IX Sydney International Piano Competition
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The IX Sydney International Piano Competition took place at the Seymour Centre in Sydney from 16 July to 2 August 2008.
It was won by Konstantin Shamray.
Warren Thomson (chairman)- Michael Brimer
Manana Doidjashvili
Aquiles Delle Vigne
Norma Fisher
Choong-Mo Kang- Ian Munro
Arie Vardi
Zhou Guangren
Prizes
| Winner | |
|---|---|
| 1st Grand Prize |  Konstantin Shamray |
| 2nd Prize | Tatyana Kolesova |
| 3rd Prize |  Ran Dank |
| 4th Prize |  Takashi Sato |
| 5th Prize | Tomoki Kitamura |
| 6th Prize |  Eric Zuber |
| Australian SQ engagement | Konstantin Shamray |
| People's Choice Prize | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Female competitor | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Australian competitor |  Hoang Pham |
| Best Australian Music performance | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Best Mozart Concerto performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best overall Concerto performance | Ran Dank |
| Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Beethoven performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Chopin performance | Takashi Sato |
| Best Liszt performance | Eric Zuber |
| Best Liszt Study performance | Charlie Albright |
| Best Rachmaninoff performance | Ran Dank |
| Best Chamber Music performance | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Mozart performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Schubert performance | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Best Debussy Prélude performance | Ran Dank |
| Best Russian Music performance | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Romantic Music overall performance |  Yoonsoo Rhee |
| Best Haydn Sonata performance | Yoonsoo Rhee |
| Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize |  Daniil Tsvetkov |
| I Round Encouragement Award |  Feng Zhang |
| Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award | Alexei Yemtsov |
| Semi-finals Encouragement Award |  Shizuka Susanna Salvemini |
| Youngest finalist | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Youngest Australian competitor | Hoang Pham |
