Hon. UK President: Sir András Schiff CBE | Registered Charity No. 1092069
Congratulations to all the pianists who participated in our competition last week!
We are delighted to announce the fantastic results:
First Prize Thomas Kelly (Royal College of Music)
Second Prize and Audience Prize Luke Jones (Royal Northern College of Music)
Third Prize Daisuke Yoshida (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire)
On Sunday 24 February, seven young pianists nominated by UK music conservatoires and specialist music schools participated in our 2019 Junior Competition. Each competitor performed a complete Beethoven piano sonata of their choice and compulsory Bagatelle in C, Op.33 No.2. We are delighted to share with you this year’s results:
First Prize Rose McLachlan (Chetham’s School of Music)
Second Prize Ellis Thomas (Royal Northern College of Music)
Third Prize Sebastian Flore (Centre for Young Musicians)
The BPSE wishes to express our deepest gratitude to City Lit for their generous hospitality and the use of the Steinway Concert Grand.
First Prize Minkyu Kim (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Second Prize Maxim Kinasov (Royal Northern College of Music)
Third Prize Kilian Scholla (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) and Yuanfan Yang (Royal Academy of Music)
We would like to express our deep gratitude to Whitgift School for hosting the 26th BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition and making their grand piano and concert hall available to us.
Julian Jacobson (BPSE Chair) with Tolga Atalay Ün and Lady Tessa Brewer, Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Tolga receiving the Beethoven Medal after his brilliant prizewinner’s recital – unusual, thoughtful Beethoven op 110 followed by heroic Brahms C major Sonata op 1. Joyful occasion!
On Sunday 25 March, twelve young pianists nominated by UK music conservatoires and specialist music schools participated in our 2018 Junior Competition. Each competitor performed a complete Beethoven piano sonata of their choice and compulsory Bagatelle in C minor, Op.119 No.5. We are delighted to share with you this year’s results:
First Prize Matthew Lau (Royal Northern College of Music)
Second Prize Liana Storey (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Third Prize Evgeni Petrichev (Royal College of Music)
The BPSE wishes to express our deepest gratitude to Chetham’s School of Music for their generous hospitality and the use of the Bösendorfer Concert Grand.
The Thomas Harris Award (First Prize) Tolga Atalay Ün (RCM)
Second Prize Soohong Park (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Third Prize Yuexuan Song (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
This year’s Competition was held at St Mary Magdalene Church by kind permission of Markson’s Pianos who are making available their wonderful Bősendorfer VC concert grand piano for the occasion. We would like to express our deep gratitude to Simon Markson for hosting us.
