IX Sydney International Piano Competition
The IX Sydney International Piano Competition took place at the Seymour Centre in Sydney from 16 July to 2 August 2008.
It was won by Konstantin Shamray.Jury
Works commissioned for the competition
First round
16–17 July 2008
21–22 July 2008
- Charlie Albright
- Fernando Altamura
- Sean Chen
- Ran Dank
- Christopher Devine
- David Fung
- Tomoki Kitamura
- Tatyana Kolesova
- Miyeon Lee
- José Menor Martín
- Hoang Pham
- Yoonsoo Rhee
- Sergey Saratovsky
- Takashi Sato
- Konstantin Shamray
- Daniil Tsvetkov
- Mariangela Vacatello
- Alexei Yemtsov
- Hao Zhu
- Eric Zuber
Semifinals
23–25 July 2008
- Charlie Albright
- Ran Dank
- Tomoki Kitamura
- Tatyana Kolesova
- Miyeon Lee
- Hoang Pham
- Yoonsoo Rhee
- Takashi Sato
- Konstantin Shamray
- Daniil Tsvetkov
- Mariangela Vacatello
- Eric Zuber
Final
29 July – 2 August 2008
- Concertos
- * Ran Dank --- Mozart: 20th, Prokofiev: 3rd
- * Tomoki Kitamura --- Mozart: 17th, Beethoven: 4th
- * Tatyana Kolesova --- Mozart: 20th, Saint-Saëns: 2nd
- * Takashi Sato --- Mozart: 27th, Beethoven: 5th
- * Konstantin Shamray --- Mozart: 27th; Prokofiev: 2nd
- * Eric Zuber --- Mozart: 20th, Tchaikovsky: 1st