11 December 2018: NOOSA ISAM PIANO COMPETITION WINNER
UPDATE:
We had over 310 entries and it has taken the judges a considerable amount of time to decide the winners. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Daniel Muñoz-Osorio of Spain, Dina Pruzhansky of Israel and John Liberatore of the USA as equal first place winners.
The judges would like to thank everyone and name the following composers as an honourable mention:
- Aquiles Lázaro: Mexico
- Ivano Granata: Italy
- Mark Weiser: United States
- Morgan: Greenwood: United States
- David Lipten: United States
We are most impressed with the compositional standard and variety of styles presented by all participants. We wish everyone the very best and only wish we could have chosen more than one winner.
Judges will not be able to offer feedback or enter into any discussions.
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10 December 2018: NOOSA ISAM PIERROT COMPETITION WINNER
UPDATE:
We had over 100 entries and it has taken the judges a considerable amount of time to decide one winning piece. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Jack Frerer as the first prize winner of our inaugural competition.
The judges would like to thank everyone and name the following composers as an honourable mention:
- Paul Novak
- Alexander Mansour
- Caterina Di Cecca
- Charles Peck
- Gilad Cohen
We are most impressed with the compositional standard and variety of styles presented by all participants. We wish everyone the very best and only wish we could have chosen more than one winner.
Judges will not be able to offer feedback or enter into any discussions.
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08 December PIANO COMPETITION SHORT LIST
UPDATE: Short list of Composers announced. The first prize winner will be announced on Tuesday 11 December.
The judging panel has enjoyed listening to everyone’s piano pieces – over 310 of them. They have narrowed the listening to 31 works and have asked for an extra few days to meet again to decide the winner. We know every competition says this, but this has been a very hard process due to the quality of works presented. The current shortlist composers are:
- First Name:Ania Last Name: Vu Country : Poland
- First Name:Aquiles Last Name: Lázaro Country : Mexico
- First Name:Andrey Last Name: Komanetsky Country : USA
- First Name:Daniel Last Name: Muñoz-Osorio Country : Spain
- First Name:David Last Name: Lipten Country : United States
- First Name:Emiliano Last Name: Imondi Country : Italy
- First Name:Eriko Last Name: Yamaki Country : USA
- First Name:Erwin Last Name: Deleux Country : België
- First Name:Gianluca Last Name: Barragato Country : Italy
- First Name:Ivano Vincenzo Last Name: Granata Country : Italy
- First Name:John Last Name: Hennecken Country : United States
- First Name:John Last Name: Liberatore Country : USA
- First Name:Jonathan (“J.M.”) Last Name: Block Country : United States of America
- First Name:Leona Last Name: Francombe Country : Belgium
- First Name:Magor Last Name: Bucz Country : Magyarország
- First Name:MARCO Last Name: LONGO Country : Italy
- First Name:Mark Last Name: Weiser Country : United States
- First Name:Mei-Fang Last Name: Lin Country : Taiwan
- First Name:Morgan Last Name: Greenwood Country : United States
- First Name:Nahyun Last Name: Kim Country : United States
- First Name:Patrick Last Name: Liu Country : China
- First Name:Philippe Last Name: Macnab-Seguin Country : Canada
- First Name:Philippe Last Name: Mathis Country : Switzerland
- First Name:Richard Last Name: Rice Country : USA
- First Name:Roberto Last Name: Brambilla Country : Italy
- First Name:Sahba Last Name: Aminikia Country : United States/Iran
- First Name:Tatev Last Name: Amiryan Country : United States
- First Name:Theodore Last Name: Servin Country : US
- First Name:William Last Name: Peacock Country : United States of America
- First Name:Youngwoo Last Name: Yoo Country : South Korea
- First Name: Dina Last Name: Pruzhansky Country : Israel/USA
Due to time constraints the judges will not be able to offer feedback or enter into any discussions.The first prize winner will be announced on Wednesday 12 December.
Best wishes
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Hi
Due to a time difference between Australia and the rest of the world, coupled with a slight hiccup with a few applications and Paypal we are delaying the judges meeting one week. All applicants should receive a notice via email today. We wishes everyone who applied the very best.
Results will be published 10 December 2018.
