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2021 Prize Sponsors and Donors
Ernest Hutcheson First Prize
Donated by
Percy Grainger Second Prize
Donated by Philanthropy Initiative Australia
George Frederick Boyle Third Prize
Donated by the Ivy Lane League ^
William Murdoch Forth Prize
Donated by Consortium of Individual Donors
Arthur Benjamin Fifth Prize
Donated by Rosalind Carlson OAM
Noel Mewton-Wood Sixth Prize
Donated by Ron, Lynn and Marcus Ogden
Best Program Construction in the Semifinals or Finals
Donated by A/Prof Michael Stubbs in celebration of his Aunt, Australian pianist Ruth Gerald
Best performance of a work by a Classical period composer (excluding Beethoven)
Donated by Drs Keith and Eileen Ong
Miriam Hyde Best performance of a work by a Romantic period composer (excluding Liszt)
Donated by Janice Tuynman in memory of her husband Hank Tuynman
Best performance of a twentieth-century work
Donated by Minnie Biggs
Roger Smalley Best Preliminaries Round 1 Recital
Donated by The Council of the Friends of The Sydney
Best Program Presentation in Semifinals or Finals
Donated by Virginia Braden OAM
Roger Smalley Best Preliminaries Round 1 Recital
Donated by the Council of the Friends of The Sydney *
Ignaz Friedman Best Semi Finals Recital
Donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
Geoffrey Tozer Most Promising Pianist not Proceeding to the Finals
Donated by Joan Adler
Nancy Weir Best Australian Pianist
Sponsored by
Malcolm Williamson Best Performance of an Australian Piece
Donated by Dr Robert Mitchell in memory of Denis Condon
Edward Goll Best Performance of a Work by Liszt
Supported by a Bequest from Neville Grace
Lance Dossor Best Performance of a Work by Beethoven
Supported by a Bequest from Mrs Jana Chvojka
Best performance of a work from any period before 1950 by a rarely-played and unduly neglected composer
Donated by Dr Andrew Mitterdorfer, Daniel Mitterdorfer, and Dr Harold Fabrikant in honour of the 150th birthday of Louis Vierne in 2020
Prize for the Six Semi Finalists not Proceeding to the Finals
Donated by Mrs Wendy Weight OAM
An overseas scholarship for an Australian competitor to further their musical career
Donated by Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
Collective Prize Donors
^ Rita Avdiev, Jan Bowen AM, Barbara Carney, Gundo Frenda, Liz Gibson, Hugh Hallard, Sinclair & Wendy Hill, Neroli Hobbins, Barbara & Deborah Leser, Glenice MacLellan, Jean-Claude Niederer & Neil Hendry, Helga Rash, Murray Shaw, Hywel Sims, Li-Leen Tan, Andrew Wells and Anonymous (1)
* Len Amadio AO, Michael Baume AO, The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO, Annette Blinco, Judith Einstein, Glenys Granger, Jenny Granger, Jennifer Harris, Sylvia Laurent, Christine Liddy AO, Peter Lazar AO, Jan McDonald, Diana-Rose Orr, Alf Reichardt OAM, Ross Steele AM and Janice Tuynman
Chair Donors
Piers Lane donated by Jane Mathews
Club 32
Brian Abel and Mark Manton
The Hon Bronwyn Bishop AO
Ross Blackmore in memory of Denise Blackmore
Tom Breen and Rachael Kohn
Brennan Lynch Foundation Fund
Richard Cobden SC
David and Ida Constable
Silvana d’Iapico
Martin and Susie Dickson (x 2)
Bunny Gardiner-Hill
Judy Hunt and Hugh Hallard
Jennifer Harris
Donald and Kate Magarey
Anthony and Suzanne Maple-Brown
Helen Meddings
Greeba Pritchard and Robert Mitchell
Angela Raymond and Carole Roussel
A/Prof Michael Stubbs in celebration of Australian pianist Ruth Gerald
Rob Thomas AO and Sam Meers AO
Sandy Watson
Philip Bacon AM
Rhondda and Ron McCallum
Jane McCallum
Anonymous x 4
Cycle of Giving Donors
The Hammerklavier
Donation of $10,000 or more
Anonymous x 1
Les Adieux / Das Lebewohl
Donation of $5,000 or more
Angus and Kimberley Holden
Elizabeth Stuart & Bruce MacDiarmid
Dowie Taylor
Anthony and Suzanne Maple-Brown
The Appassionata
Donation of $2,500 or more
Andrew Bell & Joanna Bird
Alison Brown
Ian Dickson & Reg Holloway
Jane Mathews
Timothy & Eva Pascoe
The Waldstein
Donation of $1,000 or more
Bob & Alison Carr
Dr John H Casey
Loz Copley
Drs Frank & Ailbhe Cunningham
Martin Dickson
Geoff & Anna Joyce
Alec & Leanne Leopold
Kevin & Deidre McCann
Donald & Kate Magarey
Ron, Lynn & Marcus Ogden
Hoang Pham
Greeba Pritchard
Timothy Rohl AM & Paul McGrath
Janice Tuynman
Maree Watts
Anonymous x 2
The Tempest
Donation of $600 or more
Jill Davies
John Meyer
Shanthini Naidoo
Margaret Sikora
Tony Strachan
The Moonlight
Donation of $250 or more
Marie Bashir
Stephen Bell
Rebecca Cheng
Lorraine & Rodney Gibson
David & Christine Hartgill
Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert
Sally Mactier
Ann McFarling
Helen & Phil Meddings
Ben & Judy Mills
Janet and Michael Neustein
Carole Roussel
Studio W Spencer White Family
Pamela Whalan
Liz Claridge
Anonymous x 7
The Pathétique
Donation of $100 or more
Karen Baker
Lindsay Bergin
The Chuang Foundation
Rae Cottle
Joy Evans
Anthea Fawcett
Lorraine & Rodney Gibson
Vivienne Nabarro
Ruth Procter
Frank Robertson
Wendy Robinson
Patricia Staunton
Dr Ben and Mrs Janette Steinberg
Yvonne Ten Pas
Judith Turner
Anonymous x 6
Champions Fund
Michael Baume AO
Erica Booker
Richard Cobden SC
Silvana d’Iapico
Jacinta Heffey
Peter Heffey
Fairlie McColl
Jill McLelland
Timothy & Eva Pascoe
Alf Reichardt OAM
Maree Watts
Andrew Wells
Anonymous x 4
Festival Partners
The Sydney’s 12 Hands 6 Grands, as part of Sydney Festival Jan 2021
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Regional Touring Donors
Roger Brown
Peter Burch
Janet & Michael Neustein
Ruth Procter
Jennifer Roland
Judith Whitaker
Anonymous x 7
The Sydney Piano Marathon Donors
Brian Abel
Shanthini Naidoo
Margaret Sikora
Maree Watts
Suzanne Robertson
Lizzi Nicoll
Judy Longley
G. Tamura
Virginia Braden
Jocelyn T.
Anita and Chris Levy
Julia and Scarlett Vu
Dr V Jean McPherson
Lois Goodin
Kung Eu
Anne Dyer
Margaret and Ron Wright
Jill McLelland
Anonymous x 25