2nd prize – Yulianna Avdeeva

Russia

12000 Euro

Born on July 3rd,1985. Student at the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music and at theHochschule für Musik und Theater Winterthur Zurich. Gave concerts inRussia, Austria, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and others.

2002 – I prize at the International Competition for Young Pianists Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam in Bydgoszcz

2003 – II prize at the International Piano Competition Spanish Composers in Madrid

2003 – II prize at the Bremen Piano Contest

2005 – III prize at the Kurt Leimer Piano Competition in Zurich

2005 – II prize at the International Competition for Piano with Orchestra Città di Cantú (Romantic Concerto)

2006 – II prize at the Concours de Genève (I prize was not given)

ADDITIONAL PRIZES:

· Polish Music Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles – recital in Paso Robles and Los Angeles

· Chopin Foundation in Miami – recital in Miami

· Coordinación National de Música y Ópera- concert in The National Arts Museum in Mexico City

· Recital at the Festival de Musique de Menton

· Recital at the 63. International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój

· Recital in Józef Elsner Philharmonic Hall in Opole

· Half-recital at the Warsaw Philharmonic