International Piano Competitions Marked Second Year: ASU's Herberger College receives 147 applicants from 24 countries
Winners of the second Bösendorfer USASU International Piano Competition were presented with medals. Left to right: Tanya Gabrielian (third prize Bösendorfer winner); Elizabeth Schumann (first Prize Bösendorfer winner); Grace Fong (second Prize Bösendorfer winner); Sergei Babayan (Competition’s guest artist) and Baruch Meir (Chairman of the Jury)
Thirty-nine talented pianists from across the globe made their way to Tempe this January as the ASU Herberger College of the Arts and the Arizona Young Artist Committee hosted the second Bösendorfer & Schimmel US ASU International Piano Competitions. A total of 147 pianists from 24 countries applied to compete. Of those, 42 were selected by a screening committee comprised of five professional pianists to compete in the semi-final and final rounds. Winners competed for a host of prizes, including $33,000 in cash awards as well as performances with the Phoenix and the Mesa symphonies and solo recitals in Germany and Austria.
Pianists hail from China, Israel, Poland and Sweden, and also come from some of the world’s most prestigious music schools, including: The Juilliard School; the Moscow Conservatory, the Shanghai Conservatory and ASU Herberger College.
“This was a chance for our community to experience first hand the amazing and talented pianists from all around the globe at a top-tier competition,” says Baruch Meir, associate professor of piano in the Herberger College School of Music and founder, president and artistic director of the competitions.
Details concerning the third Bösendorfer & Schimmel USASU International Piano competitions will be available online the beginning of August: herbergercollege.asu.edu/pianocompetition.
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