Nationality Ukraine

Date of Birth 1988. 5.23

Education
• Currently, attending at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, Hannover, Germany
• Universität der Künste Berlin(Pre-College), Berlin, Germany
• Music School(Pre-College), Passau, Germany

Teachers • Martin HUGHES •Karl-Heinz KÄMMERLING

Prize
• 1st Prize, Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Hamamatsu, Japan in 2006
• 1st Prize, International Everding Competition, München, Germany in 2006
• Semifinal, International Chopin Competition, Warsaw, Poland in 2005

[Programme]
1st Stage
• F. Chopin – Polonaise in A flat Major, Op.53 ‘Heroic’
• F. Chopin – Nocturne in c minor, Op.48/1
• B. Bartók – From ‘Out of Doors’ Suite, Sz.81:
‘With Drums and Pipes’
‘The Night’s Music’
‘The Chase’

2nd Stage
• W. A. Mozart – Fantasie in c minor, KV.475
• R. Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op.12

Semifinal Stage
• L. v. Beethoven – Sonata No.28 in A Major, Op.101
• F. Chopin – 12 Etudes, Op.10
• LIM Jie Sun – A Poem about Spring

Final Stage
• L. v. Beethoven – Concerto No.5 in E flat Major, Op.73 ‘Emperor’

Nationality Korea
Date of Birth 1985. 5. 22

Education
• B.M., Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
• Seoul Arts High School, Seoul, Korea

Teachers • KANG Choong Mo

Prize
• 3rd Prize, Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Hamamatsu, Japan in 2006
• 1st Prize/Prize for Best Interpretation of Beethoven Sonata,
City of Porto International Piano Competition, Porto, Portugal in 2004
• 2nd Prize, Jeunesses Musicales International Competition, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro in 2004

[Programme]
1st Stage
• J. S. Bach – Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in d minor, BWV.903
• C. Saint-Saëns/F. Liszt/V. Horowitz – Danse Macabre

2nd Stage
• W. A. Mozart – Sonata in B flat Major, KV.570
• F. Liszt – Années de Pélerinage:Vallée D’obermann
• A. Scriabin – Sonata No.4 in F sharp Major, Op.30

Semifinal Stage
• L. v. Beethoven – Sonata No.24 in F sharp Major, Op.78
• M. Ravel – Jeux d’eau
• F. Kreisler/S. Rachmaninov – Liebesfreud
• KIM Sung Ki – Nori for Piano
• J. Brahms – Sonata No.3 in f minor, Op.5

Final Stage
• P. I. Tchaikovsky – Concerto No.1 in b flat minor, Op.23

Nationality USA
Date of Birth 1985. 6. 9

Education
• Currently, attending at The Peabody Conservatory of Music, MD, USA(Artist Diploma)
• Diploma, The Curtis Institute of Music, PA, USA
• B.M., The Peabody Conservatory of Music, MD, USA

Teachers • Boris SLUTSKY •Leon FLEISHER •Claude FRANK

Prize
• 1st Prize, Hilton Head International Piano Competition, SC, USA in 2007
• 1st Prize, International Young Artists Piano Competition, WA, USA in 2006
• 2nd Prize, California International Piano Competition, CA, USA in 2006

[Programme]
1st Stage
• D. Scarlatti – Sonata in b minor, K.87 Sonata in E Major, K.135
• K. Szymanowski – 3 Mazurkas, Op.50
• F. Chopin – Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, Op.22

2nd Stage
• W. A. Mozart – Sonata in Major, KV.330
• M. Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit:Ondine
• P. I. Tchaikovsky – Concert Suite from ‘The Nutcracker’,
Transc Mikhail Pletnev

Semifinal Stage
• L. v. Beethoven – Sonata No.31 in A flat Major, Op.110
• KIM Sung Ki – Nori for Piano
• F. Schubert – Impromptu No.3 in G flat Major, Op.90
• F. Liszt – Sonata in b minor, S.178

Final Stage
• P. I. Tchaikovsky – Concerto No.1 in b flat minor, Op.23

Nationality Korea
Date of Birth 1981. 4. 5

Education
• Currently, attending at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, Hannover, Germany(Konzertexamen)
• Diploma, Imola International Piano Academy, Imola, Italy
• B.M., The Curtis Institute of Music, PA, USA

Teachers • Arie VARDI •Leonid MARGARIUS •Gary GRAFFMAN

Prize
• 5th Prize, Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Brussels, Belgium in 2007
• Prize Winner & Special Prize for late Beethoven works, Beethoven International Piano Competition, Vienna, Austria in 2005
• 1st Prize & Special Prize & Audience Prize, “G. B. Viotti” International Music Competition,
Vercelli, Italy in 2003

[Programme]
1st Stage
• L. v. Beethoven – 32 Variations in c minor, WoO.80
• F. Liszt – Zwei Konzert – Etuden: II. Gnomenreigen, S.145
• S. Prokofiev – Sonata No.3 in a minor, Op.28

2nd Stage
• J. Haydn – Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37
• F. Chopin – Sonata No.3 in b minor, Op.58

Semifinal Stage
• W. A. Mozart – Variation on a Minuet by Duport, KV.573
• L. v. Beethoven – Sonata No.5 in c minor, Op.10/1
• KIM Sung Ki – Nori for Piano
• R. Schumann – Humoreske, Op.20

Final Stage
• S. Rachmaninov – Concerto No.3 in d minor, Op.30

Nationality Spain
Date of Birth 1982. 5. 28

Education
• M.M., Yale University(School of Music), CT, USA
• Artist Diploma, Indiana University South Bend, IN, USA
• B.M., Royal College of Music, London, UK
• Conservatory of Music(Pre-College), La coruña, Spain

Teachers • Boris BERMAN •Alexander TORADZE •Irina ZARITSKAYA

Prize
• 3rd Prize, Paderewski International Piano Competition, Bydgoszcz, Poland in 2007
• 2nd Prize, Young Concert Artists Internatinoal Auditions, NY, USA in 2004
• 1st Prize, Prize, Dudley International Piano Competition, UK in 2003

[Programme]
1st Stage
• D. Scarlatti – Sonata in E Major, K.380
• D. Scarlatti – Sonata in F Major, K.365
• R. Schumann – Sonata No.2 in g minor, Op.22

2nd Stage
• J. Haydn – Andante and Variations in f minor Hob. XVI:7
• S. Prokofiev – Sonata No.8 in B flat Major, Op.84

Semifinal Stage
• L. v. Beethoven – Sonata No.26 in E flat Major, Op.81a ‘Les A’dieux’
• KIM Sung Ki – Nori for Piano
• S. Rachmaninov – Variations on the Theme by Chopin Op.22

Final Stage
• F. Chopin – Concerto No.1 in e minor, Op.11