Congratulations to all of the prizewinners of the 2007 competition:
First Prize and Concerto Prize- Lo-An Lin People's Choice Prize - Lo-An Lin Second Prize - Roger Cui Third Prize - Denny Liu Fourth Prize - Oliver She
Encouragement Award - Amir Farid Enid Lane Memorial Prize for Mozart - Peter de Jager Best Performance of an Australian Work - Lo-An Lin Best Performance of a Classical Sonata - Denny Liu Best Performance of a Prelude & Fugue - Gregory Kinda Best Performance of a Virtuoso Study - Denny Liu
Photos of 2007
New! Images from the competition...
These images are used with the kind permission of photographer Jolanta Szymczyk.
The Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition was established in memory of the late Professor Lev Vlassenko, the world-renowned international concert pianist and teacher. The Competition seeks to encourage young pianists at the threshold of their professional lives to develop their performance skills, increase their public profile and prepare themselves for professional careers.
The Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition is the only major national piano event in Australia that mirrors the requirements of an international competition, such as a demanding repertoire, national and international jury members, with all rounds open to the public, and the final concerto round performed with a major symphony orchestra (The Queensland Orchestra).
Apart from preparing young artists for an extremely demanding professional career, the Competition is aimed at providing publicity and performance opportunities for the winners, in addition to considerable cash prizes.
The competition is held every two years in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The 4 finalists of the 2007 competition are, in order of play:
Oliver SHE Denny LIU Roger CUI Lo-An LIN
The Finalists will compete for $20,000 First Prize, plus a $5,000 People's Choice Prize, which is voted by the audience on the Final night. The First Prize winner also receives a number of performance prizes in Australia and overseas.
Each finalist will play a concerto with The Queensland Orchestra, conducted by Marco Zuccarini, on Saturday 25 August at 6:30 pm at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Grey Street, Southbank, Brisbane.
Also announced on the Final night are the minor prizes, from performances in the preliminary rounds.
