Friday, June 13th

Classical Piano - Level 6 - Group C

Adjudicator: Dane Ko

Classical Piano - Level 6 - Group C

Prize winner in the 2023 Prix Ravel, Hong Kong-born Canadian pianist Dane Ko is active as recitalist, chamber musician and educator on international stages. In the 2024-25 season, Dane will tour in recital to Montreal, Toronto, Hong Kong, and Macau, where he will also give masterclasses and workshops at The University of Hong Kong, University of Macau, and the University of Toronto.

Dane's performance accolades include prizes at Prix Ravel, The Shean Piano Competition, The Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition "Stepping Stone". As soloist, Dane has performed in such venues as the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Koerner Hall of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, and Le Château de Fontainebleau in France. Dane frequently appears in important festivals which in recent years included Mozarteum (Austria), Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival (United States), Domaine Forget (Quebec), and Fontainebleau (France). A radio veteran, Dane has given interviews and performances on Florida's Classical WSMR, Hong Kong's RTHK Radio 4, and CBC Radio One.

In addition to his performance activities, Dane is a passionate educator and an awardwinning research scholar. Dane serves as an instructor at McGill University Schulich School of Music, maintains a robust private studio, and is in demand as a masterclass clinician. A tribute to his late teacher, Marietta Orlov, Dane's ongoing doctoral project on the Romanian piano school centering on Professor Orlov's pedagogical legacy won the 2024 Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). In May 2024, Dane served on the inaugural Junior Jury of the Montreal International Piano Competition (CMIM).

Dane is indebted to his primary teachers: Marietta Orlov, Anna Fomina, Lydia Wong and Ilya Poletaev. Dane has also had the privilege to train with preeminent artistic personalities across Europe, Asia and North America in a variety of settings, including Robert Levin, Klaus Hellwig, Jan Jiracek von Arnim, Ronan O'Hora, Benedetto Lupo, Eric Le Sage, John Perry, Jeremy Denk and others. His formal studies at the University of Toronto and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory culminated in a Bachelor of Music in piano performance, an Advanced Certificate in Performance, a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy and an Artist Diploma supported by full scholarships.

Dane also holds the ARCT diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music conferred with the National Gold Medal. Currently based in Montreal, Dane is a doctoral candidate at McGill University Schulich School of Music where he also serves as instructor of piano.

Location

Wilfrid Laurier University - The Mezz
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

Classical Piano - Level 6 - Group C - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:10:00 AMName:YanWah LuTitles:
Les carillons (no. 20) by Johann Philipp Kirnberger
Spanish op, 55, no. 5 by Agathe Backer Grøndahl
Home Festival:CCC
Time:10:10 AMName:Emma SongTitles:
Sonatina in C major, op. 20, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau
Song of the Cavalry, op. 27, no. 29 by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Home Festival:Pickering GTA
Time:10:20 AMName:Lucas LuTitles:
L'indifférente by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, no. 2, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:10:30 AMName:Emily MarTitles:
Sonatina in A Minor, no. 3 by Georg Anton Benda
Little Nocturne by Jakub Metelka
Home Festival:Yip's
Time:10:40 AMName:Liam Thammasouk ReidTitles:
Winter’s Northern Scene by Jean Coulthard
Little Nocturne by Jakub Metelka
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:10:50 AMName:Newton LinTitles:
Sonatina in A Minor (no. 3) by Georg Anton Benda
Song of the Cavalry, op. 27, no. 29 by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Home Festival:Take the Stage
Time:11:00 AMName:Caitlin HungTitles:
Viennese Sonatina in C Major (no. 6), 4th mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jasmine Flower by arr. Edward Han Jiang
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:11:10 AMName:Summer RainsTitles:
Green Shade by Rebekah Maxner
Sonatina in C Major, op. 20, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau
Home Festival:London
Time:11:20 AMName:Katelyn TanTitles:
Viennese Sonatina in C Major, 4th mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Waltz in A Minor, op. posth., B 150 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:11:30 AMName:Jordan JonesTitles:
Jasmine Flower by arr. Edward Han Jiang
Waltz in A Minor op. posth., B 150 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Guelph
Time:11:40 AMName:Daniel WangTitles:
Little Prelude in C Minor, BWV 934 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Little Nocturne by Jakub Metelka
Home Festival:Peel

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

Classical Piano - Level 6 - Group C - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Bethany HanTitles:
Aria in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann
Flannagan's Cove by Timothy Brown
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:1:10 PMName:Corey ZhangTitles:
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1, 3rd mvt.: Rondo by Anton Diabelli
Song of the Cavalry, op. 27, no. 29 by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Home Festival:North York Live
Time:1:20 PMName:Katherina YuanTitles:
Gentle Breeze by Joanne Bender
The Goblin and the Mosquito by Florence B. Price
Home Festival:Unionville
Time:1:30 PMName:Lily BurkittTitles:
Sonatina in G Major, op. 19/20, no. 1 by Jan Ladislav Dussek
Sweet Mister Jelly Roll by Valerie Capers
Home Festival:Kingston
Time:1:40 PMName:Rachael XiaoTitles:
Sonatina in A Minor (no. 3) by Georg Anton Benda
Little Nocturne by Jakub Metelka
Home Festival:Ottawa Piano
Time:1:50 PMName:Nathaniel KwokTitles:
River City Blues by Martha Mier
Sonatina in A Minor (No. 3) by Georg Anton Benda
Home Festival:Stratford

2:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm to 3:30 pm.

Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.

4:00 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Piano - Level 6

The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at Conrad Grebel University College - Chapel
140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6