Dawen Li - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality China

Place of Birth Guangxi

Date of Birth April 28, 1990

Prizes

2015 First Prize: Texas Christian University Concerto Competition (Forth Worth, USA)

2014 First Prize: Piano Texas International Academy & Festival Concerto Competition (Forth Worth, USA)

2018 Second Prize: Los Angeles International Liszt Competition (Los Angeles, USA)

Dawen Li gave his debut recital at the age of twelve. He received his Master of Music and Artist Diploma in Piano Performance at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

As well as recitals and performances throughout China, Europe, Brazil, Canada and USA, he has presented masterclasses and lectures in China and Mongolia – and several performances in Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall. He has performed as a soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the New York Concerti Sinfonietta and the China Youth Philharmonic String Orchestra. From 2008 to 2012, Dawen participated in the Beijing International Piano Festival and the 2015 Banff Piano Master Class in Canada. He has received scholarships to attend the Piano Texas International Academy & Festival.

Dawen is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts: Piano Performance degree at Texas Christian University under Dr Tamás Ungár. Since 2018 he has been the Assistant to the Director of the Piano Texas International Academy & Festival.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Manuel De Falla: Fantasía Bética

Anne Boyd: Kabarli Meditation (Dawn)

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Franz Liszt: from Années de Pèlerinage, Book II S.161

VII. Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Béla Bartók: Piano Sonata Sz.80

I. Allegro moderato
II. Sostenuto e pesante
III. Allegro molto

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Maurice Ravel: Miroirs

I. Noctuelles. Très léger

II. Oiseaux tristes. Très lent

III. Une barque sur l’océan. D’un rythme souple

IV. Alborada del gracioso. Assez vif

V. La vallée des cloches. Très lent

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major Op.53

I. Allegro con brio
II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

Mily Balakirev: Islamey – Fantasie Orientale Op.18

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in G Major Op.78

I. Vivace, ma non troppo

II. Adagio

III. Allegro molto moderato

Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation

OR:

Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Op.40

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Allegro

III. Largo

IV. Allegro

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Op.34 No.14

Finals

Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A Major K.414/385p

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Rondeau. Allegretto

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major Op.26

I. Andante. Allegro
II. Tema con variazioni
III. Allegro, ma non troppo