Kerikeri International Piano Competition 2012
Thursday June 28th – Sunday July 1st 2012
Turner Centre at Kerikeri, New Zealand

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First held in 1987, the biennial Piano Competition attracts contestants, teachers, and audience members from around the country and abroad. Many previous winners and participants have gone on to build successful international performance careers. Alumni of the competition include such well-known names as John Chen, Stephen de Pledge, Dan Poynton, Emma Sayers and Henry Wong Doe and in 2006, 15 year-old Denny Liu swept away the competition to seize first place as the youngest winner ever. The 2008 winner was the highly talented young musician, Jun Bouterey-Ishido from Christchurch whose playing thrilled the large audiences. In 2010 John-Paul Muir, from Auckland swept aside the strong international field with a stunning performance in the Final round to secure the First Prize.

Playing Order for Round1 (Sonata Round)- Friday June 29, 2012
Morning Session

		Yeh Shih Hsien Yeh Shih Hsien (19) was born in Yunlin, Taiwan and is now studying in Singapore with Professor Albert Tiu. He was a prize winner at the Singapore National Competition for Violin and Piano, the Kawai International Piano Competition (Taiwan) and the Taiwan National Competition (2010).
		Margaret Kong Margaret Kong (16) is the youngest contestant and attends the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School in Melbourne. In 2011 Margaret was just one of five young Australians selected to perform a masterclass by Lang Lang.
		Tony Lee Tony Lee (20) was born in Sydney and currently studies with Dr. Paul Rickard-Ford at the Sydney Conservatorium. He has won a number of prizes including the Sydney Conservatorium Chopin Competition. He has also performed overseas in New Zealand, China, England, France, Russia and the USA.
		Tham Horng Kent Tham Horng Kent (26) is from Sabah, Malaysia and was a recipient of the 2007 Asia Yamaha Music Scholarship for classical piano.. He studied at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow where he completed his BMus. with distinction.
		Jane Sohn Jane Sohn (21) began music studies at an early age, winning the 2003 West Auckland Performing Arts Competition and the North Shore Performing Arts Competition. She is currently a BMus. student, studying piano with Stephen De Pledge at the University of Auckland.

Afternoon Session

		Lorelle McNaughton Lorelle McNaughton (22) was born in Auckland and has a BMus from University of Auckland and First Class Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium. She is continuing her studies at the Granados-Marshall Academy in Barcelona.
		Vatche Jambazian Vatche Jambazian (24) is from Sydney and made his international debut at the age of 16 in Yerevan, Armenia. In 2010 he won the prize for Best Performance of Works by Chopin in the finals of the Australian National Piano Award.
		James Guan James Guan (21) was born in Sydney and is presently a third year student at the Sydney Conservatorium. He was a finalist in the Vlassenko Competition in Brisbane in 2009. This year he has been accepted into the Sydney International Piano Competition.
		Chen Yihuan Chen Yihuan (19) began playing the piano at the age of 4. She is a currently a second year piano student at the Young Siew Toh Conservatory of Music with Professor Albert Tiu.
		Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong (18) was born in Hong Kong and is currently a first year Bachelor of Music student in the University of Auckland studying piano performance with Qu Yong. Last year in August, he was a semi-finalist in the 2011 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition.
		Anna Maksymova Anna Maksymova (21) was born in Ukraine and moved to New Zealand in 2002 She has participated in a number of competitions in New Zealand and overseas and is currently studying piano performance with Prof. Michael Endres at the University of Canterbury.

Evening Session

		Somi Kim Somi Kim (22) was born in South Korea and began her piano studies at age eight moving to New Zealand in 1997. She is the 2012 recipient of The University of Auckland’s Anne Bellam Scholarship and is currently studying for her Masters in Performance Piano with Rae de Lisle.
		Nayoung Koo Nayoung Koo (20) was born in Korea and began learning piano at the age of five. In 2009 she received her LTCL diploma with distinction, attaining the highest mark in NZ. She is now in her third year of study at the University of Auckland with piano teacher Qu Yong.
		Szczepan Konczal Szczepan Kończal (27) was born in Poland and graduated from the Music Academy in Katowice. He has won a number of prizes at international piano competitions and was triple laureate of the National Chopin Competitions in Warsaw. He has performed in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Japan and Canada, Turkey and England.
		Tina (Inah) Kim Tina (Inah) Kim (18) came to New Zealand at the age of 5. She is currently in her 3rd year at the University of Auckland studying piano performance BMus. with Rae de Lisle. From an early age she has been successful in many competitions and reached the finals of the 2011 Christchurch National Concerto Competition.
		Bo An Lu Bo An Lu (18) is currently studying Science and Law at the University of Sydney.and is also a student of Bernadette Harvey at the Sydney Conservatorium. Bo An completed his LMusA with distinction In 2009 and was the winner of the keyboard division for the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer’s Award.

Competition 2012

The Competition has three rounds and requires each contestant to perform a sonata and recital from memory in the preliminary two rounds with four being selected by an international adjudicator to perform a second recital in the final.

In addition to the Competition itself, the event opens with a recital given by the adjudicator, a master class held by the adjudicator for selected competitors and a student workshop run by a leading New Zealand piano teacher. Receptions are held at the opening and closing of the event.

The Turner Centre at Kerikeri is a purpose built venue capable of showcasing both national and international events. The Turner Centre boasts a concert Steinway grand piano chosen to suit both the acoustics of the venue and the requirements of KIPC’s piano competition.