Tuesday, June 10th

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group A

Adjudicator: Dane Ko

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group A

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

Conrad Grebel University College - Chapel
140 Westmount Rd. N.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group A - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:9:00 AMName:Brian ZangTitles:
The Seasons, op. 37b, no. 2, February (The Carnival) by Pyotr ll'yich Tchaikovsky
Danza de la moza donosa (no. 2) by Alberto Ginastera
Home Festival:IMFC
Time:9:15 AMName:Brandon YangTitles:
Variations in A Minor, op. 40, no. 2 by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Polonaise in G Sharp Minor, op. posth., B6 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:9:30 AMName:Dylan MermansTitles:
Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor BWV 906 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Polonaise in C sharp Minor, op. 26, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Lakehead
Time:9:45 AMName:Shixian LiuTitles:
Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, op. 10, no. 1, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Polonaise in C sharp Minor, op. 26, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:North York Live
Time:10:10 AMName:Miya LiuTitles:
Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Three Fantastic Dances, op. 5 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:10:30 AMName:Grace CaiTitles:
Sonata in F Major, op. 10, no. 2, 1st & 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Prélude, op. 3, no. 2, Morceaux de fantaisie by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Home Festival:Star-MVP
Time:10:50 AMName:Desmond LiTitles:
Prelude, op. 3, no. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Nocturne in E Minor, op. posth. 72, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Oshawa
Time:11:05 AMName:Edward XiongTitles:
The Cat and the Mouse (Scherzo humoristique) by Aaron Copland
Allegro in E minor, op. 117 by Felix Mendelssohn
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:11:20 AMName:Lilian ChenTitles:
Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817, Allemande and Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:11:35 AMName:Luke GardzinskiTitles:
Prélude in C sharp Minor, op. 3, no. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 by Béla Bartók
Home Festival:Peterborough

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group A - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Peiyi ChenTitles:
Sonata in F Major, op. 10, no. 2, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Prélude, op. 3, no. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Home Festival:Guelph
Time:1:20 PMName:Zixin (Andy) WangTitles:
Sonata in B flat Major, K 281, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, op. 65, no. 6 by Edvard Grieg
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:1:40 PMName:Abigail HoTitles:
Impromptu in B flat Major (no. 3) by Franz Schubert
Shimmer by Heather Schmidt
Home Festival:Pickering Rotary
Time:2:00 PMName:Victoria PanTitles:
Sonata in G Major, op. 14, no. 2, 2nd and 3rd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Mazurka in B flat Minor, op. 24, no. 4 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Windsor-Essex
Time:2:20 PMName:Vivian (Luwen) XuTitles:
Sonata in G Major, op. 14, no. 2, 1st and 2nd mvts. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Nocturne in B Flat Minor, op. 9, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Peel
Time:2:45 PMName:Han YaoTitles:
Pas de Deux, Souvenirs, op. 28, no. 3 by Samuel Barber
December (Christmas), op. 37b, no. 12, The Seasons by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Home Festival:Yip's
Time:3:00 PMName:Fiona WengTitles:
Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32, Complete by Franz Joseph Haydn
Sonatina, op. 54, no. 2 B&H, 1st mvt. by Sergei Prokofiev
Home Festival:Take the Stage

3:30 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm.

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

5:00 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Piano - Level 10

The top competitor 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