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Panel Selects 36 for Missouri Southern International Piano Competitlion

Missouri Southern News Bureau

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March 12, 2002

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JOPLIN, MO (SNS) -A total of 36 participants will take part in the upcoming Ninth Missouri Southern International Piano Competition (MSIPC), scheduled for April 23-27 on the Missouri Southern State College campus.

Applications from the U.S. and nations around the world began pouring into the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition office at the beginning of the year. The number of applications increased by 40 percent compared to the last competition. Of 36 competitors selected, about half come from outside of the United States. They will participate in the semifinal and final round of competition on the MSSC campus. Host families will accommodate participants during their stays.

The participants are as follows.

Junior Division - age 17 and under:
  • Mr. Sung Chang, age 16, Korea
  • Ms. Anastasiya Chernysheva, age 16, Russia
  • Ms. SooYeon Cho, age 15, Korea
  • Ms. Lindsay Garritson, age 14, USA
  • Mr. Daniel Gledhill, age 17, USA
  • Mr. Adam Golka, age 15, USA
  • Mr. Bo Hu, age 14, China
  • Mr. He Jie, age 17, China
  • Ms. Jingyi Zhang, age 14, China
  • Mr. Sun-Wook Kim, age 14, Korea
  • Mr. Sun-Ho Lee, age 14, Korea
  • Mr. Jonathan Ware, age 17, USA
  • Ms. Mi Hyang Yu, 16, Korea
  • Mr. Pui-Lam Yu, age 16, China/Canada
  • Mr. Eric Zuber, 16, USA
Senior Division - age 18 to 30:

  • Mr. Orlando Alonso, age 25, Cuba
  • Ms. Youn-Hee Bang, age 28, Korea
  • Mr. Oleg Bezborodko, age 29, Ukraine/ Switzerland
  • Ms. Wen-Yin Chan, 21, Taiwan
  • Mr. Ran Dank, age 20, Israel
  • Mr. Javier Gonzalez, age 25, Cuba
  • Mr. Robert Henry III, age 28, USA
  • Ms. Eun-Young Hong, age 23, Korea
  • Ms. Svetlana Karpunkina, age 30, Russia/Greece
  • Mr. Vakhtang Kodanashvili, age 24, Rep. of Georgia
  • Ms. Elena Koshelevskaya, age 26, Russia
  • Mr. Václav Macha, age 23, Czech Republic
  • Ms. Oxana Mikhailoff, age 30, Russia
  • Ms. Miroslava Panayotova, age 27, Bulgaria
  • Mr. Cameron Smith, age 28, USA
  • Ms. Young-Ah Tak, age 22, Korea
  • Mr. Hsiang Tu, age 22, Taiwan/Canada
  • Mr. Li Wang, age 28, China/Canada
  • Ms. Kuei-I Wu, age 28, Taiwan
  • Ms. Chen Xin Xu, age 20, China
  • Ms. Yauheniya Yesmanovich, age 18, Belarus/ Canada
The members of the selection committee were: Dr. Cynthia Hukill, piano faculty of Missouri Southern; Gloria Jardon, piano faculty; Robert Harris, retired piano faculty; and Vivian León, Director of the MSIPC.
"The quality of the applicants was tremendous!" commented Vivian León, Director of MSIPC. "The selection committee had a difficult time making some of the decisions. Many of the video tapes had to be reviewed more than once," she adds.

The Missouri Southern International Piano Competition is a non-profit organization funded by contributions. All performances are open to the public, with daytime activities offered at no charge. Students with appropriate I.D. are offered free admission to the performances any time throughout the week.

A schedule of activities of the Competition week is available. Please contact the MSIPC office at (417) 625-9755.

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