Laureates and Prizewinners Announced
6 November 2009
2009 Honens International Piano Competition Prizewinners
First Laureate
sponsored by TransAlta
Georgy Tchaidze, Russia
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$35,000 |
Second Laureate
sponsored by Alberta Views
Evgeny Starodubtsev, Russia
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$25,000 |
Third Laureate
sponsored by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd
Gilles Vonsattel, Switzerland
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$17,500 |
Finalists
1 of 2 sponsored by McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Natacha Kudritskaya, Ukraine
Kirill Zwegintsov, Ukraine
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$10,000
each |
Best Ensemble Performance
sponsored by Masters Gallery Ltd
Tom Poster, United Kingdom
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$3,000 |
Raeburn Prize for Artist of Special Promise
Enbridge Artist Emerging Artist Partner
Michael Brown, United States
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$3,000 |
Best Performance of Commissioned Work
sponsored by Arcis Corporation
Gilles Vonsattel, Switzerland
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$3,000 |
Semifinalists who do not advance to the Finals receive a prize of $1,000. |
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2009 Honens Laureates: Gilles Vonsattel, Georgy Tchaidze, Evgeny Starodubtsev