<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino">**CORRECTION**</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino">An error appeared in the editors' note accompanying the following press release concerning the week of semifinal rounds for the Oberlin International Piano Competition.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino">The semifinal rounds are held during the week of July 26, not the week of August 26.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino">A corrected release appears below.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Palatino; min-height: 16.0px"><br></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino">###</font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right; font: 12.0px Palatino; min-height: 16.0px"><br></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino"><u>Media Contact Only:</u></font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino">Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations</font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino">440-775-8328 (office); 440-667-2724 (cell); <a href="mailto:marci.janas@oberlin.edu"><font color="#0000ee" style="color: #0000ee">marci.janas@oberlin.edu</font></a></font></p><p align="right" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: right"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><u>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</u></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 18.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Palatino"><b>YOUNG PIANISTS PLAY TO WIN IN 14th OBERLIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION, JULY 26–AUGUST 3, 2008</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b><i><Editors please note: A schedule of public events is included.</i></b> <b><i>Finalists will be decided in a series of semifinal rounds during the week of </i></b></font><font face="Palatino" size="4" color="#ff0e00" style="font: 14.0px Palatino; color: #ff0e00"><b><i>July 26.</i></b></font><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b><i> </i></b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b><i>Names of those selected as finalists will be available immediately before the last round of competition. Oberlin will release the names of the winners to the media after the event.</i>></b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">OBERLIN, OHIO (July 11, 2008)— The 14th Oberlin International Piano Competition and Festival, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music’s annual event for young pianists, will take place Saturday, July 26, through Sunday, August 3, at the Conservatory. The weeklong competition culminates in a final round held in Warner Concert Hall on Saturday, August 2, at 8 p.m. The pianist named first-prize winner on that night will take home $10,000, the largest first-prize offered by a youth piano competition internationally, and will receive orchestral concert engagements in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Up to six additional prizes will be awarded, including a $100 Audience Prize decided by popular vote.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Free and open to the public, the finals round will also be broadcast live on <a href="http://www.wclv.com/"><font color="#0000ee" style="color: #0000ee"><u>104.9 FM WCLV</u></font></a>, Cleveland’s classical music radio station, and available worldwide by streaming audio from wclv.com. Robert Conrad, cofounder and president of WCLV, will serve as the master of ceremonies; Jacqueline Gerber, the host of WCLV’s morning show <i>First Program</i>, will be the on-air host.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Young pianists travel from around the world to participate in the festival. This year’s competitors hail from Australia, Hungary, Peru, China, Korea, Canada, and the United States. Directed by Oberlin Professor of Piano Robert Shannon, the competition is expressly for pianists between the ages of 13 and 18, and the winners are chosen through a selective five-round audition process. Pianists must first audition for acceptance into the competition by CD recording or at live auditions held in China. Of the pianists chosen to compete in Oberlin, 12 to 16 will be selected from the next stage, a live performance round, and will advance to the third round of competition. Up to six pianists remaining after the third round will perform in the competition concerto round and finals.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">In addition to the $10,000 cash prize, the first-prize winner will receive engagements with the Chinese National Opera and Ballet Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Competition judges include faculty members from the Oberlin piano department and several special guests on campus for the festival, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Jason Hardink, and Nelita True. Ioudenitch comes to the festival from Park University in Missouri, where he is Artistic Director of the Youth Conservatory of Music and the International Center for Music; he won the Gold Medal in the 2001 Van Cliburn competition, and completed a worldwide tour in 2004. Hardink is a 1997 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and currently holds the position of Principal Symphony Keyboard and Opera Rehearsal Accompanist for the Utah Symphony and Opera. True has an international performing career and is Professor of Piano at the Eastman School of Music.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Members of the festival faculty will offer private lessons, master classes, recitals, and lectures throughout the week to festival attendees as well as to competition participants, providing them with intensive and in-depth opportunities to expand their knowledge of music history, theory, and pedagogy, as well as the vital connection of those three elements to on-stage performance.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">A number of festival events this year are inspired by the theme, “Messaien and the French Tradition,” in celebration of the centennial of the birth of organist and composer Olivier Messaien, born in Avignon, France in 1908. On the eve of the final round, Friday, August 1, at 8 p.m., guest artist Jason Hardink will play the complete <i>Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus</i> for piano by Messaien, the composer’s masterpiece two-hour contemplation of the Christ child. The free concert will be held in Warner Concert Hall at the Conservatory.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">More information about the competition and festival is available by calling Anna Hoffmann at 440-775-8044 or by visiting oberlin.edu/con/summer/piano.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">The <b>Oberlin Conservatory of Music</b>, 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 “national treasure” by the <i>Washington Post,</i> Oberlin’s alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of the serious music world. Conservatory 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 Thailand International Piano Competition, the World Piano Competition, the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and the Busoni Competition. The Conservatory’s collection of 1,700 period and modern musical instruments includes 200 Steinway grand pianos. Oberlin, an All-Steinway School, is Steinway & Sons’ oldest continuous client, with a relationship dating back more than 125 years.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>CALENDAR LISTINGS</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><i>All concerts are held at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College and are free and open to the public, including semi-final rounds. For a complete schedule, please visit</i><b><i> </i></b><i>oberlin.edu/con/summer/piano. The Conservatory is located at 77 West College Street in Oberlin, Ohio. Free parking is available throughout the campus, and the Conservatory venues are wheelchair accessible.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><i> </i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>FACULTY RECITAL</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>Saturday, July 26, 2008, 8 p.m.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Monique Duphil, <i>piano</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein, <i>piano</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Program TBA</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Warner Concert Hall</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>FACULTY RECITAL</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>Thursday, July 31, 2008, 6:30 p.m.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Haewon Song, <i>piano</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Robert Shannon, <i>piano</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Program TBA</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Warner Concert Hall</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>GUEST ARTIST RECITAL</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>Friday, August 1, 2008, 8 p.m.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Jason Hardink, <i>piano</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>Program:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Olivier Messaien:<b> </b><i>Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Warner Concert Hall</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>OBERLIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION – FINALS ROUND</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"><b>Saturday, August 2, 2008, 8 p.m.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Finalists compete for top prizes in competition.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Warner Concert Hall</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino">Broadcast live on 104.9-FM, WCLV and <a href="http://www.wclv.com/"><font color="#0000ee" style="color: #0000ee"><u>www.wclv.com</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 48.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">###</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">Marci Janas</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">Director of Conservatory Media Relations</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino"> and Editor, Oberlin Conservatory Magazine</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">Oberlin Conservatory of Music</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">39 West College Street</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">Oberlin, OH 44074</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">www.oberlin.edu/con</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">Voice: 440.775.8328</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Palatino">Fax: 440.775.5457</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Palatino" size="3" color="#0000ee" style="font: 12.0px Palatino; color: #0000ee"><u><a href="mailto:marci.janas@oberlin.edu">marci.janas@oberlin.edu</a></u><u></u></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000EE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></font></div>
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