The Brant International Piano Competition 2014, Finalists named.

2014 Brant International Piano Competition finalists and programme details.

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Date published: 1st Jul 2014

Samson Tsoy, Oliver She and Dominic Degavino have been selected as this year?s Brant International Piano Competition finalists, following a series of preliminary rounds at the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, King Edward?s School Edgbaston. The three finalists will take to the stage in Town Hall this Saturday, 5 July, to compete for the £3000 prize and a series of recital opportunities.

The winner will be chosen by a distinguished jury comprising Norma Fisher FRNCM (pianist and Professor at the Royal College of Music), Di Xiao (pianist and Tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire), John York (pianist) and Richard Hawley (Director of Artistic Programming and Projects, Town Hall and Symphony Hall). Along with the main prize, £500 will be awarded to the pianist voted as the audiences favourite.

The full programme for this Saturday?s final is as follows?

Samson Tsoy LONDON (b.1988, Russia-Korea)

Rameau La Villageoise L?Egyptienne
Scriabin Feuillet d?Album Op 45 No 1
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Oliver She MANCHESTER (b.1991, Australia)

Debussy Les Collines d?Anacapri from Preludes, bk I:5
Liszt Rhapsodie Espagnole
Rachmaninov Sonata No 2 in B flat min, Op 36 (revised version form 1931)

Dominic Degavino DERBY (b.1995, Britain)

Haydn Sonata in B min, Hob. XVI: 32
Berg Sonata, Op 1
Tippett Piano Sonata No 2

For more information about the 2014 Brant International Piano Competition, read our press release and a blog post from jury member, and past winner, Di Xiao.

The 2014 Brant International Piano Competition Final takes place on Saturday 5 July, 7pm, at Town Hall Birmingham. Tickets for all events can be purchased from 0121 780 3333 or online at www.thsh.co.uk/event/brant-international-piano-competition-14

First published by THSH at http://www.thsh.co.uk/news/news/2014-brant-finalists/

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