The International Competition Piano Val de Travers took place from the 24-26th February at the Conservatoire de Musique Neuchâtelois.
All the participants were divided into 3 different categories distinguished for the age of the participants. The prize winners are:
Category A
1st PRIZE – 500 CHF
Nutdanai Nimitrungrot – Thailand
Ella Xu – United States
2nd PRIZE – 300 CHF
Chanya Bayla Somboonvechakarn – Thailand
Maksim Tereshchenko – Russia
3rd PRIZE – 200 CHF
Emmeline Chloe Hadeli – Indonesia
Aleksandra Matrosova – Russia
Mio Nakamura – Japan
Nina Zhang – United States
DIPLOMANTS
Ellie Bauwens – Switzerland
Margarita Ershova – Russia
Nojus Galvydis – Lithuania
Ilia Koltsov – Russia
Jisung Lee – South Korea
Eren Parmakerli – Germany
Artemii Stepanenko- Poland
Creativity Award & Invitation to play at the closing ceremony of the 2023 Competition on February 26 at the Temple du Bas, Neuchâtel: Ellie Bauwens – Switzerland
Special prize “Young virtuose”: Nutdanai Nimitrungrot – Thailand
For the best performance of a Contemporary piece (Gennady Vavilov | “At the circus arena”): Ilia Koltsov – Russia
For the best performance of a Contemporary piece (B. Dvarionas | Theme and Variations from cycle Little Suite): Nojus Galvydis – Lithuania
Category B
1st PRIZE – 1000 CHF: Claire Wang – Great Britain
2nd PRIZE – 700 CHF: Phoebe Papandrea – Great Britain
3rd PRIZE – 300 CHF
Michelle Jiang – China
Jonathan Ng – Switzerland
Christian Peter Hiemstra -United Kingdom
DIPLOMANTS
Paul Wang – Canada
Jilin Song – China
Category C
1st PRIZE and Concert Prize – 4000 CHF, Solo recital next year at WEpiano festival in Neuchâtel, Recital at the Festival de la Chapelle à Couvet in 2023 & EMCY Prize
Simon Haje – Germany
2nd PRIZE – 2000 CHF: Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė – Lithuania
3rd PRIZE – 1000 CHF: Jaeyoon Lee – South Korea
DIPLOMA – 500 CHF: Yana Serbina – Ukraine
For the best performance of the piece of Ukrainian composer – 1000 CHF (M. Skoryk | “Burlesque”): Yana Serbina- Ukraine
For the best performance of the piece of Ukrainian composer – 1000 CHF (I. Shamo | “The Dance”): Daria Sannikova – Ukraine
