Sussex International Piano Competition | |
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Awarded for | Exceptional piano performance |
Country | United Kingdom |
First awarded | 2010 |
Last awarded | 2018 |
Website | www.sussexipc.co.uk/ |
The Sussex International Piano Competition is a music competition that takes place in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 2010 by Worthing Symphony Orchestra (WSO) artistic director and conductor John Gibbons. [1] It takes place at the Assembly Hall in Worthing, a venue noted for its acoustics, [1] which, according to the organisers, are some of the best in Europe. [2]
The competitors are accompanied by the Worthing Symphony Orchestra. The second edition of the competition was won by Poom Prommachart of Thailand, [3] who in the Grand Final played Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto. [4] The third edition of the competition was won by Varvara Tarasova of Russia who played Chopin's second piano concerto. [5] Yi-Yang Chen won the fourth edition of the competition having played Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in the Grand Final. [6]
The international jury for the second edition of the competition was drawn from across the music industry and included composer/pianist John McCabe (President of the British Music Society), Philip Fowke (UK), Yuki Negishi (Japan), Judith Clark (Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra) and the competition’s 2010 inaugural winner Arta Arnicane (Latvia). [3] Patrons of the event include Karl Jenkins, Rick Wakeman, and BBC presenters Katie Derham, Ken Bruce, John Inverdale and Eleanor Oldroyd. [1]
The jury for the third competition in 2015 included İdil Biret from Turkey and winner of the second Sussex International Piano Competition, Poom Prommachart. [7] The jury for the competition's fourth edition included previous winners Arta Arnicane (2010) and Varvara Tarasova (2015). [6]
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Audience Prize |
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2010 |
Arta Arnicane |
Alexey Chernov |
Jessica Zhu |
Jessica Zhu |
2013 |
Poom Prommachart |
Rabiga Dyussembayeva |
Olga Paliy |
Olga Paliy |
2015 |
Varvara Tarasova |
Dinara Klinton |
Anna Szałucka |
Varvara Tarasova |
2018 |
Yi-Yang Chen |
Sofya Bugayan |
Rhythmie Wong |
Yi-Yang Chen |