Top of the World International Piano Competition
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The Top of the World IPC is a biennial international piano competition in Tromsø
, Norway
. Its first edition took place from June 14-19, 2009 and was won by Mariangela Vacatello.
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Its first edition took place from June 14-19, 2009 and was won by Mariangela Vacatello.
Jury
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Volker BanfieldVolker BanfieldVolker Banfield is a German pianist.He studied at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie in Detmold, beginning at age 14. Afterward he moved to the United States and studied at the Juilliard School and at the University of Texas . He then returned to live in Germany and toured extensively... -
David DubalDavid DubalDavid Dubal is an American pianist, teacher, author, broadcaster and painter.Dubal has taught at the Juilliard School in New York since 1983 and the Manhattan School of Music since 1994. Mr. Dubal is the host of "The Piano Matters" a program of comparative piano performances that can be heard on ... -
Roland Keller -
Anne Øland -
Liisa Pohjola -
Alberto Portugheis -
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg -
Tamás VásáryTamás VásáryTamás Vásáry is a celebrated Hungarian concert pianist.- Biography and career :Vásáry made his debut at the age of 8, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in D major, K.107 in the city of his birth, where he gave a solo recital the following year. He then began to concertize regularly as a child...
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Palmares
| Winner | |
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| 1st Grand Prize |  Mariangela Vacatello |
| 2nd Prize |  Mayumi Sakamoto |
| 3rd Prize |  Serhiy Salov |
Competition results, by rounds
- 1st Round, June 14-15. University of TromsøUniversity of TromsøThe University of Tromsø is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of eight universities in Norway. The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway...
's Conservatory- Charlie Albright
- Julie Coucheron
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Boris Feiner - ** Jun Ishimura
- Yaron KohlbergYaron KohlbergYaron Kohlberg, born in Jerusalem in 1983, is an Israeli pianist. He is the winner of prestigious international prizes and performs frequently in Israel and abroad....
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Dimitris Kostopoulos - Kristian Lindberg
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Piotr Machnik - Maria Masycheva
- Mikhail Mordvinov
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- Roberto Plano
- Vassily Primakov
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Evelina Puzaitė - Mayumi Sakamoto
- Serhiy Salov
- Rikke Sandberg
- Nikolai Saratovsky
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Song Yang - Vladimir Sverdlov
- Mariangela Vacatello
- Ilya Yakushev
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- 2nd Round, June 16-17.
- Charlie AlbrightCharlie AlbrightCharlie Albright is an American-born classical pianist. He is a 2010 Gilmore Young Artist, an official Steinway Artist, and is under management with Young Concert Artists, Inc...
- Julie Coucheron
- Boris Feiner
- ** Yaron KohlbergYaron KohlbergYaron Kohlberg, born in Jerusalem in 1983, is an Israeli pianist. He is the winner of prestigious international prizes and performs frequently in Israel and abroad....
- Kristian Lindberg
- Maria Masycheva
- Evelina Puzaitė
- Mayumi Sakamoto
- Serhiy Salov
- Mariangela Vacatello
- Ilya Yakushev
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- Final, June 19.
- Mayumi Sakamoto
- Serhiy Salov
- Mariangela Vacatello
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