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News / Current Events International Kurt Leimer Piano Contest 2008 The International Kurt Leimer Piano Contest conducted on 10 through 14 November 2008 was a huge success and resonated well among the general public. The long-term support of young piano talents is the main goal of the contest which is conducted by the non-profit Kurt Leimer Foundation in cooperation with the Department of Music of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. The Kurt Leimer Piano Contest is the focal point of the foundation’s work which is dedicated to the care of the outstanding legacy of the piano professor, concert pianist and composer Kurt Leimer (1920-1974). The jury was comprised of Professor Dr. Elmar Weingarten (Executive Director Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich) who chaired the jury, and professors Lucy Revers-Chin (Mozarteum Salzburg), Michael Schäfer (Hochschule Musik und Theater München) and Stephen Somary (New York). Four of the 15 participants of the Kurt Leimer Piano Contest 2008 advanced into the final round. The first prize was divided ex aequo between the 30 year old Bulgarian Irina Georgieva (student of Rudolf Buchbinder at the Musikakademie Basel) and the 28 year old Bayan Kozhakhmetova from Kazakhstan (student of Tomasz Herbut at the Hochschule der Künste Bern). Both musicians demonstrated exceptional talent for the solo and the chamber music repertoire. The third prize went to Hui-Hui Weng, born in China in 1983, who has been studying piano at Institut für Tasteninstrumente of the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna since 2003. At the award ceremony Irina Georgieva performed the finale movement of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Piano Trio in D Minor op. 49 with amazing nobility, along with Gevorg Gharabekyan (Violin) and Konstantin Manaev (Violoncello). Bayan Kozhakhmetova surprised the audience with a memorable interpretation of György Kurtág’s Splitter op. 6d of 1978, while Hui-Hui Weng’s performance of the first movement of Joseph Haydn’s Piano Sonata F Major Hob. XVI:23 was scintillatingly witty. Contest Program of Laureates Irina Georgieva (1st prize) 1st round Joseph Haydn, Sonata C Major Hob. XVI:50 Sofia Gubaidulina, Chaconne (1963) Frédéric Chopin, Etude F Major op. 10 No. 8 2nd round Alban Berg, Sonata Nr. 1 Sergej Rachmaninoff, Sonata B flat Minor op. 36 Nr. 2 3rd round Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Piano Trio D Minor op. 49 Bayan Kozhakhmetova (1st prize) 1st round Joseph Haydn, Sonata F Major Hob. XVI:23 György Kurtág, Splitter op. 6d (1978) Frédéric Chopin, Etude C sharp Minor op. 10 No. 4 2nd round Franz Liszt, Sonata B Minor Sergej Rachmaninoff, Moment Musical op. 16 Nos. 3 and 4 3rd round Enrique Granados, Canciones Amatorias Joaquín Rodrigo, Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios Joaquín Turina, Poema En Forma De Canciones Hui-Hui Weng (3rd prize) 1st round Joseph Haydn, Sonata F Major Hob. XVI:23 György Ligeti, Etudes pour piano No. 4 „Fanfares“ Frédéric Chopin, Etude C Major op. 10 No. 1 2nd round Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata E Major (Kk 380/L 23) und Sonata E Major (Kk 162/L 21) Sergej Rachmaninoff, Six Moments Musicaux op. 16 3rd round Robert Schumann, Piano Trio D Minor No. 1 op. 63
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