Announcing the 5th Julia Crane International Piano Competition
September 10th-12th 2010
2002 Guest Recitalist
Leon Fleisher
— 2008 Winners —
Prizewinners
1st Prize: Yang Song, China/New York, NY
2nd Prize: Benjamin Woo, North Vancouver, BC (Canada)
3rd Prize: Qi Zhang, China/New York, NY
4th Prize: Sue Jin Jung, South Korea/Chatham, NJ
5th Prize: Emiko Edwards, West Windsor, NJ
6th Prize: Joseph Mohan, Akron, NY
Peer Jury Prizewinner:
Qi Zhang, China/New York, NY
— About the Competition —
The Third Julia Crane International Piano Competition and Festival was held on October 27-29, 2006, at The Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY. The 2006 Festival/Competition featured $3,500 in prizes, as well as unique learning opportunities for all competitors.
Since 2002, the piano competition has provided scholarships and performance opportunities for young pianists. In addition the festival provides students and piano pedagogues from around the world with an opportunity to participate in the Crane Piano Pedagogy Conference with the Crane piano faculty and renowned guest pedagogues on various topics.
The setting for the event is autumnal upstate New York (congenially known as "The North Country"). This is a chance to enjoy world class performances in a relaxed and friendly country atmosphere.
— 2008 Contestants —
HEEJIN AN Korea/New Milford, NJ
JENNIFER CAMPBELL Glen Mills, PA
YI DAI China/Potsdam, NY
EMIKO EDWARDS West Windsor, NJ
HENRY FINCH San Marcos, TX
NICHOLAS HRYNYK Auburn, NY
SUE JIN JUNG South Korea/Chatham, NJ
BRIAN LAI Webster, NY
HAYES LAO Ottawa, ONT (Canada)
YANG LIU China/New York, NY
MATTHEW MAIMONE New York, NY
JOSEPH MOHAN Akron, NY
RHIMMON SIMCHY-GROSS Fayetteville, NY
YANG SONG China/New York, NY
JOSHUA STEWART West Valley City, UT
BENJAMIN WOO North Vancouver, BC (Canada)
NAOMI WOO New Haven, CT
QI ZHANG China/New York, NY
— About the Crane School of Music —
The Crane School of Music, one of three schools of SUNY Potsdam, consists of 550 undergraduate and 30 graduate students and a faculty of 70 teachers and professional staff in a college of 4,300 students and 250 faculty.
In January, 2007, Crane became an All-Steinway School with the purchase of 141 Steinway pianos, the largest single acquisition of new Steinway pianos in Steinway & Sons’ 154-year history. The competition therefore exclusively uses Steinway pianos.