Chetan Tierra (2nd Prize) Marouan Benabdallah (3rd Prize) and Michail Lifits (1st Prize)

DATES

March 2-9, 2009

AGES

At least 18 years of age on March 2, 2009, and not older than 30 years of age on March 9, 2009.

PRIZES

FIRST PRIZE : $15,000
New York Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall Performance
Return Performance with Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra
Other engagements will be offered subject to arrangements with presenters

SECOND PRIZE : $10,000
THIRD PRIZE : $5,000
3 MEDALISTS: $1,000 each

2009 PRIZE WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE
Michail Lifits, Germany

SECOND PRIZE
Chetan Tierra, USA

THIRD PRIZE
Marouan Benabdallah, Hungary/Morocco

MEDALISTS
Michael Bukhman, Israel
Yunjie Chen, China
Wei-Jen Yuan, USA

CONTESTANTS

Jun Asai, USA
Marouan Benabdallah, Hungary/Morocco
Michael Bukhman, Israel
Yunjie Chen, China
Francois Dumont, France
Dorel Golan, Israel
Yoonjung Han, Korea
Jae Weon Huh, Korea
David Kaplan, USA
Sergey Kasprov, Russia
Esther Keel, USA
Michail Lifits, Germany
Becky Lu, USA
Vladimir Milosevic, Serbia
Alexandre Pirojenko, Russia
Tatiana Tessman, Russia
Chetan Tierra, USA
Chun-Chieh Yen, Taiwan
Wei-Jen Yuan, USA

CONTESTANT SELECTION JURY

Logan Skelton, Chairman, United States
Boris Slutsky, United States/Russia
Janice Weber, United States

COMPETITION JURY

Leslie Howard, Chairman, Australia/England
Gabriel Kwok, China
Dominique Merlet, France
Paul Pollei, United States
Jerome Rose, United States
Blanca Uribe, Colombia/USA
Mikhail Voskresensky, Russia

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