Isidor Bajić Music School and the city of Novi Sad, Serbia hosted the 6th Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial held between March 9th and 19th.
The Gala Opening Ceremony took place at the Serbian National Theater on March 9th, featuring Sofya Gulyak (Russia), the winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition (2009), and Poom Prommachart (Thailand), the Laureate in the C Category of the 5thIsidor Bajić Piano Memorial, accompanied by the Serbian National Theater Symphonic Orchestra under the baton of AleksandarKojić and Mikica Jevtić.
Ninety contestants from twenty-five countries performed during the tenth jubilee Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial in three competition categories and were evaluated by the esteemed jury members:
Svetozar Ivanov (Bulgaria)
Emanuel Krasovsky (Israel)
Vanessa Latarche (UK)
Hedi Salanki-Rubardt (Hungary)
Myrthala Salazar (Mexico)
Edward Turgeon (Canada)
David Westfall (USA)
Following three competition rounds in Category A, prizes were awarded to:
Nicola Losito, Italy | First Prize |
Sae Yoon Chon, Republic of Korea | Second Prize |
Galina Nikolin, Serbia | Third Prize |
Elizaveta Ukrainskaya, Russia | Third Prize |
Dragutin Vučić, Serbia | ISIDOR BAJIĆ SPECIAL AWARD |
Elizaveta Ukrainskaya, Russia | CLAUDE DEBUSSY SPECIAL AWARD |
Dragutin Vučić, Serbia | STANISLAVA TEŠIĆ SPECIAL AWARD |
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Following three competition rounds in Category B, prizes were awarded to:
Daniel Borovitzky, Israel | First Prize |
Zhengqi Hu, China | Second Prize |
Pavel Markov, Bulgaria | Third Prize |
Ilya Ramlav, Russia | Third Prize |
Dina Stojilković, Serbia | ISIDOR BAJIĆ SPECIAL AWARD |
Sean Jackson, Great Britain | CLAUDE DEBUSSY SPECIAL AWARD |
Three contestants were selected to perform in the Final Round of Category Cwith the Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Georg Kostin at the Novi Sad Synagogue on March 19th.
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Following four competition rounds in Category C, prizes were awarded to:
Kumi Matsuo, Japan | First Prize |
Denys Zhdanov, Ukraine | Second Prize |
Sara Vujadinović, Serbia | Third Prize |
Sara Vujadinović, Serbia | AUDIENCE AWARD |
Kumi Matsuo, Japan | STEINWAY USF SPECIAL AWARD (University of South Florida) |
Mattia Mistrangelo, Italy | STEINWAY USF SPECIAL AWARD (University of South Florida) |
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The Laureate Title went to two contestants:
Nicola Losito, Italy, Category A | LAUREATE Categories A and B |
Kumi Matsuo, Japan | LAUREATECategory C |
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The 7th Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial will be held between March 7th and 17th, 2014.