During 2009, a record-breaking number of former Hilton Head International Piano Competition prizewinners and competitors have vied for top prizes in other major international piano competitions. We proudly recognize their achievements!

Michael Brown	Michael Bukhman	Yunjie Chen	Vivian Choi
Ran Dank	Francois Dumont	Tanya Gabrielian	Yoonjung Han
Jae Weon Huh	Sean Kennard	Naomi Kudo	Martin Labazevitch
Dmitri Levkovich	Ang Li	Michail Lifits	Ksenia Morozova
Alexander Moutouzkine	Spencer Myer	Edward Neeman	Esther Park
Hoang Pham	Mariana Prjevalskaia	Marina Radiushina	Rui Shi
Konstantin Soukhovetski	Young-Ah Tak	Chetan Tierra	Slawomir Wilk
Di Wu	Aiko Yajima	Chun-Chieh Yen	Eric Zuber
Darrett Zusko

2009 AXA DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITON
May 1 – 15, 2009 in Dublin, Ireland
[7 former HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 40 pianists]
Tanya Gabrielian, USA– Dublin Round II
‘08 HH competitor
Jae Weon Huh, Korea– Dublin competitor
‘09 HH competitor
Naomi Kudo, USA/Japan - Dublin Fifth Prize
‘08 HH semifinalist/Special Jury Prize
Esther Park, USA - Dublin competitor
‘03 HH Third Prize
Mariana Prjevalskaia, Spain- Dublin competitor
‘07 HH competitor
Slawomir Wilk, Poland- Dublin semifinalist
‘07 HH semifinalist
Eric Zuber, USA - Dublin Fourth Prize
‘07 HH First Prize

2009 MINNESOTA INTERNATIONAL PIANO-E-COMPETITION
June 29 - July 10, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
[4 former HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 24 pianists]
Rui Shi, China– Minnesota competitor
’07 HH competitor
Konstantin Soukhovetski, Russia – Minnesota competitor
‘02 HH First Prize
Young-Ah Tak, Korea – Minnesota competitor
‘08 HH semifinalist, ’04 HH competitor/Discretionary Prize
Eric Zuber, USA – Minnesota Fourth Prize
‘07 HH First Prize

2009 JOSÉ ITURBI INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION at UCLA
June 15 – 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California
[3 former HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 24 pianists]
Dmitri Levkovich, Ukraine– Iturbi First Prize
‘06 HH First Prize
Ksenia Morozova, Russia– Iturbi semifinalist
‘07 HH competitor
Chetan Tierra, USA - Iturbi Third Prize & People’s Choice Award
‘09 HH Second Prize

2009 CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
May 22 – June 7, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas
[8 HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 29,
2 out of 6 Semifinalists,
1 out of 3 Finalists]
Ran Dank, Israel - Cliburn semifinalist
2009 Young Concert Artists Auditions, First Prize
2008 Sydney International Piano Competition, Third Prize
2008 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, First Prize
2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize
Yoonjung Han, Korea– Cliburn competitor
’09 HH competitor
Naomi Kudo, USA/Japan – Cliburn competitor
’08 HH semifinalist/Jury Special Prize
Ang Li, Canada– Cliburn competitor
‘06 HH semifinalist
Michail Lifits, Germany - Cliburn semifinalist
’09 HH First Prize
Spencer Myer, USA– Cliburn competitor
’03 HH competitor
Chetan Tierra, USA– Cliburn competitor
’09 HH Second Prize
Di Wu, China - Cliburn finalist
’05 HH First Prize

2009 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
July 28 – August 8, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio
[9 former HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 32 pianists]
Michael Brown, USA - CIPC competitor                             
’08 HH competitor
Jae-Weon Huh, Korea– CIPC competitor                          
’08 HH competitor
Martin Labazevitch, USA– CIPC competitor
‘06 HH semifinalist, ’07 competitor
Dmitri Levkovich, Canada- CIPC Second Prize
‘06 HH First Prize
Edward Neeman, USA/Australia – CIPC competitor                                  
’08 HH competitor
Esther Park, USA– CIPC competitor
’02 HH Third Prize
Hoang Pham, Australia - CIPC competitor
‘08 HH semifinalist
Marina Radiushina, USA– CIPC competitor
’05 HH semifinalist/’09 accepted competitor, withdrew
Eric Zuber, USA– CIPC accepted competitor, withdrew
’07 HH First Prize

57th FERRUCCIO BUSONI INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
Preliminary Selection: August 25 – September 2, 2008
Semifinals & Finals: August 26 – September 4, 2009
[1 HHIPC Prizewinner out of 150 pianists]
Michail Lifits, Germany - Busoni First Prize
’09 HH First Prize

2009 LEEDS INTERNATIONAL PIANOFORTE COMPETITION
August 26 - September 13, 2009, Leeds, United Kingdom
[8 former HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 68 pianists]
Jae-Won Chung, Korea – Leeds competitor
‘07 HH accepted competitor, withdrew
Tanya Gabrielian, USA – Leeds competitor
‘08 HH competitor
Alexandre Moutouzkine, Russia– Leeds competitor
‘03 HH competitor
The following pianists were accepted as competitors but did not compete:
Vivian Choi, Australia(‘07 HH competitor)
Ran Dank, Israel (‘08 HH First Prize)
Naomi Kudo, USA/Japan (‘07 HH semifinalist/jury special prize)
Eric Zuber, USA (‘07 HH First Prize)

2009 HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
October 22 – November 6, 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
[20 HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 90 pianists]
{Quarterfinals: 4 HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 21}
{Semifinals: 2 HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 12}
Yelena Beriyeva, Republic of Georgia – Honens competitor
’08 HH Second Prize
Michael Brown, USA – Honens semifinalist
’09 HH competitor
Michael Bukhman, Israel– Honens quarterfinalist
’09 HH competitor
Sheng Cai, Canada – Honens competitor
’06 HH semifinalist
Yunjie Chen, China – Honens competitor
’09 HH semifinalist
Vivian Choi, Australia – Honens competitor
’07 HH competitor
Jae-Won Cheung, South Korea – Honens competitor
’07 HH accepted competitor, withdrew
Ran Dank, Israel – Honens semifinalist
‘08 HH First Prize
Gregory DeTurck, USA – Honens competitor
’08 HH competitor
Tanya Gabriellian, USA – Honens competitor
’08 HH competitor
Qing Jiang, China – Honens competitor
’07 HH accepted competitor, withdrew
Esther Keel, USA – Honens competitor
’09 HH competitor
Dmitri Levkovich, Canada – Honens competitor
’06 HH First Prize
Ang Li, Canada – Honens competitor
’06 HH semifinalist
Esther Park, USA – Honens competitor
’03 HH Third Prize
Elizabeth Schumann, Canada – Honens competitor
’04 HH Third Prize
Konstantin Soukhovetski, Russia – Honens competitor
’02 HH First Prize
Di Wu, China – Honens competitor
’05 HH First Prize
Chun-Chieh Yen, Taiwan – Honens quarterfinalist
’09 HH competitor
Darrett Zusko, Canada – Honens competitor
’07 HH competitor

2009 HAMAMATSU INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
November 8 - 22, 2009
[7 HHIPC Prizewinners/Competitors out of 98 pianists]
François Dumont, France-Hamamatsu Fourth Prize
2007 HH semifinalist, 2009 competitor
Yoonjung Han, Korea – Hamamatsu competitor
’09 HH competitor
Jae-Weon Huh, Korea-Hamamatsu Third Prize
’09 HH competitor
Sean Kennard, USA - Hamamatsu competitor
’03 HH Third Prize
Ksenia Morozova, Russia- Hamamatsu competitor
’07 HH competitor
Aiko Yajima, Japan – Hamamatsu competitor
’08 HH competitor
Darrett Zusko, Canada – Hamamatsu competitor
’07 HH competitor