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2009 Finalists Announced

The 4 finalists of the 2009 competition are, in order of play:

Oliver She (Rachmaninov, Concerto No. 3)
James Guan (Grieg, Concerto in A minor)
Jason Bae (Rachmaninov, Concerto No. 2)
Adam Herd (Ravel, Concerto in G major)

The Finalists will compete for the $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.

Each finalist will play a concerto with The Queensland Orchestra, conducted by Marco Zuccarini, on Friday 28 August at 6:30 pm in the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Southbank, Brisbane.

Also announced on the Final night are the minor prizes, from performances in the preliminary rounds.

  • Encouragement Award $1,000
  • Best Performance of an Australian Work $1,000
  • Best Performance of a Prelude and Fugue $1,000
  • Best Performance of a Virtuoso Study $1,000
  • Best Performance of a Classical Sonata $1,000
  • Enid Lane Memorial Prize for Mozart $1,000

Tickets are available from QTIX, on 136 246 or http://www.qtix.com.au/
 
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Where are they now?

Kristian Chong
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Kristian Chong, Third Prize winner in 2005, has quickly established his career with performances throughout Australia, UK, China, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA and Zimbabwe.  Kristian has just completed his Masters Degree and Postgraduate Performance Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music with pianists Christopher Elton and Piers Lane. He was a recipient twice of the Dip. RAM, the academy’s highest performing accolade, the Walter MacFarren award for the best postgraduate final recital and the Dorothy Grimstead Memorial Award for the most outstanding returning postgraduate student amongst other awards.  In 2007, Kristian will give concerto, chamber and solo recitals in the UK, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Zimbabwe, and will return to Australia to perform with the Flinders Quartet, DuoDUAL and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

 To find out more about Kristian, visit his website.