Prizes for each of the six Semi Finalists not proceeding to the Finals $1,000 each
2021 Prize List
Ernest Hutcheson First Prize
Donated by The Friends of The Sydney
$25,000
Alexander Gadjiev
Percy Grainger Second Prize
Donated by Loz Copley
$20,000
Artem Yasynskyy
George Frederick Boyle Third Prize
Donated by Ivy Lane League
$15,000
Calvin Abdiel (competitor)
William Murdoch Fourth Prize
Donated by Consortium of Individual Donors
$12,500
Alice Burla
Arthur Benjamin Fifth Prize
Donated by Rosalind Carlson OAM
$10,000
Ádám Balogh
Noel Mewton-Wood Sixth Prize
Donated by Ron, Lynn and Marcus Ogden
$7,500
Shion Ota 2021
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)
Edward Goll Best Performance of a work by Liszt
Sponsored by Bequest from Neville Grace
$5,000
Alexander Gadjiev
Rex Hobcroft Best Performance of a work by Beethoven
Sponsored by A gift from the late Jana Chvojka
$5,000
Anna Geniushene
Geoffrey Tozer Most Promising Pianist not Proceeding to the Finals
Donated by Joan Adler
$5,000
Yangrui Cai
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
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
Roger Smalley Best Preliminary Recital
Donated by Donated by the Council of the Friends of The Sydney *
$3,000
Alexander Gadjiev
Ignaz Friedman Best Semi Final Recital
Donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
$3,000
Artem Yasynskyy
Malcolm Williamson Best Performance of an Australian Piece
Donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
$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
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
Rhondda Gillespie Best Performance of a Twentieth-Century work
Donated by Minnie Biggs
$3,000
Artem Yasynskyy
Best Program Presentation in Semi Final or Final
Donated by Virginia Bradem OAM
$3,000
Alexander Gadjiev
Isador Goodman Best Encore in the Preliminary or Finals
Donated by Kathron Sturrock
$1,000
Artem Yasynskyy
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