After a rigorous and arduous round of auditions involving more than 50 young pianists all across Australia and New Zealand, the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition is delighted to welcome the following 20 contestants for the 2009 competition...

Jason Bae (New Zealand)
Ben Chapman (New South Wales)
Belle Chen (Queensland)
Bei Mi Chen (Victoria)
Maggie Chen (Queensland)
Aura Go (Victoria)
James Guan (New South Wales)
Adam Herd (Queensland)
Dami Im (Queensland)
Ju-Chun Kuan (Queensland)
Tony Lee (New South Wales)
Jennifer Li (Victoria)
Aaron Liu (Queensland)
Stephen Ma (Victoria)
Jisook Noh (Victoria)
William Schmidt (Victoria)
Oliver She (Queensland)
Primavera Shima (New South Wales)
Jonathan Wilson (Aust Capital Territory)
Elina Yasumoto (Victoria)

You can read the individual biographies of the 2009 competitors here.