Monday, June 10th
Classical Piano - Open - Group A
Adjudicator: Asher Ian Armstrong
Asher maintains an active concert career: notable recent engagements include solo recital performances at the Walton Arts Center, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Royal College of Music in London (UK), as well as appearances as concerto soloist with Pax Christi Chorale and the Mozart Players of Toronto, and with the North York Concert Orchestra.
A passionate, committed teacher, Asher is on the Piano Faculty of the University of Toronto where he is a Lecturer of Piano and Chamber Music. Prior to this appointment Asher served as an Assistant professor of Piano at the University of Arkansas, and Asher has also taught at the Interlochen School for the Arts.
Asher serves as an adjudicator and masterclass clinician at many festivals and competitions throughout North America, and internationally, and is also a proud member of the Royal Conservatory's College of Examiners. As a scholar, Asher's work has been published by Cambridge University Press's Tempo, as well as Clavier/Piano Magazine, American Music Teacher, the European Piano Teachers Association Piano Journal, Canadian Music Teacher, MTNA's E-Journal, the Kaprálová Society Journal, and others.
Location
Wellington Square United Church
2121 Caroline Street
Burlington, On L7R 1L7
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:00 AM | Name:Yiyan Liu | Titles: Toccata in G Major, 1st, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by J.S Bach Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50, 1st and 2nd mvts. by F.J. Haydn Nocturne in D flat Major, op.27, no.2 by F. Chopin Toccata by P. Constantinescu Etude in G sharp Minor, op.25, no.6 by F. Chopin | Home Festival:North York Live |
| Time:9:35 AM | Name:Ally Jiang | Titles: Gargoyles, Complete by Lowell Liebermann Romance in A Flat Major, op 11, no. 3 by Clara Schumann Étude de Sonorité, Complete by Francois Morel | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
| Time:10:00 AM | Name:Harrison Vandikas | Titles: Prelude, op. 40, no. 1 by Nikolai Kapustin Sonata Fantasy No. 2 in G Sharp Minor, op. 19, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Alexander Scriabin Sonata No. 1 in C Major, op. 22 by Alberto Ginastera | Home Festival:Unionville |
| Time:10:30 AM | Name:Takashi New | Titles: Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20, 1st, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Franz Joseph Haydn Novelletten, op.21, no. 8 by Robert Schumann Paganini Jazz by Fazil Say | Home Festival:Ottawa Piano |
| Time:11:05 AM | Name:Peixuan He | Titles: Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a ("Les adieux") by Ludwig van Beethoven L'Isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy Scherzo in E flat Minor, op. 4 by Johannes Brahms | Home Festival:London |
| Time:1:00 PM | Name:Matthew Dao | Titles: Sonata in A Flat Major, op 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven Apres un lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata ("Dante Sonata"), from the Annees de pelerinage, Book II: Italie, Andante maestoso by Franz Liszt Images oubliées, L. 87, I: Lent II: Souvenir de Louvre III: Quelques aspects de "Nous n'irons plus au bois" by Claude Debussy | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
| Time:2:00 PM | Name:Adam Zheng | Titles: Toccata in F-sharp Minor,BWV 910 by Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasy in C Major (“Wanderer-fantasie”), op. 15, D 760, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Franz Schubert Reflections in the Water by Vincent Ho Mephisto Waltz No. 1 by Franz Liszt | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
3:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners – MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:15 pm until 4:45 pm.
Announcement of the winners and the top competitor chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
5:15 PM - Open Piano Playoffs
Open Piano Playoff will be held at Wellington Square United Church - 2121 Caroline Street from 5:15 pm to approximately 6:30 pm.
Playoff competitor will need to travel to Wellington Square United Church for the playoffs.