a pharmacist in clinics and pharmacies across the province of Ontario, as well as being director and manag-er of Orton Park Pharmacy in Toronto. Aside from music and pharmacy, her passion for travel has taken her backpacking through more than 60 countries in the world.

Preliminary RoundChopin - Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35, 1st m.Debussy - L’isle Joyeuse

Semifinal Round JS Bach - Capriccio from Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp Minor

Final Round Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52Franck - Prelude, Chorale et Fugue

Lara FesdekjianMontreal, QC

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Robert Gemmell began playing piano by ear at the age of four and studied classical piano from age five through high school, performing and competing frequently. He minored in music during undergraduate school while studying engineering at Georgia Tech. Robert has an M.B.A. from Duke University and received his Ph.D. in management from Case Western Reserve University. He was a suc-cessful serial technology entrepreneur and most recently Chairman and CEO of wireless technology company Cirronet, Inc. until 2006. He transitioned to a second career in teaching, consulting and writing in 2011 and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Strategy at Wake Forest University’s School of Business. Preliminary RoundScarlatti - Sonata K. 487Debussy - - La cathédrale engloutie, from Preludes, Bk 1Scriabin - Vers la Flamme

Semifinal Round Hindemith - Sonata No. 2 1. Mäßig schnell 2. Lebhaft

3. Sehr langsam - Rondo. Bewegt

Final Round Medtner – Skazki in F Minor, Op. 26, No. 3Brahms - Sonata No. 3, Op. 5 1. Allegro maestoso 2. Andante: Andante espressivo

Robert GemmellSuwanee, GA

Hiromi Inomata was born in Tokyo, Japan. She studied piano between the ages of 6 and 12, and took up the oboe in high school. She joined an amateur orchestra, which traveled to Korea and Croatia and also played with members of The Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra and Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2008, Hiromi moved to Boston and resumed her study of piano as a Continuing Study Student at Longy School of Music where she received the Martha Sosman Award in 2011. She was a Second Prize Winner in 2015 and received Honorable Mention in 2012 and 2014 in the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competi-tion.

Preliminary RoundChopin – Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 Haydn – Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:48

Semifinal Round Mozart - Sonata in D Major, K. 311, 1st m.Debussy - La soirée dans Grenade, from EstampesScriabin - Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9

Final RoundSchubert - Four Impromptus, D. 935

Hiromi InomataAllston, MA

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Scot King began practicing the piano at age 6 and he has never stopped playing. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in music from the California Institute of the Arts. He also completed post graduate study in piano at the Royal College of Music in London the following year. He is a mortgage broker and certified public accountant. He tied for 1st prize at the Rocky Mountain Amateurs event in 2002, and was a finalist at the Paris competition in 2003. He was also a finalist at the Gina Bachauer amateur competition and Second prize winner at WIPAC. In his spare time he enjoys reading biographies of the great composers.

Preliminary RoundChopin -Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1Etudes Op. 10, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4

Semifinal Round Rachmaninoff - Etude Tableau in F Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 Chopin – Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23Chopin - Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11

Final Round Beethoven - Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1Chopin - Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53Debussy - L’isle joyeuse

Scot KingCosta Mesa, CA

Daniel Kandelman received his DDS in France, followed by a Doctoral degree in dental medicine from the University of Ge-neva, and a Master of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is currently a full professor of dental medicine, Assistant Dean for International Affairs, and Director of the International Center for prevention of dental diseases in specific needs populations, at the University of Montreal. He has performed, and was in the past, semi-finalist in amateur piano competitions in Boston, Paris, Vienna, and more recently finalist in St. Petersburg (Russia) in 2013. He has also twice competed in the Cliburn and Washington amateur compe-titions.

Preliminary RoundBach/Gratia - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Chopin – Waltz, Op. 69 Hampton - Cataract

Semifinal Round JS Bach - Italian Concerto, BWV 971, 1st m.Liszt - Le Rossignol Rachmaninoff - Vocalise Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

Final Round JS Bach/Busoni - Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004 Beethoven - Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathetique”, 1st m.Joplin - Fig Leaf Rag

Daniel KandelmanMontreal, QC

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Miho Kiyoki started playing the piano at age three. She was selected as a representative pianist of the University of Tokyo. She has studied under Nanae Sakurai, Etsuko Taza-ki and Gabriel Chodos. She tied for first place at the 2014 Aloha International Piano Competition in the amateur division. She is currently a graduate student in international relations at Tufts University.

Preliminary RoundJS Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903Rachmaninoff - Etude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33, No. 5

Semifinal Round Beethoven - Sonata in C major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”, 1st m.Rachmaninoff - Moment Musical in E Minor, Op. 16, No. 4

Final Round Chopin - Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61Debussy - Estampes 1. Pagodes 2. La soirée dans Grenade 3. Jardins sous la pluie

Miho KiyokiMedford, MA

Chris Kokkinos began taking piano lessons at the age of 10 in Nicosia, Cyprus. At age 17 he earned piano certificates from the Orpheon Conservatory (Athens, Greece), and The Royal Schools of Music (London, UK), and the following year the piano di-ploma from the Orpheon Conservatory with distinction. Chris pursued Electrical Engineering and Music degrees at Cornell University with Malcolm Bilson as his piano instructor. He is currently studying piano with Konstantinos Papadakis at NEC and attending Ya-Fei Chuang’s Piano Interpretation & Performance Seminar also at NEC. He was a semi-finalist and prize winner for the best Baroque performance at the 2013 Boston competition. Chris is a software executive in the greater Boston area.Preliminary RoundHandel - Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435Debussy – Mouvement, from Images, Book I Grünfeld - Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56Semifinal Round Scriabin - Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5 “Affannato”Beethoven - Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”, 1st m.Final Round Rachmaninoff - Prelude in D major, Op. 23, No. 4Rachmaninoff - Prelude in B flat major, Op. 23, No. 2 Liszt - Ballade No. 2 in B minor Bartok - 3 Burlesques, Op. 8c 1. Quarrel 2. A Bit Drunk 3. Molto Vivo, Capriccioso

Christopher KokkinosActon, MA

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Suzanna Laramee received her Bachelors Degree in Piano from Oklahoma City University, and her Masters Degree in Piano from The University of Kansas, where she studied with the outstanding Portuguese pianist, Sequeira Costa. She has spent the last 17 years in the financial industry, working for Merrill Lynch in San Francisco and Morgan Stanley in Providence, RI and New York. Suzanna has now retired to Newport, RI, and is the grand-mother of a two year old and a soon to be born baby girl. She has been a finalist in the WIPAC, Boston, Bachauer, Paris and Cliburn amateur competitions. Her interests other than the piano include travel, reading, and cooking.

Preliminary RoundMozart - Sonata in D Major, K.311, 1st m.Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 11, “Harmonies du soir”

Semifinal Round Ives - Sonata No. 2, “The Concord Sonata”, 3rd m. “The Alcotts” Schubert - Moments Musicaux, D. 7801. Moderato3. Allegro Moderato5. Allegro vivace6. Allegretto

Final Round Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9

Suzanna Perez LarameeNewport, RI

Sheldon Kostelecky, born profoundly deaf (80 dB loss in both ears), was drawn to the beautiful music he heard from a neighbor’s piano soon after he received his first hearing aids when he was 4-1/2, hearing for the first time. He started piano lessons at age 6 and continued until he was 13. Sheldon played casually for another 15 years, and then stopped playing for 25 years to concentrate on his architectural, teaching and writing career, specializing in traditional residential design. He received his architectural education at NDSU, Harvard GSD and Notre Dame. Sheldon then returned to the piano studying under Victoria Suchodolski in 2012, adding new baroque, clas-sical, and early romantic pieces to his repertoire.

Preliminary RoundJS Bach - Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major

Semifinal Round Chopin - Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp Minor, Op. 66Schubert - Impromptu in C Minor, Op. 90, No. 1

Final Round Haydn - Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52

Sheldon KosteleckyLexington, MA

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David Leehey is President of the Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest in Illinois. He performed the Brahms D minor Concerto in October 2001 and Beethoven Choral Fan-tasy in April 2011 and in May 2015 will perform the Dvorak Concerto with the Symphony. He also serves as its orchestral pianist and rehearsal accompanist. He was a semifinalist in the 2001 and 2003 Boston amateur competitions and the 2009 and 2011 Washington competitions. He is a founding board member of Pianoforte Foundation in Chicago, serving as chair of the competition committee for the first Chicago competition held in June 2010. David is a Professor of Medicine at Loyola University.

Preliminary RoundAlbeniz - El Albaicin, from Iberia, Bk 3Smetana – Furiant, from Czech Dances, Bk 2

Semifinal Round Mozart - Sonata in F Major, K. 332

Final RoundAlbeniz – Almeria, from Iberia, Bk 2Schumann – Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26

David LeeheyOak Park, IL

Sharon Madison is a native of Chicago Illinois. Her first piano teacher was her father, Dr. Earl W. Madison, a musician and educator in the Chicago Public Schools. As a youth she at-tended the Cosmopolitan School of Music and the American Con-servatory of Music, going on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in music from Hampton University. She earned a Masters degree in Educational Psychology from Wayne State University. Sharon taught music for many years in the Chicago Public Schools in grades K through 12 before retiring. She has performed in nu-merous recitals and is a member of the Adult Amateur Chamber Ensemble at Sherwood Columbia Music School.

Preliminary RoundJS Bach – Toccata, from Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830Ravel - Jeux d’eau

Semifinal Round Beethoven - Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”, 1st m.Debussy – L’isle Joyeuse

Final Round Beethoven - Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 no. 3 1. Presto 2. Largo e mesto 3. Menuetto: Allegro 4. Rondo: AllegroChopin - Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1

Sharon MadisonChicago, IL

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Neil McKelvie was born in England in 1930. After obtain-ing an MA from Cambridge University and a PhD from Columbia Uni-versity in Organic Chemistry, he became a Chemistry Professor at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate School for 45 years. He has no academic musical education, but his piano teachers have included Manuell Frankell in London until 1954; and (nearly 50 years later) Seymour Bernstein in NY, and lately Mara Waldman. He has played in amateur competitions since 2005 in Boston, Chicago, Berlin, and Washington DC, winning a total of six special prizes for e.g. Best Performance of Romantic Music or Best Program. He is also a chess master with a top rating over 2400.

Preliminary RoundJS Bach/Busoni - Choral Prelude “Nur Komm’ der Heiden Heiland”Schubert – Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 2nd m. MacDowell - Clair de Lune, Op. 37, No. 1 Sergei Bortkiewicz - Lyrica Nova, Op. 59, No. 3

Semifinal Round Robert Franz /Liszt - Der Schalk, Op. 3, No. 1 Ronald Stevenson - Recitative and AirChopin - Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47

Final Round Chopin - Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 59, No. 1Ignaz Friedman - “Herbst”, Op. 53, No. 1Ignaz Friedman – Mazurka, Op. 27, No. 3Ignaz Friedman – Mazurka, Op. 49, No. 1 Sergei Bortkiewicz - Lyrica Nova, Op. 59, No. 1Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Neil McKelvieForest Hills NY

Art Manwelyan is a mathematician by training, a com-puter programmer by profession, and, by passion, an active member of the three Boston area piano societies. An avid piano competitor, Art has participated in several piano amateur competitions in Boston, Chicago, Fort Worth and Paris. He often performs at piano soirees and solo recitals, and also regularly plays piano at the Boston Sym-phony Cafe. Art is very grateful to his mother, Olga, thanks to whom he studied piano from the early age of six. He is also extremely grate-ful to his wife Julia, his three children and their spouses, his two ador-able grandsons, Abraham and Pedro and his adorable mutt Bella, all of whom both support his passion for the music and tolerate hours of piano practice.

Preliminary RoundHandel - Capriccio and Passacaglia in G MinorBeethoven - 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80

Semifinal Round D.Scarlatti - Sonata (Fugue) in G Minor, K. 30, L. 499Chopin - Nocturne in G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1Rimsky-Korsakov/Rachmaninoff - Flight of the Bumblebee

Final Round Beethoven - Sonata in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” 1. Allegro con brio 2. Introduzione: Adagio molto 3. Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo

Art ManwelyanWaltham, MA

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Anne Miller began piano lessons at age 5, taking a few breaks along the way. She was enrolled in the M.M. piano program with Leonard Shure at B.U. but did an about face into medicine instead, raising two children along the way. She didn’t touch the piano for over 25 years, but now is back to her real love. She has been a finalist in the Chicago Amateur concerto competition, and a semi-finalist in the Boston compe-tition.

Preliminary RoundSchubert - Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 1st m.Ravel – Rigaudon, from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Semifinal Round Liszt – Funerailles, from Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses Ravel - Menuet and Toccata, from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Final Round Chopin - Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 1. Allegro maestoso 2. Scherzo - molto vivace 3. Largo 4. Presto non tanto; Agitato

Anne MillerBrighton MA

Melinda Morse is a native of Arkansas, transplanted to the San Francisco Bay area and Reno, Nevada. The love of music-making has enhanced her life since childhood. She was a public school teacher for over three decades, including achiev-ing National Board Certification in EA Mathematics, as well as science and music certifications, After retiring in 2013, Melinda’s favorite time is spent enthralled with her 18 -month old grand-daughter. In addition, she participates in an age group women’s running and racing team, a local Toastmaster’s club(AVTM) and her local Methodist church, SRVUMC.

Preliminary RoundChopin – Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57Ravel - Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs

Semifinal Round Hindemith - Fuga No.2 in G major from Ludus TonalisScriabin – Prelude in E Major, Op. 11, No. 9 Ravel - Une Barque sur l’Ocean, from Miroirs

Final Round Beethoven – Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight” 1. Adagio sostenuto 2. Allegretto 3. Presto agitatoBeethoven – Sonata in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 1. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo 2. Allegro vivace

Melinda MorseReno, NV

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Max Sung is a full-time practicing physician who also enjoys practicing the piano in his spare time. Prior to his medical studies, he spent a year studying piano with Helmut Roloff at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Berlin. While an under-graduate at Harvard University, he also participated in cham-ber music performance classes with Leon Kirchner, Earl Kim and Patricia Zander.

Preliminary RoundJS Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C-sharp Minor, WTC Bk ISchumann - In Der Nacht, from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12Schoenberg – Klavierstuck, Op. 33bSchubert/Liszt - Gretchen am Spinnrade

Semifinal Round Beethoven - Sonata in E Major, Op. 109

Final Round Ravel - Gaspard de la NuitChopin - Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39

Max SungNew York, NY

Alexandre Luiz de Rezende Santos was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He began taking piano lessons at the age of twelve. He graduated at Rio de Janeiro Federal University with a bachelors degree in piano and voice. He studied with Heitor Alimonda, Dulce Leal, Gloria Maria da Fonseca and Tamara Uja-kova. Alexandre also has a degree in audio and speech therapy. He has given several piano recitals in concert halls, governmental houses and churches, and he has performed as a guest artist in several recordings. He also has two albums of his own. Nowa-days, Alexandre continues his piano education with private piano lessons.

Preliminary RoundSchubert - Moment Musical No. 5 in F Minor, D. 780 Chopin - Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39Prokofiev – Toccata, Op. 11Ernesto Nazareth - Odeon

Semifinal Round JS Bach – Allemande, from Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47Rachmaninoff - Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6Villa-Lobos - Impressoes Seresteiras

Final Round Liszt - Sonata in B Minor

Alexandre RezendeLowell, MA

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Viscount Thurston began piano studies at age 7. As a graduate student at Ohio State University, Viscount won the mu-sic school’s concerto competition and performed with the univer-sity orchestra. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance in 1984. In 2003, he performed with the Little-ton Symphony Orchestra in Colorado. Viscount has performed for several years in the Washington, DC area’s Friday Morning Music Club. He has been a regular with the Piano Society since 2007. He won First Prize in the 2010 Washington (DC) International Pi-ano Arts Competition. Viscount manages leadership development programs for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Preliminary RoundSchubert - Sonata in A Minor, D. 537 1. Allegro ma non troppo 2. Allegretto quasi andantino 3. Allegro vivace

Semifinal Round Rachmaninoff - Etude-Tableau in F-sharp Minor, Op. 39, No. 3 Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 39, No. 8 Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5 Etude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9

Final Round Franck - Prelude, Chorale et Fugue Chopin - Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60

Viscount ThurstonSykesville, MD

Angela Lee Tien began playing the piano at the age of four. As a child, she performed with the Boston Pops and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in their Youth Concerts. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Juilliard and her master’s from New England Conservatory, and then took a thirteen year hiatus. At the 2014 Chicago Piano Amateur Competition, she was the third prize winner in the solo competition and a finalist in the concerto competition. Angela also sings on the worship team at her church. She is raising her three amazing sons with her loving and supportive husband.

Preliminary RoundDebussy - Suite Bergamasque Prélude Menuet Clair de lune Passepied

Semifinal Round JS Bach - Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914 Beethoven - Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”, 1st m.

Final Round Mendelssohn - Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54 JS Bach/Busoni - Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004

Angela Lee TienWinchester, MA

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Wei Ling Wang works for a telecommunication com-pany where she engages multiple engineering teams in building computer networks to transport data, voice and video for global companies. She recently participated in several amateur piano competitions, and performed a concerto movement with the Fort Worth Symphony in the Piano Texas Festival. She is also an active supporter of music schools and non-profit music organiza-tions in the city of Dallas and Fort Worth.

Preliminary Round Mozart – Sonata in A Minor, K. 310, 1st m.Balakirev - In the Garden Chopin - Waltz in E Minor, Op. Posth.

Semifinal Round Scarlatti - Sonata in D Minor, K. 213 Chopin - Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9, No.1 Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op.3, No. 4, “Polichinelle”

Final Round Pärt - Für Alina Chopin - Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 Chopin - Mazurka in C Major, Op. 56, No. 2 Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op.3, No. 1, “Elegie”Tan Dun - Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1 1. Missing Moon 2. Staccato Beans 3. Herdboy’s Song 4. Blue Nun 8. Sunrain

Weiling WangPlano, TX

John Vineyard grew up in eastern Long Island. He has a Bachelor’s in English from Oberlin College and a Master’s in English from Colgate University. He taught English for four years at the Franklin In-stitute of Boston. After considerable soul-searching, he left literature in favor of finance, receiving an MBA at Cornell in 1980. He worked as an Investment Officer at Cornell and Syracuse University before founding the investment firm Sunlake Investment Management in Ithaca, NY in 1990. He was a warrant officer in the US Army Reserve for 28 years. He was formerly President of the Ithaca Opera Association and is now Treasurer of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. He has two adult children. His wife Carol works with him in the investment business.

Preliminary RoundChopin – Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57Henselt – Etude Caractéristique, Op. 2, No. 1, “Orage, tu ne saurais m’abbatre!”Moszkowski - In Autumn, Op. 36, No. 4

Semifinal Round Albeniz – Almeria, from Iberia, Bk 2 Moszkowski - Etude for Left Hand Alone, Op. 92, No. 3MacDowell - A Haunted House, Op. 62, No. 5

Final Round JS Bach/Liszt - Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543Mozart - Sonata in F Major, K. 332 2. Adagio 3. Allegro assaiLiszt - At Richard Wagner’s GraveSchubert - Sonata in C Minor, D. 958, 1st m.

John VineyardIthaca, NY

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Janice Weber’s New York recital debut, performed under the pseudonym Lily von Ballmoos, was an early indication of the eclecticism and fluency for which she has become known. A summa cum laude grad-uate of the Eastman School of Music, Miss Weber has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, National Gal-lery of Art, and Boston’s Symphony Hall. She has appeared with the Boston Pops, Chautauqua Symphony, New Jersey Sym-phony, Hilton Head Orchestra, Sarajevo Philharmonic, and Syracuse Symphony in concertos of Hanson, Sowerby, Stenham-mar, Bernstein, and Leroy Anderson as well as the standard repertoire. She has performed at the Bard, Newport, La Gesse, Husum, and Mo-nadnock summer festivals and has twice toured China under the aus-pices of the American Liszt Society. Miss Weber’s recordings include Rachmaninoff’s complete tran-scriptions; with the Lydian Quartet, Leo Ornstein’s vast Piano Quintet; flute and piano works of Sigfrid Karg-Elert; and waltz transcriptions of Godowsky, Rosenthal, and Friedman. Miss Weber recorded Liszt’s last Hungarian Rhapsody, one of only two living pianists to be included in a compendium of historic performances by nineteen legendary artists. This disc subsequently won the International Liszt Prize. Her Naxos re-cording of Leo Ornstein’s radical works introduced the charismatic com-poser to a worldwide audience. She is heard in Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time on Ongaku Records and her newest disc, Cascade of Roses (Dorian Sono Luminus),features works of twenty-one composers from Adolf Jensen to Billy Mayerl. Miss Weber is a member of the piano faculty at Boston Conser-vatory and MIT. She produced the tones for Ivory, the worldwide best-

selling virtual piano software. She is a Steinway artist.

Janice Weber

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Victor Rosenbaum has performed widely as a soloist and chamber musician perform-er in the United States, Europe, Asia, Israel, and Russia in such prestigious halls as the Alice Tully Hall in New York and the Hermit-age in St Petersburg, Russia. He studied with Elizabeth Brock, Martin Marks, Rosina Lhevinne and Leonard Shure. He has col-laborated with Leonard Rose, Arnold Stein-hardt, Robert Mann, and the Cleveland and Brentano String Quartets. He appeared at the Tanglewood, Rockport, Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, Kfar Blum (Israel) Festivals and at Musicorda where he is on the faculty.

He has been a soloist with the Indianapolis and Atlanta Symphonies, and the Boston Pops. He has given master classes at the Menuhin School, a guest teacher at Juilliard, Royal Academy, Royal College, Guildhall and School of Music in London, the Toho School in Japan and the Jerusalem Music Center. He was a visiting Professor at the Eastman School and is on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in New York, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Longy School where he was Director and President from 1985 to 2001. His recordings of Schubert and Beethoven have been very highly praised.

Victor Rosenbaum

Timothy McFarland, a former stu-dent of Russell Sherman, performs fre-quently in the Boston area as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and as chamber mu-sic collaborator. He has premiered works by Robert Ceeley, Peter Lieberson, David Patterson, and Daniel Pinkham. Mr. McFar-land is a Senior Lecturer of Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and serves as the Music Director of the Bel-mont Symphony Orchestra. He is a facul-ty member and former director of the New School of Music and is also an Affiliate Art-ist at MIT.

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Thursday, 9:00-12:00, Janice Weber9:00 McKelvie9:45 Finley10:30 Einhorn11:15 Almadany

Friday, 9:00-12;00, Tim McFarland9:00 De Botton9:45 Berkowitz10:30 Fritz11:15 Kayoki

Saturday, 9:00-12:00, Victor Rosenbaum9:00 Laramee9:45 Dimos10:30 Madison11:15 Inomata

Master classes will take place in the N-1 room on the first floor of the annex building.

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The Boston Piano Amateurs Association is extremely grateful to the following companies, organizations and individuals for their generosity and help in making this event possible.

The Boston Piano Amateurs Association also extends their thanks to the following volunteers who have given

their time to help with the competition.

Special thanks to Judy Babcock for her many years of service on the board, and best wishes to her in her new home in Oregon.

AcknowledgmentsKaren Zorn and the staff at Longy School of Music

Sally Pinkas for benefit recitalM. Steinert & Sons

The New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ronald Knudsen, music director

Barbara King & Briana Bargerfrom the North Vernon Plain Dealer & Sun

Marilyn SmithCharles Freifeld

Sibylle BarrassoBeverly Benedetti

Ruth HobeikaChris KokkinosArt Manwelyan

Jeff NicolichSally Anderson

Pat KeckPeter Keck

Marianne JensenCarol Levy

Julia ManwelyanAmanda Freeman

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