Wallace National Piano Competition 2017 - Semi-finals
Adjudicator, Piers Lane Photo: Lewis Eady Charitable Trust
Selected performances from the 15 contestants who made it to the semi-final rounds of the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition held in Auckland in July 2017.
This was the third time the competition was held – it occurs every second year. It’s administered by the Lewis Eady Charitable Trust and its patron is Sir James Wallace. This is the Trust’s premier event in support of the development of New Zealand’s young pianists. Among all the many other projects they have going, in the intervening years between competitions, they run the Wallace International Piano Festival and the Wallace National Junior Piano Competition.
The contestants must be New Zealand residents. At this semi-final stage they must each perform two 30-minute recitals and they must include a complete classical sonata by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn or Schubert, and a work by a New Zealand composer. After that the adjudicator – on this occasion it was Piers Lane – chooses four pianists to play in the final.
Recorded in University of Auckland Music Theatre by Tim Dodd
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Marianna Kang plays Chopin
3:00 PM.CHOPIN: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - played by Marianna Kang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Marianna Kang plays John Psathas
3:00 PM.PSATHAS: Waiting for the aeroplane - played by Marianna Kang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Amy Hsu plays John Rimmer
3:00 PM.RIMMER: Seven Character Sketches Nos 1 - 3 - played by Amy Hsu, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Sara Lee plays Scarlatti
3:00 PM.SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor Kk213 - played by Sara Lee, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Sara Lee plays Liszt
3:00 PM.LISZT: Rapsodie Espagnole - played by Sara Lee, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Sara Lee plays Grunfeld
3:00 PM.GRÜNFELD: Soirée de Vienne - played by Sara Lee, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Liam Wooding plays Messiaen
3:00 PM.MESSIAEN: Première communion de la Vierge, and Noël, from Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus - played by Liam Wooding, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Jenny McLEOD: Tone Clock Pieces Nos 1-3
3:00 PM.Played by Liam Wooding, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition. Audio
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Arnold Lee plays Haydn
3:00 PM.HAYDN: Piano Sonata in Ab, HobXVI/46 - played by Arnold Lee, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Arnold Lee plays Kenneth Young
3:00 PM.K YOUNG: Elusive Dream - played by Arnold Lee, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Modi Deng plays Beethoven
3:00 PM.BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in E Op 109 - played by Modi Deng, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit
3:00 PM.Played by Modi Deng, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Read more Audio
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Derek Long plays Barber
3:00 PM.BARBER: Pas de deux, and Hesitation Tango, from Souvenirs - played by Derek Long, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Derek Long plays Gao Ping
3:00 PM.GAO: Nostalgia, and Love Song from Kangdin, from Distant Voices - played by Derek Long, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Frank Chen plays Bach
3:00 PM.BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, from Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier - played by Frank Chen, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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LILBURN: Bagatelle No 5
3:00 PM.LILBURN: Bagatelle No 5 - played by Frank Chen, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Siyu Sun plays Ravel
3:00 PM.RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - played by Siyu Sun, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Siyu Sun plays Scriabin
3:00 PM.SCRIABIN: No 1, from Two Poems Op 32 - played by Siyu Sun, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Siyu Sun plays Liszt
3:00 PM.LISZT: Funérailles - played by Siyu Sun, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Coco Li plays Carl Vine
3:00 PM.VINE: Five Bagatelles - played by Coco Li, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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DEBUSSY: Estampes
3:00 PM.Played by Noelle Dannenbring, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Leon Chen plays Mozart
3:00 PM.MOZART: Piano Sonata in B flat K333, 1st movement - played by Leon Chen, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Leon Chen plays John Elmsly
3:00 PM.ELMSLY: Three Pieces for piano - played by Leon Chen, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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CHOPIN: Études in C & A minor, Winter Wind
3:00 PM.Études in C Op 10/1; in A minor Op 25/11, Winter Wind - played by Lawrence Wong, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Tony Yan Tong Chen plays Kodály
3:00 PM.KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszék - played by Tony Yan Tong Chen, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Tony Yan Tong Chen plays John Psathas
3:00 PM.PSATHAS: Jettatura - played by Tony Yan Tong, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Lixin Zhang plays Bach
3:00 PM.BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E flat, from Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Lixin Zhang plays Edwin Carr
3:00 PM.CARR: Concert Studies Nos 1 and 4 - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Lixin Zhang plays Beethoven
3:00 PM.BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in F minor Op 57, Appassionata - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Lixin Zhang plays Weber
3:00 PM.WEBER: Rondo Brillante Op 62 - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
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Lixin Zhang plays Ravel
3:00 PM.RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio
