Background
Korean
Seoul
7 November 1996
Prizes
Warren Thomson Best Performance of an Australian Piece
Sydney International Piano Competition
Fourth Prize: Cooper International Competition (USA)
Prize winner: International Chopin Competition in Asia (Japan)
Third Prize: Moscow International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (Russia)
Winner: Franz Liszt Division of the Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Piano Competition (China)
Gyu Tae Ha currently studies at Yonsei University, South Korea, under Professor Young Ho Kim, and is a Yamaha Scholarship holder.
Gyu Tae gave his recital debut in South Korea in 2011 as the winner of the Korean Franz Liszt Society Competition, and has also performed with the Korean Chamber Orchestra. He has given recitals at the Seoul Baroque Chamber Hall and at the Yamaha Salon and Steinway Hall in New York. He has appeared at the Tanglewood Music Festival as part of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute in 2011, and was later selected to perform at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Piano Concert in Seoul.
Gallery
2016 Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
Frédéric Chopin:
Nocturne Op.27 No.2 in D♭ Major
Franz Liszt:
Mephisto Waltz No.1 S.514
Round 2: 30-Minute Recital
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata No.27 in E minor Op.90
- Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
- Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Carl Vine:
Piano Sonata No.1 (1990)
- Lento
- Leggiero e legato
Semi Final Round
Round 1: 65-Minute Recital
Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in B minor HobXVI:32
- Allegro moderato
- Menuetto
- Finale. Presto
Robert Schumann:
Kreisleriana Op.16
- Äusserst bewegt
- Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
- Sehr autgeregt
- Sehr langsam
- Sehr lebhaft
- Sehr langsam
- Sehr rasch
- Schnell und spielend
Sergei Prokofiev:
Piano Sonata No.7 Op.83
- Allegro inquieto
- Andante caloroso
- Precipitato
Round 2: Accompaniment/Chamber Music
Johannes Brahms:
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in D minor Op.108
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Un poco presto e con sentimento
- Presto agitato
Robert Schumann:
Piano Quintet in E♭ Major Op.44
- Allegro brillante
- In modo d’una marcia. Un poco largarmente
- Scherzo: Molto vivace
- Allegro ma non troppo
Final Round
Round 1: 18th Century Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Concerto No.20 in D minor K.466
- Allegro
- Romanze
- Allegro assai
Round 2: 19th or 20th Century Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Concerto No.4 in G Major Op.58
- Allegro moderato
- Andante con moto
- Rondo (Vivace)