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Prizes for the 2009 winners:
First Prize (tie)
Mr.
Nobuyuki Tsujii, 20 (Japan) and Mr. Haochen
Zhang, 19 (China)
Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal - Cash Award of $20,000 -
Silver trophy cup - International concert tours and career
management for the three concert seasons following the Competition
- CD recording on the harmonia mundi usa label - Contribution
towards domestic and international air travel on American Airlines
during the three-year tour
Second Prize
Ms. Yeol
eum Son, 23 (South Korea)
Van Cliburn Competition Silver Medal - Cash Award of $20,000 -
U.S. concert tours and career management for the three concert
seasons following the Competition - CD recording on the harmonia
mundi usa label
Third Prize
[not awarded in 2009]
Van Cliburn Competition Crystal Award - Cash Award of $20,000 -
U.S. concert tours and career management for the three concert
seasons following the Competition - CD recording on the harmonia
mundi usa label
Finalists
(in alphabetical order):
Mr.
Evgeni Bozhanov, 25 (Bulgaria)
Ms.
Mariangela Vacatello, 27 (Italy)
Ms. Di
Wu, 24 (China)
Cash Award of $10,000 each - U.S. concert tours and career
management for the three concert seasons following the
Competition
Semifinalists
Mr. Ran Dank, 27 (Israel)
Mr. Alessandro Deljavan, 22 (Italy)
Ms. Kyu Yeon Kim, 23 (South Korea)
Mr. Eduard Kunz, 28 (Russia)
Ms. Andrea Lam, 27 (Australia)
Mr. Michail Lifits, 26 (Germany)
Cash Award of $5,000 each
Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New
Work
Mr.
Nobuyuki Tsujii, 20 (Japan)
Cash Award of $5,000
The John Giordano Jury Chairman Discretionary Award
Mr. Alessandro Deljavan, 22 (Italy)
Cash Award of $4,000 - Presented for the first time in 2009, this
award recognizes Maestro Giordano's dedication and leadership on
the occasion of his Tenth Anniversary as chairman of the jury.
The Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award
Mr. Lukas Vondracek, 22 (Czech Republic)
Cash Award of $4,000
Jury Discretionary Award
Mr. Eduard Kunz, 28 (Russia)
Cash Award of $4,000 - Awarded by the Neal Steffen Memorial
Foundation
Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performances of
Chamber Music
Mr.
Evgeni Bozhanov, 25 (Bulgaria)
Ms. Yeol
eum Son, 23 (South Korea)
Each winner receives a $3,000 cash award
Audience Choice Award
Ms.
Mariangela Vacatello, 27 (Italy)
Winners' Engagements
The six winners of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition shared more than 300 concert engagements
throughout the United States during the three seasons following the
Competition as coordinated by the Foundation. The gold medalists
were also awarded concerts in Europe, Asia, and other international
territories through IMG Artists (Europe). Winners were offered
engagements with the Rochester Philharmonic, as well as the
Colorado, Dallas, San Francisco, and Utah Symphony Orchestras; as
well as renowed festival and recital presenters in Atlanta, Boston,
Houston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., notably in
venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Krannert
Center, and Jordan Hall. Through the coordination of IMG Artists,
the gold medalists were invited as featured soloists with the Hong
Kong, Israel, London, and BBC Philharmonics; the Philharmonia
Orchestra; and symphonies of Basel, Cannes, Singapore; and appeared
in prestigious venues throughout Europe, Asia, and North
Africa.
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