[NEohioPAL]Yuqing Meng Captures First Prize in Oberlin International Piano Competition

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Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations

440-775-8328 (office); 440-667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Yuqing Meng Captures the First Prize in the 13th Annual

Oberlin International Piano Competition

Film crew from China plans a documentary about the competition.

OBERLIN, OHIO (July 31, 2007)=97Out of 55 pianists from Canada, the =20
People=92s Republic of China, Cyprus, South Korea, Taiwan, and the =20
United States, Yuqing Meng, 16-years old, has won first prize in the =20
13th Annual Oberlin International Piano Competition, held July 21=9629, =20=

2007, at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. Six =20
pianists competed in the finals round, which was held Saturday =20
evening, July 28, in the Conservatory=92s Warner Concert Hall.

Meng received a cash award of $10,000 and orchestral engagements in =20
Beijing and Hong Kong for his achievement=97the largest first prize =20
award for an international youth piano competition. For the finals =20
round, he performed Song Without Words, Op. 85, No. 5 by Felix =20
Mendelssohn; Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 by Ludwig =20
van Beethoven; and R=E9miniscences de Don Juan by Franz Liszt.

The Oberlin competition featured a concerto round earlier in the =20
week, the results of which were weighted toward the final outcome. =20
Meng performed the first movement from Sergei Prokofiev=92s Piano =20
Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16.

Born in Shanghai, People=92s Republic of China, Meng moved with his =20
family to the United States when he was 7 years old. He lives in =20
Madison, New Jersey, where he is an honors student at Madison High =20
School. He is in his eighth year in the Pre-College Division of the =20
Juilliard School in New York, where he studies piano with Yoheved =20
Kaplinsky.

The second prize and $4,000 dollars went to Minsoo Hong, 13, of =20
Seoul, South Korea. Yunqing Zhou, 18, from Shenyang, People=92s =20
Republic of China, won the third-place award of $1,500 as well as the =20=

audience prize of $100. Xiao Pei Xu, of Beijing, People=92s Republic of =20=

China, took the fourth-place prize of $1,000. Chai Ju Yen, 16, from =20
Seoul, South Korea, received fifth-place honors and $500, and 16-year-=20=

old John Choi from Demarest, New Jersey, took the sixth-place prize =20
of $200.

As is the competition=92s protocol, the finalists were told only =20
moments before walking onstage which pieces from their repertoire =20
they were to play for the judges.

Judges for the finals round were Oberlin Professors of Piano Sanford =20
Margolis and Monique Duphil; Malcolm Bilson, Frederick J. Whiton =20
Professor of Music at Cornell University; Christopher Elton, Head of =20
Keyboard at the Royal Academy of Music, London; James Giles, =20
Assistant Professor of Piano at Northwestern University and a 1989 =20
graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music; Jerome Lowenthal, =20
Professor of Piano at the Juilliard School; Thomas Rosenkranz, =20
Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and =20=

a 1999 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory; and David Starobin, =20
Founder and Director of Bridge Records and Chair of the Guitar =20
Department at the Manhattan School of Music.

              Fan Tao, principal conductor of China=92s National =20
Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, was a concerto round judge. He will =20
conduct Yuqing Meng in his orchestral engagements in Beijing and Hong =20=

Kong.

Oberlin Professor of Piano Robert Shannon founded the Oberlin Piano =20
Competition and Festival in 1994 and serves as its director.

The finals round was broadcast live on 104.9 WCLV, northeast Ohio=92s =20=

classical music station, and simulcast on www.wclv.com thanks to the =20
sponsorship of the Riverside Company, a leading private equity firm =20
specializing in premier companies. Robert Conrad, President of WCLV, =20
was Master of Ceremonies for the evening.

A crew from CCTV (China Central Television), including producer =20
Wanjie Liu, was on the Oberlin campus during the competition filming =20
elements of the Piano Competition and Festival for a documentary that =20=

will be broadcast throughout China on the network=92s Drama and Music =20=

channel. An English-language version of the documentary is anticipated.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated amid =20
the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the =20
oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. =20
Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the =20
highest caliber and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the =20
Washington Post, Oberlin=92s alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious =20=

careers in all aspects of the serious music world. Its students and =20
alumni have won top prizes in numerous international piano =20
competitions, among them the Van Cliburn, the Fryderyk Chopin, the =20
Queen Elisabeth, the Arthur Rubinstein, the Walter W. Naumberg, the =20
Unisa International (South Africa), the American Pianists Association =20=

Classical Fellowship, the World Piano Competition, the Kosciuszko =20
Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and the Busoni Competition. The =20
Conservatory=92s collection of 1,700 period and modern musical =20
instruments includes 200 Steinway grand pianos. Oberlin, an All-=20
Steinway School, is Steinway & Sons=92 oldest continuous client, with a =20=

relationship dating back nearly 130 years.

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Oberlin Conservatory of Music
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www.oberlin.edu/con
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competition.</I></B></SPAN></FONT></P><P align=3D"center" =
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margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">OBERLIN, OHIO (July 31, 2007)=97Out of 55 pianists from Canada, =
the People=92s Republic of China, Cyprus, South Korea, Taiwan, and the =
United States, Yuqing Meng, 16-years old, has won first prize in the =
13th Annual Oberlin International Piano Competition, held July 21=9629, =
2007, at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. Six =
pianists competed in the finals round, which was held Saturday evening, =
July 28, in the Conservatory=92s Warner Concert =
Hall.=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">Meng received a cash =
award of $10,000 and orchestral engagements in Beijing and Hong Kong for =
his achievement=97the largest first prize award for an international =
youth piano competition. For the finals round, he performed =
</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: =
normal;"><I>Song Without Words, Op. 85, No. 5</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"> by Felix Mendelssohn; =
</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: =
normal;"><I>Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. =
3</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: =
normal;"> by Ludwig van Beethoven; and </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><I>R=E9miniscences de =
Don Juan</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px; =
line-height: normal;"> by Franz Liszt.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P =
style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px; =
line-height: normal;">The Oberlin competition featured a concerto round =
earlier in the week, the results of which were weighted toward the final =
outcome. Meng performed the first movement from Sergei Prokofiev=92s =
</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: =
normal;"><I>Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. =
16</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: =
normal;">.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P style=3D"text-indent: =
48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Born in Shanghai, =
People=92s Republic of China, Meng moved with his family to the United =
States when he was 7 years old. He lives in Madison, New Jersey, where =
he is an honors student at Madison High School. He is in his eighth year =
in the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School in New York, where =
he studies piano with Yoheved Kaplinsky.</SPAN></FONT></P><P =
style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">The second prize and $4,000 dollars went to Minsoo Hong, 13, of =
Seoul, South Korea. Yunqing Zhou, 18, from Shenyang, People=92s Republic =
of China, won the third-place award of $1,500 as well as the audience =
prize of $100. Xiao Pei Xu, of Beijing, People=92s Republic of China, =
took the fourth-place prize of $1,000. Chai Ju Yen, 16, from Seoul, =
South Korea, received fifth-place honors and $500, and 16-year-old John =
Choi from Demarest, New Jersey, took the sixth-place prize of =
$200.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">As is the competition=92s protocol, the =
finalists were told only moments before walking onstage which pieces =
from their repertoire they were to play for the =
judges.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Judges for the finals round were Oberlin =
Professors of Piano Sanford Margolis and Monique Duphil; Malcolm Bilson, =
Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music at Cornell University; =
Christopher Elton, Head of Keyboard at the Royal Academy of Music, =
London; James Giles, Assistant Professor of Piano at Northwestern =
University and a 1989 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music; =
Jerome Lowenthal, Professor of Piano at the Juilliard School; Thomas =
Rosenkranz, Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Hawaii at =
Manoa and a 1999 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory; and David =
Starobin, Founder and Director of Bridge Records and Chair of the Guitar =
Department at the Manhattan School of Music.</SPAN></FONT></P><P =
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 =A0=A0 =A0Fan Tao, principal conductor of China=92s National =
Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, was a concerto round judge. He will =
conduct Yuqing Meng in his orchestral engagements in Beijing and Hong =
Kong.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Oberlin Professor of Piano Robert Shannon =
founded the Oberlin Piano Competition and Festival in 1994 and serves as =
its director.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">The finals round was broadcast live on 104.9 =
WCLV, northeast Ohio=92s classical music station, and simulcast on =
</SPAN></FONT><A href=3D"http://www.wclv.com/"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">www.wclv.com</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"> thanks to the sponsorship of the Riverside =
Company, a leading private equity firm specializing in premier =
companies. Robert Conrad, President of WCLV, was Master of Ceremonies =
for the evening.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: =
48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">A crew from CCTV =
(China Central Television), including producer Wanjie Liu, was on the =
Oberlin campus during the competition filming elements of the Piano =
Competition and Festival for a documentary that will be broadcast =
throughout China on the network=92s Drama and Music channel. An =
English-language version of the documentary is =
anticipated.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-indent: 48px;margin-top: =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">The Oberlin Conservatory =
of Music, founded in 1865 and situated amid 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 </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
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line-height: normal;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
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serious music world. Its students and alumni have won top prizes in =
numerous international piano competitions, among them the Van Cliburn, =
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Walter W. Naumberg, the Unisa International (South Africa), the American =
Pianists Association Classical Fellowship, the World Piano Competition, =
the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and the Busoni =
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musical instruments includes 200 Steinway grand pianos. Oberlin, an =
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