The Fourth Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition took place in Minneapolis–Saint Paul from June 29 to July 10, 2009.
Jury
- Alexander Braginsky (nonvoting chairman)
- David Dubal
- Akiko Ebi
- Gabriel Kwok
- Nikolai Petrov
- Jerome Rose
- Jeremy Siepmann
- Arie Vardi
Awards
| Award | Winner | Notes |
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| 1st prize | Italy Alessandro Taverna | Cash award of US $25,000 |
| 2nd prize | Belarus Pavel Yeletskiy | Cash award of $15,000 |
| 3rd prize | France Hélène Tysman | Cash award of $10,000 |
| 4th prize | USA Eric Zuber | Cash award of $6,000 |
| 5th prize | USA Howard Na | Cash award of $5,000 |
| 6th prize | South Korea Grace Eun Hae Kim | Cash award of $4,000 |
| Schubert prize | Belarus Pavel Yeletskiy | Cash award of $3,000 by The Schubert Club. Awarded to one contestant for the best performance of a Schubert Sonata. Yeletskiy performed the Schubert Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894 (Op. 78). |
Competition results, by rounds
Preliminary round
February 12–15, Yamaha Artist Services Inc. (Piano Salon), New York City.
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1st round
June 30-July 4, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.
- China Chao-yin Cai
- Russia Elmar Gasanov
- Russia Vyacheslav Gryaznov
- China Ran Jia
- Ukraine Germany Andrej Jussow
- South Korea Grace Eunhae Kim
- Russia Eduard Kunz
- Taiwan Hanchien Lee
- USA Howard Na
- Poland Piotr Rozanski
- Japan Yukiko Sekino
- Canada Alexander Seredenko
- China Rui Shi
- USA Andrew Staupe
- Russia Konstantin Soukhovetski
- South Korea Young-Ah Tak
- Italy Alessandro Taverna
- Russia Anastasya Terenkova
- France Hélène Tysman
- China Clara Hui Yang
- Belarus Pavel Yeletskiy
- China Dizhou Zhao
- Ukraine Denis Zhdanov
- USA Eric Zuber
References
- "2009 Contestants", Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition
External links
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