2015 Leeds International Piano Competition

The 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition was the 18th edition of the tournament, and it was held in the University of Leeds and the Leeds Town Hall from 26 August to 13 September 2015, with the Hallé Orchestra acting in the final conducted by Mark Elder. Russian pianist Anna Tcybuleva won the competition.

Jury

Results
CompetitorR1R2SFF
Anna Tsybuleva1st
Heejae Kim2nd
Vitaly Pisarenko3rd
Drew Petersen4th
Tomoki Kitamura5th
Wei Yun6th
Ashley Fripp
Hong Hi-hwang
Alexander Panfilov
Szuyu Rachel Su
Sun Jun
Zhou Yunqing
Jamie Bergin
Cho Jun-hwi
Kiveli Dörken
Giuseppe Guarerra
Huh Jae-weon
Daiki Kato
Daniel Lebhardt
Lee Taek-gi
Rodolfo Leone
Li Zhenni
Yuka Morishige
Park Joo-hyeon
Costanza Principe
Shin Chang-yong
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev
Won Jae-yeon
Yang Yuanfan
Masaru Yoshitake
Alina Bercu
Anna Bulkina
Jenny Chen
Cho Jun
Daniel Ciobanu
Lindsay Garritson
Pietro Gatto
Eriko Gomita
Guang Chen
Julia Hamos
Shalva Khotenashvili
Kim Myung-hyun
Kim Yoon-ji
Lim Hyun-jin
Lin Peng
Mizuho Nakada
Adi Neuhaus
Nariya Nogi
Oh Yeon-taek
Kana Okada
Célia Oneto Bensaid
Park Hyo-eun
Stephanie Proot
Mihai Ritivoiu
Tamila Salimdjanova
Nikolai Saratovsky
Shen Mengsheng
Song Jeung-beum
Nattapol Tantikarn
Wang Chun
Wong Chiyan
Wu Chuyong
Wu Zhenyi
Yong Chang
Yoon Joon

Reactions

Andrew Clements from The Guardian found that while Tcybuleva's playing in the final was fluent:

"...she often seemed incapable of seeing the overall shape of the work [Brahms' 2nd Concerto], and her role in projecting it."

Clements further commented that "only Petersen and Kim gave any sense that they chose music they genuinely loved" (Rachmaninov's 1st and Beethoven's 4th respectively), while describing Pisarenko as "another pianist with steely technique and limited musical imagination in the current Russian mould."[1][2][3]

References
  1. Andrew Clements (14 September 2015). "Leeds International Piano competition final – first prize for Anna Tcybuleva, not the obvious choice". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. Mark Benedetti (14 September 2015). "Leeds Piano Competition Gold Medal Goes to Anna Tcybuleva". WQXR. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. "Anna Tcybuleva wins prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition 2015". Pianist Magazine. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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