Congratulations to the Prize Winners of the 2011 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition 

Quang Hong Luu  - First Prize
Ben Austin - Second Prize
Alex Raineri - Third Prize
Ayesha Gough - Fourth Prize

• First Prize $20,000 donated by Theme & Variations Piano Services
  
• Second Prize $10,000 donated by Dr Betty Byrne Henderson AM
• Third Prize $5,000 donated by Ian Hanger AM QC & Dr Maria Hanger
• Fourth Prize $3,000 donated by Hon JB Thomas AM QC
• People's Choice Prize $5,000 donated by Griffith University
• Encouragement Award $1,000 donated by Oleg Stepanov and Natasha Vlassenko
• Best Recital in Round Two $1,000 donated by Philip Tucker
• Best Performance of a Prelude and Fugue $1,000 donated by Huguette Brassine
• Best Performance of a Virtuoso Study $1,000 donated by Tyalgum Festival Committee Inc.
• Best Performance of a Classical Sonata $1,000 donated by Ed & Gillian Frazer
• Best Performance of an Australian Work $1,000 donated by Oleg Stepanov and Natasha Vlassenko
• Best Performance of a Russian Work $1000 donated by Juneen Kashurina
• Best Performance of a Work by Liszt $1000 donated by Australian Society for Keyboard Music - Gold Coast
• Enid Lane Memorial Prize for Mozart $1,000 donated by Youth Music Foundation Australia
• Pnina Salzman Memorial Prize for Chopin $1000 donated by Barbara Leser

Performance prizes include:

• Recording package with Master Performers to the value of $10 000
• Opening recital at the 2011 Tyalgum Annual Festival of Classical Music
• A Steinway engagement in Brisbane or Sydney arranged by Theme & Variations
• A solo recital at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University
• A performance opportunity with the Quensland Youth Orchestra