Third International Chopin Youth Competition
October 25, 2003
St. Thomas University
Houston, Texas
Third Internation Chopin Youth Competition
The Third International Chopin Youth Competition was held on October 25 and 26, 2003.
Third International Chopin Youth Competition was the first one to open it’s door to students from outside Texas and the USA.
A Mazurka was chosen as the required piece in each of the three age categories.
As in 2001 we handed out medals and special awards for:
Best Performance of a Mazurka
Best Performance of a Polonaise
Jan Ekier Prize for the best performance of the most difficult piece
Teddy Bear for the best among the youngest.
Twenty seven teachers prepared 104 students. The jury consisted of four members:
Clive Swansbourne from Great Britain
Calogero Di Liberto from Italy
Danielle Martin from USA
Dariusz Pawlas from Poland
Also for the first time we were able to present winners with cash prizes.
Winners
| Senior |
Gold |
Stephanie Wang
Krill Bersuker |
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Silver |
Julie Lin |
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Bronze |
Masaru Oka |
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Honorable Mention |
Sophia Chen
Hillary Adams
Michael Ye
Eric Xi
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Best Mazurka |
Krill Bersuker |
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Best Poloaise |
Eric Xi |
|
Most Difficult Piece |
Jan Nowicki |
| Junior |
Gold |
Kaili Zhang
Hao Wang |
| |
Silver |
Dennis Mou
Margarita Martirossian |
| |
Bronze |
Marie Feng
Kevin Ma |
| |
Honorable Mention |
Tonya Belosludtsev
Nathan Fu
Jessica Cao
Laura Fields |
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Best Mazurka |
Jessica Cao |
| |
Best Polonaise |
Ethan Cooks |
| Elementary |
Gold |
Jasmine Li
Alan Boone Jaiyen |
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Silver |
Stephanie Tsai
Joana Pallapati |
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Bronze |
Rebecca Chen
Jonathan Xu |
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Honorable Mention |
Nicolas Dao
Dominique Brzeski
Maggie Zhou
Jessica Wang |
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Best Mazurka |
Kevin Yates |
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Best Polonaise |
Anurag Gupta |
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Best Among the Youngest |
Helen Nebeker |
About Jan Ekier
A special award was given in this competition in honor of Jan Eikier.
Jan Ekier was born in 1913 in Krakow, Poland. He was a famous pianist and composer who participated in Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1937.
Known as a juror on international competitions and founder and director of the most recent and accurate National Edition of works by Fryderk Chopin he dedicated the last 20 years of his life to study Chopin’s letters and manuscripts to present to future generations the most modern and updated version of Chopin’s music.