Amateur Competition

Fifth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™

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Fifth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs

May 28-June 3, 2007

07winnersJury Award: Richard Rodzinski First Prize
Drew Mays (Ophthalmologist, USA)

Jury Award: Second Prize
Mark Fuller (Lawyer, USA)

Jury Award: Third Prize
Clark Griffith (Composer/Retired Internet Technology Administrator, USA)

Press Jury Award
Mark Fuller (Lawyer, USA)

Audience Award
Drew Mays (Ophthalmologist, USA)

Best Performance of a Work from the Baroque Era
Clark Griffith (Composer/Retired Internet Technology Administrator, USA)

Best Performance of a Work from the Classical Era
Franz Mantini (Electrical Engineer, USA)

Best Performance of a Work from the Romantic Era07other
Drew Mays (Ophthalmologist, USA)

Best Performance of a Post-Romantic Work
Mark Fuller (Lawyer, USA)

Most Creative Programming Award
Esfir Ross (Dental Assistant, USA)

Jury Discretionary Awards
Thomas Maurice (Network Administrator, Canada)
Kent Lietzau (Aerospace and Defense Industry Executive, USA)

Fort Worth Piano Teachers Forum Award
David Hibbard (Retired Railroad Manager, USA)

Third Stage (Finalists)
Henri-Robert Delbeau (Medical Internist, USA)
Mark Fuller (Lawyer, USA)
Clark Griffith (Composer/Retired Internet Technology Administrator, USA)
Ken Iisaka (Investment Analyst, Japan)
Slava Levin (Internet Technology Manager, USA)
Drew Mays (Ophthalmologist, USA)

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Second Stage (Semifinalists)
J. Michael Brounoff (Federal Judge, USA)
Seth Darst (Molecular Biophysics Professor, USA)
Annette DiMedio (TV Producer/Music History Professor, USA)
Ellen Dodson (Healthcare Industry Consultant, USA)
Greg Fisher (Business Manager, USA)
Matthew Hand (International Relief Operations, USA)
Ann Herlong (Homemaker, USA)
David Hibbard (Retired Railroad Manager, USA)
Chung Lee (Retired Architect/Professor of Architecture, USA)
Kent Lietzau (Aerospace and Defense Industry Executive, USA)
Franz Mantini (Electrical Engineer, USA)
Thomas Maurice (Network Administrator, Canada)
Michael Moore (Retired Court Reporter, USA)
Leslie Myrick (Hospital Administrator, USA)
José Mauro Peixoto (Stock Portfolio Manager, Brazil)
Suzanna Perez (Financial Consultant, USA)
Esfir Ross (Dental Assistant, USA)
J. Todd Spangler (Attorney, USA)
Eberhard Zagrosek (Retired Business Executive, Germany)

First Stage
Georgiana Acchione (Homemaker, USA)
Tim Adrianson (Food Industry Technologist, USA)
Viktors Berstis (Software Engineer, USA)
Anne Blakeney (Artist/Community Volunteer, USA)
Andrea Davide Bonotto (Software Engineer, Italy)
Mark Cannon (Psychiatrist, USA)
Charles Chien (Flight Attendant, USA)
Louis Dalaveris (Ophthalmologist, USA)
Thang Dinh (Mechanical Engineer, USA)
07semis Dave Duebendorfer (Financial Industry Executive, USA/Switzerland)
Victor P. Dyni (Retired Music Librarian, USA)
Richard Einhorn (Gastroenterologist, USA)
Gerald Finkel (Retired Pathologist, USA)
Robert Finley (Retired Electrical Engineer, USA)
C. Rex Gardner (Retired Accountant, USA)
Kira Gilbert (Homemaker, USA)
Lori Gilbert (Radio Sales Representative, USA)
Joel Goodman (Cell Biologist, USA)
Mark Graham (Email Administrator, USA)
Sylvia Gray (History Professor, USA)
Martin Gross (Semi-Retired Math Tutor, USA)
Marisa Naomi Haines (Financial Trader, USA)
Larry Harris (Retired Investment Manager, USA)
Rebecca Henson (Retired School Teacher, USA)
Brad Hill (Author and Editor, USA)
Stephen Hubbard (Electrical Engineering Professor, USA)
Carol A. Jacobs (Psychotherapist, USA)
Wolfgang Jungraithmayr (Medical Research Fellow, Germany)
Richard Katz (Neurology Professor, USA)
Scot King (Mortgage Broker, USA)
Walter Kovshik (Fundraising Consultant, USA)
Philippe Languin (Investment Banker, France)
John McInerney (Public Relations, USA)
Laura Onsgard (Certified Public Accountant, USA)
Reiko Osawa (Homemaker, Japan)
Debby Pearlberg (Math Tutor, USA)
Vincent Phillips (Anesthesiologist, USA)
James Raphael (Jeweler/Real Estate Investor, USA)
Abi Romero Ramí­rez (Music Professor/Film Composer, Venezuela)
Carl Rosser (English Professor, USA)
Anne-Marie Rouchon (Retired National Tennis Coach, France)
07gold Carl Schaer (Computer Programmer, USA)
Stanley Sisskin (Software Developer, USA)
Robert H. Smith, Jr. (School Administrator, USA)
Alfred Thomas, Jr. (Real Estate Appraiser, USA)
Janet Underhill (Elementary Music Teacher, USA)
Jelena Vladikovic (Public Relations, Canada)
Kerry Watson (Sales Representative, Australia)
Joan Zarry (Retired Property Designer, Canada)
Stephen Zivin (Concert Coordinator, USA)

Jury
John Giordano (Chairman); Richard Dyer; José Feghali; Stanislav Ioudenitch; Veda Kaplinsky; David A. Karp; Olga Kern; Carol Leone; Jon Nakamatsu

Press Jury
Final Round
Donald Rosenberg (Chairman); Scott Cantrell; Matthew Erikson; Matthew Gurewitsch; Paul Horsley; Andrew Patner; David Stabler

Chairman of the Board: Alann Bedford Sampson
President: Richard Rodzinski