Wednesday, June 11th

Classical Piano - Level 9 - Group D

Adjudicator: Dane Ko

Classical Piano - Level 9 - Group D

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 9 - Group D - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:9:15 AMName:Victoria ZhengTitles:
Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn
Humoreske by Rodion Shchedrin
Home Festival:Pickering GTA
Time:9:30 AMName:Katherine ShangTitles:
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992, 3rd mvt. by Johann Sebastian Bach
Intermezzo No. 1 by Manuel Ponce
Home Festival:South Simcoe
Time:9:45 AMName:Nagi FukahoriTitles:
Fugue in C Major, BWV 953 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Nocturne in C sharp Minor, op. posth., B 49 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Peel
Time:9:55 AMName:Hannah ZhouTitles:
Sonata in F Major Hob. XVI: 23, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn
Cakewalk, 1st mvt. by Cluade Debussy
Home Festival:London
Time:10:10 AMName:Hanna YuTitles:
L'Egyptienne by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47, no.2, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Home Festival:Windsor-Essex
Time:10:20 AMName:Timothy DenauTitles:
Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, op. 4, no. 2, 1st mvt. by Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Variations on a Russian Folk Song (Among the Gentle Valleys) by Mikhail Glinka
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:10:35 AMName:Cheng SunTitles:
Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn
Waltz in D flat Major, op.64, no.1(Minute) by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:10:45 AMName:Edward ZengTitles:
Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K 330, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas
Home Festival:Unionville
Time:11:00 AMName:Osanna MikitkaTitles:
Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 by J.S. Bach
La sarabande by Gabriel Grovlez
Home Festival:Stratford
Time:11:10 AMName:Chris LouTitles:
Sinfonia No.13 in A Minor, BWV 799 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Waltz in C sharp Minor, op. 64, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:North York Live
Time:11:20 AMName:James GuerardTitles:
Nocturne, op. 54, no. 4 by Edvard Grieg
Etude No. 12 in F Major, op. 109, "Le reveil dans les bois" by Friedrich Burgmüller
Home Festival:Lakehead
Time:11:30 AMName:Ivy WeiTitles:
Sonatina, 3rd mvt. by Aram Khachaturian
Nocturne in G minor, op. 37, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Home Festival:CCC

11:45 AM - Lunch Break

Classical Piano - Level 9 - Group D - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Jayden SuTitles:
Sonata in F Major Hob. XVI:23, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn
The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas
Home Festival:Chatham
Time:1:15 PMName:Annastasia KokkiniasTitles:
Nocturne in B Major, op. 32, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin
Sonata in B flat Major, K 570, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:1:30 PMName:Jonathan OmotoTitles:
Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin
The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas
Home Festival:Yip's
Time:1:45 PMName:August ZhaoTitles:
Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47, no.2 , 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven
Buenos dias by Sarah Konecsni
Home Festival:Sudbury

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

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm.

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

4:15 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Piano - Level 9

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