Tuesday, June 10th
Classical Piano - Level 10 - Group A
Adjudicator: Dane Ko
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
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:00 AM | Name:Brian Zang | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Brandon Yang | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Dylan Mermans | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Shixian Liu | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Miya Liu | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Grace Cai | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Desmond Li | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Edward Xiong | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Lilian Chen | Titles: 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 AM | Name:Luke Gardzinski | Titles: 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
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:1:00 PM | Name:Peiyi Chen | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Zixin (Andy) Wang | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Abigail Ho | Titles: Impromptu in B flat Major (no. 3) by Franz Schubert Shimmer by Heather Schmidt | Home Festival:Pickering Rotary |
| Time:2:00 PM | Name:Victoria Pan | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Vivian (Luwen) Xu | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Han Yao | Titles: 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 PM | Name:Fiona Weng | Titles: 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 |
3:25 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 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