12 September 2018
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Aljoša Jurinic c. Allan McKenzie
Each Finalist plays a concerto with the Hallé conducted by Edward Gardner.
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14 & 15 September 2018
Leeds Town Hall
Live on BBC Radio 3 and leedspiano2018.medici.tv
The Leeds International Piano Competition has announced the five pianists who have made it through to the Finals of the world-famous Competition this weekend. Each Finalist plays a concerto with the Hallé conducted by Edward Gardner at Leeds Town Hall, broadcast live by BBC Radio 3 and medici.tv.
They are:
Aljoša Jurinić (Croatia, aged 29).
He will play Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor, K491 (Friday 14 September, 7pm)
Anna Geniushene (Russia, aged 27).
She will play Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26 (Friday 14 September, 7.50pm)
Mario Häring (Germany, aged 28)
He will play Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 (Friday 14 September, 9pm)
Eric Lu (USA, aged 20)
He will play Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, Op.58 (Saturday 15 September, 7.50pm)
Xinyuan Wang (China, aged 23)
He will play Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 (Saturday 15 September, 7pm)
The prize winners will be announced at 9pm and presentations made by Lang Lang at 9pm on Saturday 15 September.
The Competition began in April, with 68 pianists of the world’s best young pianists, aged between 20 and 29 years old, with international First Rounds in Berlin, Singapore and New York. The five Finalists were chosen from among the 24 who have been participating in Leeds since 6 September.
They are competing not just for generous cash prizes, worth over £90,000, but for a career-changing prize package which has redefined what a competition can offer young artists, and which has helped to attract young international pianists of the very highest calibre promising a thrilling Competition.
See more information about each competition, together with interviews, here.