[NEohioPAL]The Laureates of the 11th Annual Oberlin International Piano Competition

[Marci Janas]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		MEDIA CONTACT: Marci Janas
August 1, 2005					440-775-8328 or =
marci.janas at oberlin.edu

The Laureates of the 11th Annual Oberlin International Piano Competition

OBERLIN, OHIO =97 Ruoyo Huang, a 16-year-old pianist from Sichuan, =
China,=20
is the first-prize winner of the 11th Annual Oberlin International=20
Piano Competition, held Saturday evening, July 30, in the=20
Conservatory's Warner Concert Hall. He received a cash award of $4,000=20=

as well as the Audience Favorite Award of $100.

Second prize and $1,500 went to Korean-born Sun-A Park, 17, of Little=20
Ferry, New Jersey. The third-place award of $1,000 went to Fangzhou=20
Feng, 15, of Shenyang, China.  Hanmo Qian, 18, of Sichuan, China, won=20
the fourth place prize of $500. Chinese-born Vicki Ning Wang, 18, of=20
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, won the fifth-place prize of $200.

Ruoyo Huang secured his first-place and audience- favorite prizes by=20
performing Fantaise, Op. 49 by Fr=E9d=E9ric Chopin and the first =
movements=20
of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart=92s Sonata, K. 576, Igor Stravinsky=92s=20
Petrouchka, and Robert Schumann=92s Fantaise, Op. 17. Huang, who began=20=

studying piano at the age of four, is now a student of Professor Zheng=20=

Daxin at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music.

Second-place winner Sun-A Park performed Chopin=92s =C9tude Op. 25, No. =
7,=20
Ludwig van Beethoven=92s Sonata Op. 2, No.3, Sergei Prokoviev=92s Sonata=20=

No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83, and Johannes Brahms=92 Variations on a=20
Theme by Paganini, Book II, Op. 35.

Fangzhou Feng, who came in third, played Franz Joseph Haydn=92s Sonata =
in=20
E Major, Hob. IVI, 31; the number 4, 15, 16, 17, and 24 Preludes, Op.=20
28, by Chopin as well as his =E9tudes, Op. 10, No. 2, and Op. 25, No. 7;=20=

and the first movement of Prokoviev=92s Sonata No. 6, Op. 82.

The fourth-prize winner, Hanmo Qian, performed works by Mozart,=20
Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Liszt. Vicki Ning Wang, who came in=20=

fifth, played works by Beethoven and Alberto Ginastera.

As is the competition's protocol, the finalists are told only moments=20
before walking onstage what pieces from their repertoire they are to=20
play for the judges.

Judges for the finals round were Dean of the Conservatory David H.=20
Stull, Oberlin Professor of Piano Sanford Margolis, Professor Matti=20
Raekallio of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, and Professor=20
Mykola Suk of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.

All but one of the finalists performed on Oberlin=92s Hannan Hamburg=20
Steinway; Ruoyo Huang chose the New York Steinway.

The finals round was broadcast live on 104.9 WCLV, northeast Ohio=92s=20
classical music station, and simulcast on the Internet at wclv.com=20
thanks to the sponsorship of the Riverside Company, a leading private=20
equity firm specializing in premier companies. The president of WCLV,=20
Robert Conrad, served as master of ceremonies for the evening.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated within=20=

the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the oldest=20=

continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Renowned=20
internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber=20
and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the Washington Post, =
Oberlin=92s=20
alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of=20
the serious music world. Its students and alumni have won top prizes in=20=

numerous international piano competitions, including the Van Cliburn,=20
the Fryderyk Chopin, the Queen Elisabeth, the Arthur Rubinstein, the=20
Walter W. Naumberg, the Unisa International Piano Competition (South=20
Africa), the American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship=20
competition, the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and=20
the Busoni Competition. The Conservatory=92s collection of 1,700 period=20=

and modern musical instruments includes 199 Steinway grand pianos.=20
Oberlin, an All-Steinway School, is Steinway & Sons oldest continuous=20
client; their relationship dates back more than 125 years.


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Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=

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marci.janas at oberlin.edu


<bold>The Laureates of the 11th Annual Oberlin International Piano
Competition</bold>


OBERLIN, OHIO =97 Ruoyo Huang, a 16-year-old pianist from Sichuan,
China, is the first-prize winner of the 11th Annual Oberlin
International Piano Competition, held Saturday evening, July 30, in
the Conservatory's Warner Concert Hall. He received a cash award of
$4,000 as well as the Audience Favorite Award of $100.


Second prize and $1,500 went to Korean-born Sun-A Park, 17, of Little
Ferry, New Jersey. The third-place award of $1,000 went to Fangzhou
Feng, 15, of Shenyang, China.  Hanmo Qian, 18, of Sichuan, China, won
the fourth place prize of $500. Chinese-born Vicki Ning Wang, 18, of
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, won the fifth-place prize of $200.=20


Ruoyo Huang secured his first-place and audience- favorite prizes by
performing <italic>Fantaise, Op. 49</italic> by Fr=E9d=E9ric Chopin and
the first movements of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart=92s <italic>Sonata, K.
576</italic>, Igor Stravinsky=92s <italic>Petrouchka</italic>, and
Robert Schumann=92s <italic>Fantaise</italic>, <italic>Op. 17</italic>.
Huang, who began studying piano at the age of four, is now a student
of Professor Zheng Daxin at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music.


Second-place winner Sun-A Park performed Chopin=92s <italic>=C9tude Op.
25, No. 7</italic>, Ludwig van Beethoven=92s <italic>Sonata Op. 2,
No.3</italic>, Sergei Prokoviev=92s <italic>Sonata No. 7 in B-flat
Major, Op.</italic> <italic>83</italic>, and Johannes Brahms=92
<italic>Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book II, Op. 35</italic>.


Fangzhou Feng, who came in third, played Franz Joseph Haydn=92s
<italic>Sonata in E Major, Hob. IVI, 31</italic>; the number 4, 15,
16, 17, and 24 <italic>Preludes, Op. 28</italic>, by Chopin as well as
his <italic>=E9tudes, Op. 10, No. 2, and Op. 25, No. 7</italic>; and the
first movement of Prokoviev=92s <italic>Sonata No. 6, Op. 82</italic>.=20=



The fourth-prize winner, Hanmo Qian, performed works by Mozart,
Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Liszt. Vicki Ning Wang, who came in
fifth, played works by Beethoven and Alberto Ginastera.


<x-tad-bigger>As is the competition's protocol, the finalists are told
only moments before walking onstage what pieces from their repertoire
they are to play for the judges.

</x-tad-bigger>

Judges for the finals round were Dean of the Conservatory David H.
Stull, Oberlin Professor of Piano Sanford Margolis, Professor Matti
Raekallio of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, and Professor
Mykola Suk of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.


All but one of the finalists performed on Oberlin=92s Hannan Hamburg
Steinway; Ruoyo Huang chose the New York Steinway.


The finals round was broadcast live on 104.9 WCLV, northeast Ohio=92s
classical music station, and simulcast on the Internet at wclv.com
thanks to the sponsorship of the Riverside Company, a leading private
equity firm specializing in premier companies. The president of WCLV,
Robert Conrad, served as master of ceremonies for the evening.


<bold>The Oberlin Conservatory of Music</bold>, founded in 1865 and
situated within the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since
1867, is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United
States. Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the
highest caliber and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the
<italic>Washington Post,</italic> Oberlin=92s alumni have gone on to
achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of the serious music world.
Its students and alumni have won top prizes in numerous international
piano competitions, including the Van Cliburn, the Fryderyk Chopin,
the Queen Elisabeth, the Arthur Rubinstein, the Walter W. Naumberg,
the Unisa International Piano Competition (South Africa), the American
Pianists Association Classical Fellowship competition, the Kosciuszko
Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and the Busoni Competition. The
Conservatory=92s collection of 1,700 period and modern musical
instruments includes 199 Steinway grand pianos. Oberlin, an
All-Steinway School, is Steinway & Sons oldest continuous client;
their relationship dates back more than 125 years.



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Marci Janas

Director of Conservatory Media Relations

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

39 West College Street

Oberlin, OH  44074

www.oberlin.edu/con

(P) 440-775-8328

(F) 440-775-5457

marci.janas at oberlin.edu=

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