Amateur Competition

Fourth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™

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Fourth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs

May 31-June 5, 2004


WinnersJury Award: First Prize
Paul Anthony Romero (Composer and Porcelain Dealer, USA)

Jury Award: Second Prize
Averill Piers Baker (Legal Volunteer, Canada)

Jury Award: Third Prize
Ann Herlong (Homemaker, USA)

Press Jury Award
Paul Anthony Romero (Composer and Porcelain Dealer, USA)

Audience Award
Paul Anthony Romero (Composer and Porcelain Dealer, USA)

Best Performance of a Work from the Baroque Era
Ann Herlong (Homemaker, USA)

Best Performance of a Work from the Classical Era
Hiroko Ohtani (Physical Chemist, Japan [US Resident])

Best Performance of a Work from the Romantic Era
Paul Anthony Romero (Composer and Porcelain Dealer, USA)

Best Performance of a Modern Work
Miho Yamada Fisher (Medical Researcher, Japan [US Resident])Romero

Most Creative Programming Award
Darin Tysdal (Music Store Co-Manager, USA)

Jury Discretionary Awards
Miho Yamada Fisher (Medical Researcher, Japan [US Resident])
Franz Josef Mantini (Electrical Engineer, USA)

Special Recognition Awards
Dale L. Backus (Mechanical Engineer, USA)
Greg Fisher (Computer Programmer and Web Designer, USA)

EvanFort Worth Piano Teachers Forum Award
Stephen Fierros (Information Systems Advisor, USA)

Third Stage (Finalists)
Victor Alexeeff (Film Composer, USA)
Averill Piers Baker (Legal Volunteer, Canada)
Ellen Weiss Dodson (Healthcare Marketing Director, USA)
Marisa Naomi Haines (Financial Trader, USA)
Ann Herlong (Homemaker, USA)
Paul Anthony Romero (Composer and Porcelain Dealer, USA)

Second Stage (Semifinalists)
Charles Chien (Flight Attendant, USA)
Rebecca Davis (Homemaker, USA)
Henri Delbeau (Internist, USA)
Miho Yamada Fisher (Medical Researcher, Japan [US Resident])
Greg Kostraba (Radio Host and Music Director, USA)
Chung Lee (Architect, USA)
Franz Josef Mantini (Electrical Engineer, USA)
Salam Murtada (Environmental Engineer, USA)Finalists
Hiroko Ohtani (Physical Chemist, Japan [US Resident])
Stephen A. Zivin (Concert Coordinator, USA)

First Stage
Jim Allison (Radio Program Director, USA)
Brad Arington (Attorney, USA)
Dale L. Backus (Mechanical Engineer, USA)
Harvey J. Bellin (Pathologist, USA)
Viktors Berstis (Software Engineer, USA)
Anne Blakeney (Artist and Community Volunteer, USA)
John Blasdale (Retired Patent Agent, United Kingdom [US Resident])
Allan Blumenthal (Psychiatrist, USA)
Barbara Bolton (Educational Consultant, USA)
David Caldine (Software Engineer, USA)
Mark Cannon (Psychiatrist, USA)
Louis Dalaveris (Ophthalmologist, USA)
Victor P. Dyni (Retired Music Librarian, Finland [US Resident])
Milton Farbstein (Medical Technologist, USA)
Stephen Fierros (Information Systems Advisor, USA)
Gerald Finkel (Pathologist, USA)
Robert Finley (Electrical Engineer, USA)
Greg Fisher (Computer Programmer and Web Designer, USA)
Suzanne Fremon (HypnoBirthing Teacher and Birth Support Doula, USA)
Nancy Futrell (Neurologist, USA)Prizes
John Gardecki (Private Investor and Arts Administrator, USA)
Daniel Goodman (Plasma Physicist, USA)
Mark Gordon (Legal Assistant, USA)
Jeanne Green-Sherman (Retired Corporate Administrator and Student, USA)
Antoni Gryzik (Television Engineer and Professor, France)
Larry Harris (Retired Investment Manager, USA)
Yat-Lam Hong (Piano Technician, USA)
Renita Kalhorn (Marketing and Business Development Executive, USA)
Scot King (Mortgage Broker, USA)
David Kish (Composer and Real Estate Business Owner, USA)
Alex Kreyn (Railroad Manager, USA)
Carolyn Luskin (Realtor, USA)
Bruce Martin (Cardiologist, USA)
Donna Mathias (Physician Recruiter, USA)
Thomas Maurice (Network Administrator, Canada [US Resident])
John McInerney (Financial Communications Consultant, USA)
Marie-Claude Montplaisir (Financial Advisory Services Director, Canada)
Jienee Sungjin Moon (Homemaker, Korea [US Resident])
Rosanne Vita Nahass (Internist, USA)
Rocky Nevin (Biophysicist and Software Designer, USA)
Kevin Oliver (Business Development Manager, USA)
Douglas Parsons (Piano Technician, USA)
José Mauro Peixoto (Stock Portfolio Manager, Brazil)
Beverly Reimer (Administrative Assistant, Canada)
Abigail Alberto Romero R. (Music Professor and Film Composer, Venezuela)
Anne-Marie Rouchon (National Tennis Coach, France)
David Sapeika (Litigation Attorney, South Africa)
Regan Smith (E-Learning Company President, USA)
J. Todd Spangler (Attorney, USA)
Robert G. Tancredi (Cardiovascular Consultant, USA)
Judy Thomas (Homemaker and Interior Designer, USA)
Darin Tysdal (Music Store Co-Manager, USA)
David G. Villanueva (Telecommunications Manager, USA)
Robert Weeks (Database Manager, USA)
Ryan Layne Whitney (Information Technology Specialist, USA)
Eberhard Zagrosek (Retired Hospital Business Director, Germany)

Jury
All Three Rounds
John Giordano (Chairman); Victoria Bragin; Michael Hawley; Carol Leone; Harold Martina; Alina Rubinstein

Semifinal and Final Rounds
Fred Bronstein; José Feghali; Thomas Frost; Yoheved Kaplinsky; David Karp; André Laplante; John Owings; Barrett Wissman

Press Jury
Semifinal and Final Rounds
William Littler (Chairman); Scott Cantrell; Stuart Isacoff; Yoshihiro Naito; Donald Rosenberg; Gail Wein

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