X Sydney International Piano Competition

The 10th Sydney International Piano Competition took place at Sydney's Seymour Centre and Opera House from 4 to 21 July 2012 and it was contested by 36 pianists from 14 countries. Avan Yu won the competition, while Nikolay Khozyainov and Dmitry Onishchenko were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes.

Jury

 * 🇦🇺 Warren Thomson (chairman)
 * 🇦🇺 Michael Brimer
 * Manana Doidjashvili
 * 🇦🇷 Aquiles Delle Vigne
 * Norma Fisher
 * 🇰🇷 Choong-Mo Kang
 * 🇦🇹 Heinz Medjimorec
 * 🇦🇺 Ian Munro
 * 🇦🇺 Phillip Shovk
 * 🇮🇱 Arie Vardi

Works commissioned for the competition

 * Anne Boyd - Kabarli Meditation (Dawn)
 * Carl Vine - Toccatissimo

First and Second Round
5–8 July 2012


 * 🇱🇻 Arta Arnicāne
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Berestnev
 * 🇨🇳 Feng Bian
 * 🇮🇹 Giulio Biddau
 * 🇦🇺 Stefan Cassomenos
 * 🇨🇳 Wei Cao
 * 🇺🇦 Angelika Fuchs
 * 🇺🇸 Tanya Gabrielian
 * 🇦🇺 James Guan
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Guarascio
 * 🇯🇵 Atsushi Imada
 * 🇧🇾 Maya Irgalina
 * 🇷🇺 Elizaveta Ivanova
 * 🇨🇳 Wenbin Jin
 * 🇦🇺 Joanne Kang
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolay Khozyainov
 * 🇨🇳 Jin-Hong Li
 * 🇨🇳 Brian Yuebing Lin
 * 🇨🇳 Ke Lin
 * 🇦🇺 Aaron Liu
 * 🇮🇹 Ilaria Locatelli
 * 🇦🇺 Konrad Olszewski
 * 🇺🇦 Dmitry Onishchenko
 * 🇺🇦 Olga Paliy
 * 🇬🇷 Marios Panteliadis
 * 🇹🇭 Poom Prommachart
 * 🇦🇺 Alex Raineri
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Shen
 * 🇨🇳 Yifan Sun
 * 🇫🇷 Benoît Tourette
 * 🇺🇸 Sean Yeh
 * 🇰🇷 Jung-Yeon Yim
 * 🇨🇳 Qian Yong
 * 🇯🇵 Tomoaki Yoshida
 * 🇨🇦 Avan Yu
 * 🇨🇳 Hao Zhu

Quarterfinals
9-10 July 2012


 * 🇱🇻 Arta Arnicāne
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Berestnev
 * 🇮🇹 Giulio Biddau
 * 🇨🇳 Wei Cao
 * 🇺🇸 Tanya Gabrielian
 * 🇦🇺 James Guan
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Guarascio
 * 🇯🇵 Atsushi Imada
 * 🇧🇾 Maya Irgalina
 * 🇷🇺 Elizaveta Ivanova
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolay Khozyainov
 * 🇨🇳 Jin-Hong Li
 * 🇺🇦 Dmitry Onishchenko
 * 🇺🇦 Olga Paliy
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Shen
 * 🇺🇸 Sean Yeh
 * 🇨🇳 Qian Yong
 * 🇯🇵 Tomoaki Yoshida
 * 🇨🇦 Avan Yu
 * 🇨🇳 Hao Zhu

Semifinals
11-13 July 2012


 * 🇱🇻 Arta Arnicāne
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Berestnev
 * 🇮🇹 Giulio Biddau
 * 🇺🇸 Tanya Gabrielian
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Guarascio
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolay Khozyainov
 * 🇨🇳 Jin-Hong Li
 * 🇺🇦 Dmitry Onishchenko
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Shen
 * 🇯🇵 Tomoaki Yoshida
 * 🇨🇦 Avan Yu
 * 🇨🇳 Hao Zhu

Final
17-21 July 2012


 * Concerti
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Berestnev — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
 * 🇺🇸 Tanya Gabrielian — Mozart: 21st, Tchaikovsky: 1st
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolay Khozyainov — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: 3rd
 * 🇺🇦 Dmitry Onishchenko — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: 3rd
 * 🇨🇦 Avan Yu — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
 * 🇨🇳 Hao Zhu — Mozart: 24th, Rachmaninoff: 2nd