2021 Competition

The 2021 Sydney International Piano Competition took place between 2nd and 18th July 2021

Competitors

Sergey Belyavsky 2021
Supported by Club 32 donor Maurice Cashmere
Russian
2 November 1993
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Siqian Li
Supported by Club 32 donors Rhondda and Ron McCallum
Chinese
12 December 1992
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Maxim Kinasov
Supported by Club 32 donor Silvana d'Iapico
Russian
17 June 1993
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Alexander Malikov
Supported by Club 32 donor A/Prof Michael Stubbs in celebration of Australian pianist Ruth Gerald
Canada
12 May 1989
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Ke Ma
Supported by Club 32 donors Angela Raymond and Carole Roussel
Chinese
10 June 1994
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Alexandra Pavlova
Supported by Club 32 donors Judy Hunt and Hugh Hallard
Kazakhstan
17 January 1992
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Maxwell Foster
Supported by Club 32 donor Ross Blackmore in memory of Denise Blackmore
Australian
19 July 1991
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Calvin Abdiel (competitor)
2021 3rd Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor the Brennan Lynch Foundation Fund
Australian/Indonesia
23 January 2001
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Ádám Balogh
2021 5th Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Martin and Susie Dickson
Hungary
30 October 1997
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Antonii Baryshevskyi
Supported by Club 32 donor Di Bresciani
Ukraine
10 October 1988
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Alice Burla
2021 4th Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Mick McCormack
Canada
5 August 1996
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Yangrui Cai
Supported by Club 32 donors Robert and Jennifer Ravens
China
13 November 2000
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Dominic Chamot
Supported by Club 32 donor Philip Bacon
Switzerland
27 July 1995
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Kevin Chow 2021
Supported by Club 32 donor Richard Cobden
Australia
14 November 1996
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Anna Geniushene
Supported by Club 32 donors Greeba Pritchard and Robert Mitchell
Russia
1 January 1991
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Alexander Gadjiev
2021 Winner
Italy/Slovenia
23 December 1994
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Dinara Klinton
Supported by Club 32 donor Helen Meddings
Ukraine
6 July 1989
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Aleksandr Kliuchko
Supported by Club 32 donor The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO
Russia
15 August 2000
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Ziyu Liu
Supported by Club 32 donors Brian Abel and Mark Manton
China
11 May 1998
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Philipp Lynov 2021
Supported by Club 32 donors Rob Thomas AO and Sam Meers AO
Russia
6 January 1999
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Timur Mustakimov
Supported by Club 32 donor Martin and Susie Dickson
Russia
2 October 1987
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Yu Nitahara
Supported by Club 32 donor Jane McCallum
Japan
24 October 1990
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Rustam Muradov
Supported by Club 32 donor Bunny Gardiner Hill
Russia
14 October 1987
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Shion Ota 2021
2021 6th Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Sandy Watson
Japan
20 February 2000
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Kyoungsun Park 2021
Supported by Club 32 donor David and Ida Constable
South Korea
4 May 1992
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Akihiro Sakiya
Supported by Club 32 donor Jennifer Harris
Japan
16 October 1988
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Tamila Salimdjanova
Supported by an Anonymous Club 32 donor
Uzbekistan
9 November 1991
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Dmitry Sin
Supported by Club 32 donors Elizabeth Clark and Diana McVeagh
Russia
18 November 1994
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JunLin Wu 2021
Supported by Club 32 donors Donald and Kate Magarey
China
12 December 1997
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Ziang Xu
Supported by Club 32 donors Tom Breen and Rachael Kohn
China
12 September 1992
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Artem Yasynskyy 2021
2021 2nd Prize - Supported by Club 32 donor Lyndall McCormack
Ukraine
24 July 1988
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Se-Hyeong Yoo
Supported by Club 32 donors Jan MacDonald and Janice Tuynman
South Korea
28 February 1990
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Jurors

Son Thai Dang
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Seta Tanyel
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Mark Coughlan
Executive Director
Australian
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Olga Kern
Russian
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Olivier Cazal
French
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Xiaohan Wang
Juror
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Vladimir Tropp
Russian
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Mira Yevtich
Serbian
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Master of Ceremonies

Chris North
2021 Master of Ceremonies
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