The 2018 competition final was held in Birmingham Town Hall on Saturday 30th June where the three finalists performed the following programme:

Andrey Ivanov
BIRMINGHAM (b. 1990, Belarus)
Bach
Toccata in D minor, BWV 913, 13’
Debussy
Études, L 136: Étude 6 pour les huit doigts, 4’
Études, L 136: Étude 7 pour les degrés chromatiques
Rachmaninov
Sonata No 2, Op 36, 19’

Kathy Chow:
LONDON (b. 1993, Australia)
Chopin
Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52, 9’
Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schuman, Op 9, 18’
Bartók
Piano Sonata, Sz 80, 12’

​Peggy Wu:
LONDON (b. 1995, Hong Kong)
Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op 12 No 1-5, 15’
Debussy
Images (Book 1), 15’
Prokofiev
Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 28, 8’

The results were as follows:

First Prize: Kathy Chow
Second Prize: Peggy Wu
Third Prize: Andrey Ivanov
Audience Prize: Peggy Wu

The trustees would like to thank everyone who supported this years competition.