The six finalists of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2009 have been named. This edition of Japan's top piano competition has been dominated by Koreans; there are 4 Korean pianists in the finals. Like in this year's edition of the Leeds International Piano Competition, Beethoven's Emperor Concerto is going to be heard three times!
The finalists are as follows:
FRANCOIS DUMONT (France) playing BEETHOVEN No.5
ANN SOO-JUNG (Korea) playing RACHMANINOV No.2
CHO SEONG-JIN (Korea) playing BEETHOVEN No.5
HUH JAE-WEON (Korea) playing RACHMANINOV No.2
ELMAR GASANOV (Russia) playing RACHMANINOV Paganini Rhapsody
KIM HYUN-JUNG (Korea) playing BEETHOVEN No.5
The competition finals on 21 & 22 November may be viewed here:
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