Sofya Gulyak is a Russia

Russia

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n pianist. In 2006 she won the 1st Prize in the Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Competition. In 2007 she won the William Kapell

William Kapell

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 Competition and shared the Concorso F. Busoni

Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition

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 2nd prize with Dinara Nadzhafova. Gulyak was the winner of the 2008 Washington International Competition of the Friday Morning Music Club

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, and also won Isang Yun

Isang Yun

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 Competition 2008 by becoming the 1st Prize Winner. In 2009, she won the 1st prize in the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition

Leeds International Pianoforte Competition

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. She is the first female winner of the competition.