2015 Leeds International Piano Competition

The 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition was the 18th edition of the tournament, and it was held in the University of Leeds and the Leeds Town Hall from 26 August to 13 September 2015, with the Hallé Orchestra acting in the final conducted by Mark Elder. Russian pianist Anna Tsybuleva won the competition.

Jury

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Results

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Competitor R1 R2 SF F
  Anna Tsybuleva       1st
  Heejae Kim       2nd
  Vitaly Pisarenko       3rd
  Drew Petersen       4th
  Tomoki Kitamura       5th
  Wei Yun       6th
  Ashley Fripp      
  Hong Hi-hwang      
  Alexander Panfilov      
  Shizuka Susanna Salvemini      
  Szuyu Rachel Su      
  Sun Jun      
  Jamie Bergin    
  Cho Jun-hwi    
  Kiveli Dörken    
  Giuseppe Guarerra    
  Huh Jae-weon    
  Daiki Kato    
  Daniel Lebhardt    
  Lee Taek-gi    
  Rodolfo Leone    
  Li Zhenni    
  Yuka Morishige    
  Park Joo-hyeon    
  Costanza Principe    
  Shin Chang-yong    
  Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev    
  Won Jae-yeon    
  Yang Yuanfan    
  Masaru Yoshitake    
  Alina Bercu  
  Anna Bulkina  
  Jenny Chen  
  Cho Jun  
  Daniel Ciobanu  
  Lindsay Garritson  
  Eriko Gomita  
  Guang Chen  
  Julia Hamos  
  Shalva Khotenashvili  
  Kim Myung-hyun  
  Kim Yoon-ji  
  Lim Hyun-jin  
  Lin Peng  
  Mizuho Nakada  
  Adi Neuhaus  
  Nariya Nogi  
  Oh Yeon-taek  
  Kana Okada  
  Célia Oneto Bensaid  
  Park Hyo-eun  
  Stephanie Proot  
  Mihai Ritivoiu  
  Tamila Salimdjanova  
  Nikolai Saratovsky  
  Shen Mengsheng  
  Song Jeung-beum  
  Nattapol Tantikarn  
  Wang Chun  
  Wong Chiyan  
  Wu Chuyong  
  Wu Zhenyi  
  Yong Chang  
  Yoon Joon  

Reactions

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Andrew Clements from The Guardian found that while Tcybuleva's playing in the final was fluent:

"...she often seemed incapable of seeing the overall shape of the work [Brahms' 2nd Concerto], and her role in projecting it."

Clements further commented that "only Petersen and Kim gave any sense that they chose music they genuinely loved" (Rachmaninov's 1st and Beethoven's 4th respectively), while describing Pisarenko as "another pianist with steely technique and limited musical imagination in the current Russian mould."[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Andrew Clements (14 September 2015). "Leeds International Piano competition final – first prize for Anna Tcybuleva, not the obvious choice". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ Mark Benedetti (14 September 2015). "Leeds Piano Competition Gold Medal Goes to Anna Tcybuleva". WQXR. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Anna Tcybuleva wins prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition 2015". Pianist Magazine. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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