XVII Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition

The 17th Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition took place in the Festival Palace of Santander, Spain from July 27 to August 8, 2012. Twenty pianists from ten countries took part in the competition.[1] For the fifth time the First Prize was not awarded; Ahn Ah-ruem won the Second Prize while Tamar Beraia and János Palojtay shared the Third Prize. Beraia was awarded the Audience Prize.[2]

Jury

Antoni Ros Marbà (chairman)
Peter Alward (vice-chairman)
Luis Pereira Leal (vice-chairman)
Lorenzo Fasolo
Ralf Gothóni
Márta Gulyás
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Oleg Maisenberg
Tomás Marco
Ferenc Rados
Gérard Wyss
Jenő Nyári (preselection)
Luis Fernando Pérez (preselection)

Results
ContestantR1R2SFFNotes
Ahn Ah-ruem
Tamar BeraiaAwarded the Audience Prize
János Palojtay
Benedek Horváth
Daniele Rinaldo
Samson Tsoy
Yulia Chaplina
Vladislav Kozhukhin
Marta Liébana
Nadezhda Pisareva
Song Zihui
Diana Tkachenko
Charlie Albright
Polina Bogdanova
Marko Hilpo
Kim Tae-hyung
Eduard Kiprskiy
Marcos Madrigal
Scipione Sangiovanni
Sung Jenna

References
  1. Selected pianists for the Paloma O'Shea competition. Mundoclasico.com
  2. The Santander Paloma O'Shea Piano Competition's First Prize is not awarded. RTVE.es, 08/08/12
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