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The 2018 competition final

The 2018 competition final was held in Birmingham Town Hall on Saturday 30th June. The competition jury consisted of pianist Ronan O'Hora, pianist Anna Tilbrook, and Head of Artistic Programming at Town Hall Symphony Hall, Richard Hawley.: 

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. 

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