Bay State Contest
May 10, 2009
Fitchburg State College
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2008 Winners
Piano Division
Piano 1
1st
Contestant 7 Simon Xu Helena Vesterman
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 25
No. 11 in A Minor
Maurice Ravel Miroirs
IV. Alborada del gracioso
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in F Minor, K. 466
2nd
Contestant 3 Althea Wilson-Berkowitz Galina Gertsenzon
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Opus 28
Frederic Chopin Variations in B-flat Major on "Je vends des scapulaires",
Contestant 8 So Hee An Natalia Harlap
Frederic Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Opus 23
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Opus 28
3rd
Contestant 2 Maxwell Eliot Lang Julia Bernstein
Sergei Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux, Opus 39
No. 5 in E-flat Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor, WTC I, BWV 863
HM
Contestant 6 Steven Earl Niva Fried
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Opus 110
III. Adagio, ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro, ma non
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 7, Op. 83
III. Precipitato
Piano 2A
1st
Contestant 7 Terence Hsu Tatyana Dudochkin
Sergei Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux, Opus 39
No. 5 in E-flat Minor
Moritz Moszkowski Fifteen Virtuoso Etudes, Opus 72
No. 6 in F Major
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Opus 53
III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
2nd
Contestant 8 Anirudh Arun Margarita Gurevich
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, WTC I, BWV 867
Franz Schubert Sonata No. 7 in A Minor, D. 845
I. Moderato
3rd
Contestant 12 Andrew Anchun Qian Tatyana Dudochkin
Sergei Rachmaninoff Moment musicaux, Op. 16
4. Presto in E Minor
Frederic Chopin Nocturne in D-flat Major, Opus 27/2
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WTC I, BWV 861
HM
Contestant 15 Jessica Rucinski Margaret Bachelder
Johannes Brahms Piano Pieces, Op. 119
No. 4 Rhapsody in E-flat Major
Claude Debussy Preludes, Book I
IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du
Contestant 6 Mark Galinovsky Helena Vesterman
Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
Toccata
Franz Liszt Twelve Etudes, Op. 1, S. 136
No. 10 in F Minor
Contestant 10 Sinai Tabak Margarita Gurevich
Rodion Shchedrin Basso Ostinato
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Hob.XVI:46
I. Allegro moderato
Piano 3
1st
Contestant 11 Matthew Wu Dorothy Shi
Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244
No. 6
Maurice Ravel Miroirs
II. Oiseaux tristes
2nd
Contestant 6 Sarina Huang Helena Vesterman
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 10
No. 11 in E-flat Major
Ludwig van Beethoven Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
3rd
Contestant 7 Helen Tian Niva Fried
Alberto Ginastera Sonata No. 1, Op. 22
II. Presto misterioso
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 24 in in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78
II. Allegro vivace
I. Adagio cantabile-Allegro ma non troppo
HM
Contestant 14 Mona Yuan Ellen Buoniconti
Alberto Ginastera Danzas Argentinas, Opus 2
III. Danza del gaucho matrero
I. Danza del viejo boyero
Franz Liszt Six Paganini Etudes, S. 141
No. 3 in G-sharp Minor (La Campanella)
Contestant 2 Kevin Miao Ellen Buoniconti
G. Verdi, trans. Franz Liszt Concert Paraphrase from "Rigoletto", S. 434
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Opus 31/2
I. Largo - Allegro
Contestant 9 Diane Sun Helena Vesterman
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 10
No. 5 in G-flat Major
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, WTC II, BWV 893
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 in C Minor
I. Allegro molto sostenuto
Contestant 10 Satto Tonegawa Tatyana Dudochkin
Sergei Rachmaninoff Moment musicaux, Op. 16
4. Presto in E Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Major, WTC I, BWV 846
Alexander Scriabin Twelve Etudes, Opus 8
No. 12 Patetico in D-sharp Minor
Contestant 5 Thomas Tullius Natalia Harlap
Bach-Busoni Organ Choral Preludes
No. 5 in F Minor, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr"
Johannes Brahms Rhapsody in G Minor, Opus 79/2
Contestant 13 Yaxi Wang Niva Fried
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, WTC I, BWV 867
Frederic Chopin Sonata in B Minor, Opus 58
II. Molto vivace
Dmitri Shostakovich Twenty-four Preludes, Opus 34
No. 24 in D Minor
Piano 4A
1st
Contestant 6 Carl Lian Nilly Shilo
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Opus 10/3
I. Presto
Olivier Messiaen Vingt regards sur L'Enfant-Jesus
No. 11 Premiere communion de la Vierge
2nd
Contestant 11 Timothy Caradonna Helena Vesterman
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 2/1
IV. Prestissimo
Alexander Scriabin Twelve Etudes, Opus 8
No. 12 Patetico in D-sharp Minor
No. 11 Andante in B-flat Minor
Contestant 5 Geena Chen Niva Fried
Heitor Villa-Lobos Ciclo Brasileiro
2. Impressoes Seresteiras
Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
Prelude
3rd
Contestant 4 Elan Wong Nilly Shilo
Franz Schubert Four Impromptus, Opus 142, D. 935
No. 1 in F Minor
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in E Major, K. 380
HM
Contestant 1 Tony Wang Atsuko Jozaki
Bela Bartok Mikrokosmos, Vol. 6
Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 1
Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 6
Johannes Brahms Six Piano Pieces, Opus 118
6. Intermezzo in E-flat Minor
Piano 5A
1st
Contestant 8 Yong Murray Niva Fried
Frederic Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 24
No. 4 in B-flat Minor
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 62 in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52
I. Allegro
2nd
Contestant 6 Anna Shneyderman Niva Fried
Johannes Brahms Six Piano Pieces, Opus 118
2. Intermezzo in A Major
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Opus 31/2
III. Allegretto
3rd
Contestant 9 Layla Siraj Helena Vesterman
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Opus 2/3
I. Allegro con brio
R. Schumann, trans. Franz Liszt Widmung
HM
Contestant 12 Melissa Yuan Margarita Gurevich
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G Major, WTC II, BWV 884
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 2, Opus 14
II. Scherzo: Allegro marcato
Contestant 5 Andrew Zhu Nilly Shilo
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Opus 31/2
I. Largo - Allegro
Franz Liszt Two Concert Etudes, S. 145
2. Gnomenreigen
Contestant 10 Winston Huang Sandra Hebert
Felix Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in A Major, K. 212
Contestant 1 Yuxi Lu Dorothy Shi
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34
I. Presto
Franz Liszt Twelve Etudes, Op. 1, S. 136
No. 9 in A-Flat Major
Piano 5B
1st
Contestant 7 Grace Lu Dorothy Shi
Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244
No. 11
Sergei Prokofiev Ten Pieces from the Ballet Cinderella, Op. 97
4. The Fairy of Winter
2nd
Contestant 5 Priyanka Ram Niva Fried
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 10
No. 3 in E Major
Samuel Barber Nocturne, Opus 33
Contestant 10 Yoko Ellie Fukumura Helena Vesterman
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Opus 31/2
I. Largo - Allegro
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 2, Opus 14
IV. Vivace
3rd
Contestant 9 Taylor Elizabeth Chan Julia Bernstein
Maurice Ravel Miroirs
II. Oiseaux tristes
Franz Liszt Three Concert Etudes, S. 144
3. Un Sospiro in D-flat Major
Contestant 2 Justin Jay Sun Sylvia Chambless
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Opus 27/2
III. Presto agitato
Claude Debussy Suite Bergamasque
Prelude
HM
Contestant 11 Cameron Stewart Lyubov Shlain
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, WTC II, BWV 875
Sergei Prokofiev The Montagues and Capulets, from Romeo and Juliet
Contestant 13 Maggie Yang Helena Vesterman
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Opus 10/3
I. Presto
Alexander Scriabin Twelve Etudes, Opus 8
No. 2 A capriccio con forza in F-sharp Minor
Alexander Scriabin Twenty-four Preludes, Opus 11
No. 5 in D Major
Contestant 12 Lesley Wang Niva Fried
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 10
No. 10 in A-flat Major
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Opus 27/1
I. Andante-Allegro
II. Allegro molto e vivace
Contestant 8 Derrick Cheng Nilly Shilo
Robert Schumann Novelletten, Opus 21
No. 1 in F Major
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 2, Opus 14
IV. Vivace
Piano 6A
1st
Contestant 3 Alan R. Tang Felix Margolin
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 25
No. 2 in F Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Opus 13
I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
2nd
Contestant 8 Raagini Rameshwar Janet Ainsworth
Felix Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14
Alberto Ginastera Twelve American Preludes, Opus 12
6. Tribute to Roberto Garcia Morillo
3rd
Contestant 7 George Yuan Ellen Buoniconti
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 10
No. 9 in F Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Opus 31/1
HM
Contestant 10 Brian Li Nilly Shilo
Frederic Chopin Etudes, Opus 10
No. 3 in E Major
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Opus 75
8. Mercutio
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in G Major, K 391
Contestant 11 Kristen Foaksman Alex Foaksman
Rodion Shchedrin Humoresque
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Opus 13
III. Rondo: Allegro commodo
Contestant 6 Emily Hou Nilly Shilo
A. Aliabiev, trans. Franz Liszt Deux Melodies Russes
No. 1 Le Rossignol
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34
I. Presto
Piano 6B
1st
Contestant 8 Karen Bouchard Niva Fried
Felix Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in F Minor, K. 239
2nd
Contestant 11 Kimberly Huang Helena Vesterman
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Eighteen Morceaux, Op. 72
No. 5 Meditation
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, WTC I, BWV 849
Contestant 13 Yuji Sato Niva Fried
Samuel Barber Excursions, Opus 20
IV. Allegro molto
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in G Major, K. 547
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 51 in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:38
II. Adagio
3rd
Contestant 12 Jean Zhou Tatyana Dudochkin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata No. 17 in F Major, K. 547a
I. Allegro
Franz Liszt Valse oubliee No. 1
HM
Contestant 5 Grace Ma Sandra Hebert
Franz Schubert Four Impromptus, Opus 142, D. 935
No. 2 in A-flat Major
Jacques Ibert The Little White Donkey, from Histoires
Contestant 2 Helen Gao Tanya Schwartzman
Edvard Grieg Aus dem Volksleben, Op. 19
3. On the Carnaval
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Opus 31/2
III. Allegretto
Contestant 1 Luke Halberstadt Janet Ainsworth
Claude Debussy Arabesque I in E Major
Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816
Gigue
Piano 7A
1st
Contestant 5 Kevin Sherman Valeriya Khenkin
Frederic Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, Opus 66
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 39 in D Major, Hob. XVI:24
I. Allegro
2nd
Contestant 11 Ellen Liu Lina Yen
Frederic Chopin Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Opus Posthumous
Claude Debussy Preludes, Book II
V. Bruyeres
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 2/1
I. Allegro
3rd
Contestant 9 Vivian Ling Lina Yen
Claude Debussy Children's Corner
1. Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum
4. The Snow is Dancing
Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827
Fantasia
Felix Mendelssohn Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35
Prelude in E Minor
Contestant 1 Rick Jeet Gangopadhyay Eleanor McLaughlin
Frederic Chopin Mazurkas, Opus 50
No. 3 in C-sharp Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 2/1
I. Allegro
HM
Contestant 7 Kun Woo Shin Tanya Schwartzman
Sergei Rachmaninoff Preludes, Opus 32
No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 332
I. Allegro
Contestant 10 Kaiwen Ren Houry Schmeizl
Moritz Moszkowski Fifteen Virtuoso Etudes, Opus 72
No. 2 in G Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Opus 13
II. Adagio cantabile
Piano 7B
1st
Contestant 5 Christopher Chen Tanya Schwartzman
Sergey Slonimsky Intermezzo in Memory of Brahms
Jean-Philippe Rameau Pieces de clavecin, Second Livre
Gavotte et 6 Doubles
2nd
Contestant 10 Yasmin Siraj Helena Vesterman
Frederic Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, Opus 66
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 2/1
I. Allegro
3rd
Contestant 4 Vincent Miao Lina Yen
Frederic Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Opus 72/1
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Opus 75
2. Scene
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in E Major, K. 531
Contestant 6 Nathan Sheng Tudor Bota
Frederic Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, Opus 66
Martha Mier Tuxedo Jazz
HM
Contestant 1 Marco Sheng Tatyana Dudochkin
Dmitri Kabalevsky Thirty Pieces for Children, Opus 27
3. Etude in A Minor
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Variations on a Tyrolean Theme in E-flat Major
Contestant 7 Ilve Bayturk Hui-Min Wang
Johann Sebastian Bach Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775
Dmitri Kabalevsky Sonatina in C Major, Opus 13/1
III. Presto
Piano 8A
1st
Contestant 7 Lauren Chan Julia Bernstein
M. Glinka, trans. Mily Balakirev L'Alouette
Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
Allemande
2nd
Contestant 6 Catherine Song Tanya Schwartzman
Carl Maria von Weber Rondo Brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 62
Johann Sebastian Bach Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 788
3rd
Contestant 1 Devin Chen Steve Deitz
Cyril Scott Impressions from "The Jungle Book"
No. 3 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the Snake
Johann Sebastian Bach Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775
HM
Contestant 10 Eric Zhang Marianna Rashkovetsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff Fantasy Pieces, Opus 3
4. Polichinelle in F-sharp Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
III. Molto allegro
Contestant 3 Katherine Gao Julia Bernstein
Franz Liszt Annees de pelerinage: Premiere annee: Suisse,
9. Les cloches de Geneve: Nocturne
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C Major, K. 330
I. Allegro moderato
Piano 8B
1st
Contestant 9 Eric Lu Dorothy Shi
Moritz Moszkowski Fifteen Virtuoso Etudes, Opus 72
No. 1 in E Major
Robert Schumann Scenes from Childhood, Opus 15
2. Curious Story
1. About Foreign Lands and People
4. Pleading Child
5. Perfect Happiness
3. Catch Me!
2nd
Contestant 8 Angelique Scully Tanya Schwartzman
Felix Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14
Alexander Scriabin Two Poems, Opus 32
No. 1 in F-sharp Major
3rd
Contestant 11 Alexander Li Galina Gertsenzon
Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
Sinfonia
Francis Poulenc Presto in B-flat Major
Contestant 5 Seo Yeon Yoon Natalia Harlap
Edvard Grieg Aus dem Volksleben, Op. 19
3. On the Carnaval
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 2/1
I. Allegro
HM
Contestant 2 Michelle Chen Nilly Shilo
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Hob. XVI:23
II. Adagio
Sergei Prokofiev Ten Pieces, Opus 12
7. Prelude (Harp)
Contestant 10 Yanson Chang Norman Chan
Frederic Chopin Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Opus Posthumous
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 570
I. Allegro
Piano 9A
1st
Contestant 4 Kevin Zhao Lin Lin
Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971
I. (Allegro)
Robert Schumann Scenes from Childhood, Opus 15
7. Reverie (Traumerei)
2nd
Contestant 13 Victor Li Helena Vesterman
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 38 in F Major, Hob. XVI:23
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