Bachauer Competition Announces Competition

The names of the competitors for the 2010 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition have been announced:

First Name	Family Name	Nationality	Age
Charlie	Albright	USA	21
Yunjie	Chen	China	29
Stefan	Ciric	Serbia	23
Sara	Daneshpour	USA	22
Gregory	DeTurck	USA	27
Sebastian	Di Bin	Italy	28
Nazareno	Ferruggio	Italy	28
Roberto	Franca	Italy	23
Kotaro	Fukuma	Japan	27
Lukas	Geniušas	Russia	19
Pavlo	Gintov	Ukraine	23
Dorel	Golan	Israel	28
Yoonjung	Han	Korea	24
Fazliddin	Husanov	Uzbekistan	31
Daria	Kameneva	Russia	22
Benjamin	Kim	USA	26
Soyeon	Kim	Korea	27
Andrea	Lam	Australia	28
Viviana Pia	Lasaracina	Italy	21
Alexey	Lebedev	Russia	29
Dmitri	Levkovich	Ukraine	31
Steven	Lin	USA	20
Benjamin	Moser	Germany	28
Sejoon	Park	Korea	19
Hoang	Pham	Vietnam	24
Mayumi	Sakamoto	Japan	26
Serhiy	Salov	Ukraine	31
Nima	Sarkechik	France	26
Anastasiya	Solomatina	Russia	26
Konstantin	Soukhovetski	Russia	28
Ardita	Statovci	Austria	27
Olga	Stezhko	Belarus	24
Alexey	Sychev	Russia	21
Anastasya	Terenkova	Russia	28
Kateryna	Titova	Ukraine	26
Matei	Varga	Romania	29
David	Violi	France	28
Joshua	Wright	USA	22
Pavel	Yeletsky	Belarus	27
Zho	Zhang	China	21
Dizhou	Zhao	China	30
Darrett	Zusko	Canada	25

The XV Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition will be held June 17-July 1, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The competitors will vie for more than $80,000 US in prizes before a jury of 10 distinguished artists.  The six finalists will perform concertos with the Utah Symphony in Abravanel Hall under the direction of Lawrence Leighton Smith.

The competitors were chosen from over 250 applicants who auditioned in Moscow, Hamburg, Venice, London, New York City, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

For a complete list of the International Jury and Prizes, visit www.bachauer.com.  Photos of the competitors will also soon be on the website. The latest information about the Competition is also now available on our new Facebook page.

The event marks 35 years of Bachauer competitions bringing the best pianists in the world to Utah to compete for cash, prizes, and fame.  Since beginning in 1976, the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition has become one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions, and one of only four in the U.S. recognized by the World Federation of International Music Competitions.