2021 Prizewinners

Kyoungsun Park 2021
Supported by Club 32 donor David and Ida Constable
South Korea
4 May 1992

Kyoungsun Park 2021 South Korea

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Antonii Baryshevskyi
Supported by Club 32 donor Di Bresciani
Ukraine
10 October 1988

Antonii Baryshevskyi Ukraine

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Yu Nitahara
Supported by Club 32 donor Jane McCallum
Japan
24 October 1990

Yu Nitahara Japan

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Philipp Lynov 2021
Supported by Club 32 donors Rob Thomas AO and Sam Meers AO
Russia
6 January 1999

Philipp Lynov 2021 Russia

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Yangrui Cai
Supported by Club 32 donors Robert and Jennifer Ravens
China
13 November 2000

Yangrui Cai China

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Geoffrey Tozer Most Promising Pianist not Proceeding to the Finals
Anna Geniushene
Supported by Club 32 donors Greeba Pritchard and Robert Mitchell
Russia
1 January 1991

Anna Geniushene Russia

Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Rex Hobcroft Best Performance of a work by Beethoven
Artem Yasynskyy 2021
2021 2nd Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Lyndall McCormack
Ukraine
24 July 1988

Artem Yasynskyy 2021 Ukraine

Isador Goodman Best Encore in the Preliminary or Finals
Rhondda Gillespie Best Performance of a Twentieth-Century work
Ignaz Friedman Best Semi Final Recital
Best Performance of a work from any period before 1950 by a rarely-played and unduly neglected composer
Best Program Construction in the Semi Final or Final
Percy Grainger Second Prize
Alexander Gadjiev
2021 Winner
Italy/Slovenia
23 December 1994

Alexander Gadjiev Italy/Slovenia

Best Program Presentation in Semi Final or Final
Lance Dosser Best Performance of a work by a Classical period composer (excluding Beethoven)
Miriam Hyde Best Performance of a work by a Romantic period composer (excluding Liszt)
Malcolm Williamson Best Performance of an Australian Piece
Roger Smalley Best Preliminary Recital
Edward Goll Best Performance of a work by Liszt
Ernest Hutcheson First Prize
Calvin Abdiel (competitor)
2021 3rd Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor the Brennan Lynch Foundation Fund
Australian/Indonesia
23 January 2001

Calvin Abdiel (competitor) Australian/Indonesia

An overseas scholarship for an Australian competitor to further their musical career
Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist
George Frederick Boyle Third Prize
Shion Ota 2021
2021 6th Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Sandy Watson
Japan
20 February 2000

Shion Ota 2021 Japan

Noel Mewton-Wood Sixth Prize
Ádám Balogh
2021 5th Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Martin and Susie Dickson
Hungary
30 October 1997

Ádám Balogh Hungary

Arthur Benjamin Fifth Prize
Alice Burla
2021 4th Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Mick McCormack
Canada
5 August 1996

Alice Burla Canada

William Murdoch Fourth Prize

2021 Prize List

Ernest Hutcheson First Prize
Donated by The Friends of The Sydney
$25,000 Alexander Gadjiev
Noel Mewton-Wood Sixth Prize
Donated by Ron, Lynn and Marcus Ogden
$7,500 Shion Ota 2021
Arthur Benjamin Fifth Prize
Donated by Rosalind Carlson OAM
$10,000 Ádám Balogh
William Murdoch Fourth Prize
Donated by Consortium of Individual Donors
$12,500 Alice Burla
George Frederick Boyle Third Prize
Donated by Ivy Lane League
$15,000 Calvin Abdiel (competitor)
Percy Grainger Second Prize
Donated by Loz Copley
$20,000 Artem Yasynskyy 2021
Isador Goodman Best Encore in the Preliminary or Finals
Donated by Kathron Sturrock
$1,000 Artem Yasynskyy 2021
Best Program Presentation in Semi Final or Final
Donated by Virginia Bradem OAM
$3,000 Alexander Gadjiev
Rhondda Gillespie Best Performance of a Twentieth-Century work
Donated by Minnie Biggs
$3,000 Artem Yasynskyy 2021
Lance Dosser Best Performance of a work by a Classical period composer (excluding Beethoven)
Donated by Drs Keith and Eileen Ong
$3,000 Alexander Gadjiev
Miriam Hyde Best Performance of a work by a Romantic period composer (excluding Liszt)
Donated by Janice Tuynman in memory of her husband Hank Tuynman
$3,000 Alexander Gadjiev
Malcolm Williamson Best Performance of an Australian Piece
Donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
$3,000 Alexander Gadjiev
Ignaz Friedman Best Semi Final Recital
Donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
$3,000 Artem Yasynskyy 2021
Roger Smalley Best Preliminary Recital
Donated by Donated by the Council of the Friends of The Sydney *
$3,000 Alexander Gadjiev
Best Performance of a work from any period before 1950 by a rarely-played and unduly neglected composer
Donated by Harold Fabrikant, Dr Andrew Mitterdorfer and Daniel Mitterdorfer in honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Louis Vierne in 2020
$5,000 Artem Yasynskyy 2021
Best Program Construction in the Semi Final or Final
in celebration of his Aunt, Australian pianist Ruth Gerald
Donated by A/Prof Michael Stubbs
$5,000 Artem Yasynskyy 2021
Geoffrey Tozer Most Promising Pianist not Proceeding to the Finals
Donated by Joan Adler
$5,000 Yangrui Cai
Rex Hobcroft Best Performance of a work by Beethoven
Sponsored by A gift from the late Jana Chvojka
$5,000 Anna Geniushene
Edward Goll Best Performance of a work by Liszt
Sponsored by Bequest from Neville Grace
$5,000 Alexander Gadjiev
An overseas scholarship for an Australian competitor to further their musical career
Sponsored by Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
$10,000 Calvin Abdiel (competitor)
Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist
Sponsored by Youth Music Foundation Australia
$10,000 Calvin Abdiel (competitor)
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Donated by Mrs Wendy Weight OAM
$1,000 Kyoungsun Park 2021
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Donated by Mrs Wendy Weight OAM
$1,000 Antonii Baryshevskyi
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Donated by Mrs Wendy Weight OAM
$1,000 Yu Nitahara
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Donated by Mrs Wendy Weight OAM
$1,000 Philipp Lynov 2021
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Donated by Mrs Wendy Weight OAM
$1,000 Yangrui Cai
Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
Donated by Mrs Wendy Weight OAM
$1,000 Anna Geniushene

 

Additional Prizes

The First Prize Winner will have the following engagements:

A national tour of Australia supported by a grant from the Bequest of Harry Colligan and Lionel Hann

A concerto engagement with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

A CD recording for Hyperion Records

A concert engagement at the Bard Music Festival, New York

A concert engagement for the Amigos de Música Os Agostas Portugal

A tour of five American festivals  

A further selection of engagements will be awarded to the winner and/or other finalists. These will include:

A concerto engagement with Maestro Valery Gergiev in the Contemporary Piano Faces, Mariinsky International Piano Festival in St Petersburg

A concerto engagement with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra

The Laza Kostic Foundation Prize – concerts in Serbia

A recital for the winner of the Best Australian Prize in the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall at Melbourne Recital Centre plus a performance fee of $1,000 presented by Hoang Pham – winner of the 2008 Best Australian Prize.

The winner of the Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist Prize will be required to give a recital in Melbourne at Youth Music Foundation Australia as part of that prize