First Prize Winner
Eunseon Ahn
Country: Republic of Korea
Age: 27
Program for Final Round:
Haydn Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32 1st movement
Tofig Guliyev Album 'Jamila' No. 1 and 8
Franck Prelude, Chorale et Fugue
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Second Prize Winner
Nanase Kuroki
Country: Japan
Age: 29
Program for Final Round:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 Op.36 (1931)
Jevdet Hajiev (1917-2002): Fairy Tale - Nagil
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Second Prize Winner
Naoe Sasaki
Country: Japan
Age: 24
Program for Final Round:
Gara Garayev - 24 Preludes :
• No. 2 Andante in c-minor
• No. 5 Moderato in D-major
Johannes Brahms - Paganini Variations Op. 35,
Books 1 & 2
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Third Prize Winner
Tomiris Bekturova
Country: Kazakhstan
Age: 25
Program for Final Round:
Franz Schubert – Sonata in B-flat major, D.960, III. Scherzo
Frédéric Chopin – Étude in B minor, Op. 25 No. 10
Nikolai Medtner – Sonata-Elegy in D minor, Op. 11 No. 2 (from Sonata-Triad)
Galib Mammadov – Spring
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Best Performer of a Piece by Azerbaijani Composer
Daniel Boura
Country: Czech Republic
Age: 23
Program for Final Round:
Ashraf Abbasov: Folk Song (6 Miniatures)
A. Abbasov: Humoreska (Piano Pieces)
Jevdet Hajiyev: Joke
J. Hajiyev: Fairy Tale
Bedřich Smetana: Concert Etude in g-sharp minor “On the Seashore” Op.17
B. Smetana: Consolation (Dreams JB 1:103)
Sergej Prokofjev: Piano Sonata in f minor, Op.1
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