WINNERS
Rocky Mountain Music Competition
Spring Season 2020
Piano Competition
Young Musician Category (5 – 10 years old)
Vladimir Kariakin, Russia, Grand Prize
Program:
1) J.S. Bach, Concerto No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1056, 3rd movement
2) J.S. Bach, Three part invention No. 4 in D Minor
3) F. Mendelssohn, Songs Without Words Op. 38, No. 2
Teacher: Natalia Kreknina
Nikki Lau, Canada , First Place
Program:
F. Chopin, Waltz Op. Posth. in A Minor
Teacher: Angela Ho
Aidan Lu, Canada, First Place
Program:
Dmitrii Shostakovich, Waltz Scherzo from Ballet Suite No. 1
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Emma Chiang, Canada, Second Place
Program:
Dmitrii Kabalevsky, Toccatina from Children's Pieces, Op. 27
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Olga Saghatelyan, Armenia, Third Place
Program:
1) Rodriges, Bolero
2) Aram Khachaturian, Folk Imitation
3) Claude Debussy, The Little Negro
Teacher: Honored pedagogue of the Republic of Armenia Karine Harutyunyan
Kayley Low, Canada, Third Place
Program:
Yoshinao Nakada, The Song of Twilight
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Amelia Sheldon, Canada, Fourth Place
Program:
1) Robert Schumann, The First Loss from the Album for the Young, Op. 68
2) Robert Schumann, The Happy Farmer from the Album for the Young, Op. 68
Teacher: Dr. Ekaterina Paniukova
Piano Competition
Junior Category (11 – 14 years old)
Svetlana Hakobyan, Armenia, Grand Prize
Program:
1) F. Chopin Variations on a German Air
2) J.S. Bach, Prelude from the English Suite No. 2
Teacher: Honored pedagogue of the Republic of Armenia Karine Harutyunyan
Kima Ohanyan, Armenia, First Place
Program:
1) Ernesto Lecuona, Malaguena
2) Claude Debussy, Prelude from Pour le Piano
Teacher: Honored pedagogue of the Republic of Armenia Karine Harutyunyan
Grigorii Zhizhilkin, Russia, First Place
Program:
1) Isaac Dunajewski, Walts "Polovchanskie sadi"
2) Sergey Prokofiev, Mercutio
Teacher: Natalia Pikalova