2009 Competition

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Chetan Tierra (2nd Prize) Marouan Benabdallah (3rd Prize) and Michail Lifits (1st Prize)

DATES

March 2-9, 2009

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Competition Rounds

ROUND I
March 2 & 3. 1:30 - 4:40 pm & 7:00 - 9:10 pm
(20 Contestants)

ROUND II
March 5 & 6. 1:30 - 5:10 pm & 7:00 - 9:30 pm
(20 Contestants)

ROUND III
March 7. 1:30 - 5:20 pm & 7:30 - 9:15 pm
(6 Semifinalists)

ROUND IV
March 9 . 7:00 pm
3 Finalists with Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra
Mary Woodmansee Green,
Music Director

First Presbyterian Church

Master Classes . Lecture/Recital
March 9, 2009

Master Classes: 9:00 am - 4:10 pm Lecture/Recital: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Dr. Leslie Howard, 2009 Jury Chairman
Liszt: Annees de pelerinage - Troisieme annee

All Saints Episcopal Church

AGES

At least 18 years of age on March 2, 2009, and not older than 30 years of age on March 9, 2009.

PRIZES

FIRST PRIZE : $15,000

New York Carnegie Hall's
Weill Recital Hall Performance

Return Performance
with Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra

Other engagements
will be offered subject to arrangements
with presenters

SECOND PRIZE : $10,000

THIRD PRIZE : $5,000

3 MEDALISTS: $1,000 each

2009 APPLICATION RULE

New Rule: Any student who is related to or who has ever studied with a member of the 2009 Contestant Selection Jury or the 2009 Competition Jury (excluding Master Classes)
1) as a private student,
2) as a student at a University or School of Music, or
3) has been coached by a member of either of the 2009 Juries in preparation for the 2009 Hilton Head International Piano Competition
will not be considered for this Competition. Applicants who are not eligible for consideration for the 2009 Competition are encouraged to apply next year to the 2010 Competition.

2009 PRIZE WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE
Michail Lifits, Germany

SECOND PRIZE
Chetan Tierra, USA

THIRD PRIZE
Marouan Benabdallah, Hungary/Morocco

MEDALISTS
Michael Bukhman, Israel
Yunjie Chen, China
Wei-Jen Yuan, USA

2009 FINALISTS

Marouan Benabdallah, Hungary/Morocco
Michail Lifits, Germany
Chetan Tierra, USA

2009 SEMIFINALISTS

Marouan Benabdallah, Hungary/Morocco
Michael Bukhman, Israel
Yunjie Chen, China
Michail Lifits, Germany
Chetan Tierra, USA
Wei-Jen Yuan, USA

CONTESTANTS

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Jun Asai, USA
Marouan Benabdallah, Hungary/Morocco
Michael Bukhman, Israel
Yunjie Chen, China
Francois Dumont, France
Dorel Golan, Israel
Yoonjung Han, Korea
Jae Weon Huh, Korea
David Kaplan, USA
Sergey Kasprov, Russia
Esther Keel, USA
Michail Lifits, Germany
Becky Lu, USA
Vladimir Milosevic, Serbia
Alexandre Pirojenko, Russia
Tatiana Tessman, Russia
Chetan Tierra, USA
Chun-Chieh Yen, Taiwan
Wei-Jen Yuan, USA

CONTESTANT SELECTION JURY

Logan Skelton, Chairman, United States
Boris Slutsky, United States/Russia
Janice Weber, United States

COMPETITION JURY

Leslie Howard, Chairman, Australia/England
Gabriel Kwok, China
Dominique Merlet, France
Paul Pollei, United States
Jerome Rose, United States
Blanca Uribe, Colombia/USA
Mikhail Voskresensky, Russia

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2011 COMPETITION March 7-12, 2011