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Chopin competition to get underway soon Bangkok Post Wednesday October 22, 2008 The 8th Bangkok Chopin Piano Competition will be held from October 30 to November 4 at the Thai-German Cultural Auditorium, Soi Goethe, Sathon Soi 1. Famed composer Fre?de?ric Chopin.

Those who enjoy the art and excitement of piano competitions should turn their attention to Plano and Richardson this weekend. The Viardo International Piano Competition will bring together talented young people Friday through Sunday. The competition is open to two age groups: 12 to 17 and 18-up.

NEWSMakers Ready for the world stage Thaya Kongpakpaisarn is set to perform at the prestigious Beethovenfest Bonn KRISSIE NA KLONGTOEY Young Thai pianist Thaya Kongpakpaisarn is set to perform at the prestigious Beethovenfest Bonn, which begins on Monday in Bonn, Germany - no mean feat for a 17-year-old.

It’s still nine months away, but subscriptions to the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday. This edition, the 13th, will last more than two weeks, opening on May 22 and closing on June 7. The venue is, of course, Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth.

Albertan 16 year-old wins Eastman piano competition Sunday August 10 2008 - 2:32PM No Comments » Sixteen-year-old Tie-Dan Yao of Alberta, beat out 23 competitors from the United States, Taiwan, Korea, China, and the Czech Republic to win the top prize  in the biannual Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition this past Friday, Aug.

Perhaps the only reflections which should really give us pause are Reflets dans l’eau. Nevertheless, I’ve been reflecting a bit about competitions in general and this competition in particular. First, considering the long duree (31 years), SIPCA has not “made” a single career.

On Friday night with D to the Opera House for the first of two 19th & 20th Century concerto finals. The evening started well: we secured a free parking place! In the city, these are definitely a matter for the cognoscenti. Tatiana Kolesova played the Saint-Saens, Tomoki Kitamura Beethoven 4 and Ran Dank Prokofiev 3.

I have been listening to the Mozart concerti on the radio while settling an affidavit and enormous bundle of exhibited documents. I can’t say I have been able to give them my full concentration, and unfortunately, I missed all of Ran Dank’s performance of K466.

Finalists announced this evening. They are: Ran Dank , Tomoki Kitamura, Tatiana Kolesova, Takashi Sato , Konstantin Shamray, Eric Zuber which is nothing you couldn’t have found out from the ABC site yourself. That means: Mozart: K466 - Dank, Kolesova, Zuber.

On Thursday night, I went to session 4 of Stage IV - that is, the semi-finals. The program was: Konstantin Shamray (Recital) Hoang Pham (Chamber Music) Tatiana Kolesova (Recital) Tomoki Kitamura (Chamber Music) This was good because it included 3 players whom I had not heard in the flesh, and one favourite (Kitamura) whom I wanted to see again.