Wenting Shi - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality China

Place of Birth Henan

Date of Birth September 1, 1992

Prizes

2019 Second Prize: Hong Kong International Piano Competition (Hong Kong)

2018 Third Prize: Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards (New York, USA)

2018 First prize: Connecticut Young Artist's Piano Competition (Connecticut, USA)

2017 Georges Cziffra Prize: International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest (Vienna, Austria)

2016 Third Prize and the Best Performance of Russian Music: San Jose International Piano Competition, (California, USA)

Wenting Shi started her academic training at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She achieved a full scholarship to attend The Juilliard School, studying under Yoheved Kaplinsky and graduating with a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from there. She received her Master of Musical Arts at The Yale School of Music, studying with Professor Boris Berman.

Wenting has given solo concerts in USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, UK, Russia, South Korea and China. She has performed in world-renowned venues such as Alice Tully Hall in New York, Salle Gaveau in Paris and the Shanghai Grand Theatre. Her orchestral performing experiences include performances with the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and many more.

Wenting was recently accepted at the University of Music and the Performing Arts, Vienna, further her studies with Professor Avedis Kouyoumdjian.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Sergei Rachmaninoff: from Études-tableaux Op.33

II. Allegro
V. Non Allegro – Presto
VIII. Grave

Béla Bartók: Piano Sonata Sz.80

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

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major K.487

Roy Agnew: Rhapsody

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor Op.36

I. Allegro agitato

II. Non allegro – Lento

III. L’istesso tempo – Allegro molto

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in C Major Hob.XVI:50

I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto

Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

Igor Stravinsky: Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’

I. Russian Dance
II. Petrushka’s Cell
III. The Shrovetide Fair

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E♭ Major Op.18

I. Allegro, ma non troppo

II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile

III. Finale: Andante – Allegro

Fritz Kreisler: Three Old Viennese Dances

III. Schön Rosmarin

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