We are delighted to announce the results of the 10th International Web Concert Hall Competition held in the United States from January to late February 2009. The competition was opened to all nationalities without restrictions in their ages for all orchestral instrumentalists and chamber ensembles. 78 applications were submitted from the USA, Russia, Netherlands, Poland, Taiwan, Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, German, France, Italy, South Africa, Croatia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Serbia, Lithuania, and Ukraine. From 78 participants, 59 were solo instrumentalists and 19 ensembles. In January, 21 semi-finalists were selected and in February, 14 finalists were selected from the 21 semi-finalists. The competition was articulated in three rounds: the 1st (eliminatory), the 2nd (semi-final) and the 3rd (final).

The 10th International Web Concert Hall competition concluded with the selection of two winners and two honorary mentions recipients. Awards were noted to the following performers (alphabetical order):

Winners
Chaimovich Vadim (Piano) Lithuania
Shatskiy Pavel (Piano) Russia

Honorary Mentions
Tkaczewski Krystian (Piano) Poland / USA
Zatin Anatoly and Vassilieva Vlada (Piano Duo PETROF) Mexico

Chaimovich Vadim (Piano) Lithuania – Haydn Sonata in B flat Mj; Mozart Sonata KV330 in C Mj; Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.4 in E flat Mj; Rachmaninoff Preludes op.32 no.5 and no.12.

Shatskiy Pavel (Piano) Russia -  – Taneev Prelude and Fugue op.29; Rachmaninov Sonata No.2; Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne Op.9; Scriabin Sonata No.5 op.53, No.9 op.68; and Five Preludes op.74.

Tkaczewski Krystian (Piano) Poland / USA –Chopin Etude in C Mj. Op.10 No.1; Bach Prelude and Fuga in D mj Vol II; Mozart Sonata in B-flat Mj. K333; Rachmaninoff Sonata No.2 and others; 

Zatin Anatoly and Vassilieva Vlada (Piano Duo PETROF) Poulenc Capriccio d’apres Le Bal masque, Elegie, and L’embarquement pou Cythere; Milhaud Suite Scaramouche; Slonimsky/Zatin Suite from the ballet “Icarus”; Khachaturian Sabre Dance; and Zatin Polca

Finalists

Susan Merdinger (Piano) USA

Zatin Anatoly and Vassilieva Vlada (Piano Duo PETROF)

Horvath Nicolas (Piano) France

Chaimovich Vadim (Piano) Lithuania

Tkaczewski Krystian (Piano) Poland / USA

Shatskiy Pavel (Piano) Russia

Liebiedieva Nataliia and  Volokhonovych Vitalii (Piano Duo Avanti ) Ukraine

Han-Yi Tsai (Piano) Taiwan

Tiraterra Alessandra (Piano) Italy

Mintcheva Miroslava (Piano) Bulgaria / USA

Rachel Chung (Piano) South Korea

Park Jonghwa (Piano) South Korea

Cara Hesse and Laura Pauna (Piano Duo) South Africa

Vaupotic Miran (Acco Duo) Croatia

The 10th International Web Concert Hall competition was organized and sponsored by Intrepid Pixels Technology Inc. The competition was completely conducted via recorded submission from the participants and was open to orchestral instrumentalists and chamber ensembles with no age, place of residence, or other restrictions on who could enter. International jury members were selected by the Web Concert Hall committee for the event and the submitted recordings of each performer were distributed to the jury members during each eliminatory round. The names of participants, gender, age, their education and background information were withheld from the jury during the entire process. Judges were requested from the WCH committee to examine the following criteria from each contestant: the consistency of each performer’s musical expressions, musical ideas, their drawing of musical images, shapes and see how individual coordinates and simplifies the work they are presenting to the listeners. In other words, has the performer able to gain a conception of the work as a whole? Does the performer have a strong individuality? Does s/he interpretations bear the mark of this individuality? Does the performer seeks or executes successfully in giving each piece a different and appropriate character? Does the performer hear and understand the main points of musical relationship in a composition and be able to convey to the audience and mostly important, to himself? Does s/he understand what it is that gives the work unity, cohesion, force, or grace, and be able to bring out these elements during the performance?

The Web Concert Hall is an organization dedicated to discovering extraordinary musicians, then, via Internet technology, promoting and presenting them to a broader audience than has ever before been possible. Since its first opening competition in 1999, this event has drawn a large pool of world class talents from all parts of the world. The past winners include: 1999 - Gwyneth Chen (Piano - USA), Siqing Lu (Violin - China); 2000 - Albert Tiu (Piano - Philippine), Petronel Malan (Piano - South Africa), Alexei Romanenko (Cello – Russia); 2001 - Denis Shapovalov (Cello - Russia); 2002 - Antal Szalai (Violin - Hungary), Grigory Alumyan (Cello – Russia), Alexei Soutchkov and Maia Berdieva (Piano Duo - Russia); 2003 - Tosheff Piano Duo; Richard Raymond - (Piano - Canada); Pasquale Iannone (Piano –Italy); Bruni & Iannone Piano Duo (Italy); 2004 - Enrico Dindo (Cello – Italy); 2005 - Liu Yang (Violin-China), Roth, Linus (Violin – Germany), Koji Attwood (Piano – USA); 2006 - Joel Hastings (Piano – Canada); and Anna Kravtchenko (Piano – Ukraine); 2007 - Adam Aleksander (Piano – Canada / Poland); Piano Duo Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann; Alexander Bedenko (Clarinet – Ukraine); Yoonjung Han (Piano – Korea); Tatiana Larionova (Piano – Russia)
 

Unlike other competitions, WCH competition does not offer monetary awards. Instead, the goal is to promote and advance the careers of gifted artists globally by broadcasting the performance of winners on the Web Concert Hall for next few years and promoting and extending the exposure to various managers and professional organization in the US and abroad by acknowledging the Web performances. In addition, the website offers each winner and honorary mention recipient a rare opportunity to capture their thoughts and musical experiences through interviews and share with the public. Such information being available to the public has promoted the classical concert experiences throughout the world, such as in high-schools and community colleges where they have no access to classical concerts due to their geographical location, therefore, providing readily available access to hear and read about each performing artists. The next competition will take place in January 2010. The Web Concert Hall is the first of its kind in classical music to hold such events at the global level taking advantage of such communications technology for the last nine consecutive years. For more information, email: webconcerthall@usa.com

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