# 2008 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi

Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi XVI took take place in Valencia from September 15–27, 2008. It was won by Zhengyu Chen, who became the first Chinese pianist to attain the 1st prize.

## Jury

** Joaquín Soriano (president)
** Antonio di Cristofano
** Bella Davidovich
** Petras Geniusas
** Peter Lang
** Stanislav Pochekin
** Fernando Puchol
** Jesús Ángel Rodríguez
** Maria Tipo
** Fujiko Yamada

## Prizes

| | Winner | Prize | Sponsor |
| 1st Grand Prize | Zhengyu Chen | 18.000 € + CD + Concert tour | Diputación de Valencia |
| 2nd Prize | Soyeon Kim | 12.000 € + Concerts in Valencia | Diputación de Valencia |
| 3rd Prize | Marianna Prjevalskaya | 6.000 € + Concerts in Valencia | Diputación de Valencia |
| 4th Prize | Ángel Cabrera | 4.000 € | Bancaja |
| 5th Prize | Angelo Arciglione | 3.000 € | Ayuntamiento de Valencia |
| 6th Prize | Yu-Mi Lee | 1.900 € | Sociedad Filarmónica de Valencia |
| 7th Prize | void | 1.600 € | Bancaja |
| Best Chopin performance | void | 2.500 € | Mrs. Heide Wolf |
| Kawai Prize | Marianna Prjevalskaya | 1.900 € | Kawai-España |
| Yamaha Premium | Soyeon Kim | 1.900 € | Yamaha-Música Ibérica |
| Clemente Pianos Prize | Zhengyu Chen | 1.900 € | Clemente Pianos |
| Diputación Prize | Ángel Cabrera | 1.600 € | Diputación de Valencia |
* ^1 Awarded to the best qualified Valencian competitor.
* ^2 Awarded to the best qualified Spanish competitor.
* ^3 Awarded to the best Spanish contemporary music performer.
* ^4 Awarded to the best Concerto performer.
* ^5 Awarded to the best Spanish music performer.

## Compositions commissioned for the competition

** Emilio Calandín - Tres naipes del I Ching
** Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher - Chronos / Kayros
** Enrique Sanz-Burguete - A Matilde

## Competition Results (by rounds)
### First round

September 16 and 17. Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo.
* Domenico Scarlatti / Antonio Soler Sonata + Two pieces among Frédéric Chopin's Nocturnes, Impromptus, Mazurkas and Waltzes + Gabriel Fauré / Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel composition + Ad libitum.
** Ron Abramski
** Mario Alonso Herrero
** Angelo Arciglione
** Honoré Béjin Garcia
** Enrique Bernaldo de Quirós Martín
** Tatyana Bezmenova
** Ingfrid Breie Nyhus
** Northern Ireland Cathal Breslin
** Ángel Cabrera
** Christian Chamorel
** Zhengyu Chen
** Wu Chi
** Sebastian Di Bin
** Nazareno Ferrugio
** Martina Filjak
** Sofya Gulyak
** Shinnosuke Inugai
** Soyeon Kim
** Karalina Kirylchyk
** Yun Jung Koo
** Martin Labazevitch
** Daiva Lavrinavičiūtė
** Aleksey Lebedev
** Li-Wei Lee
** Yu Mi Lee
** José Menor Martín
** Theodosia Ntokou
** Vincenzo Oliva
** Fumie Onda
** Jin Woo Park
** Joo Hyeon Park
** Tristan Pfaff
** Marianna Prjevalskaya
** Ivana Ristova
** Daniil Sayamov
** Sergey Sobolev
** Masataka Takada
** Yoshida Tomoaki
** Maria Tretiyakova
** Andrey Yaroshinsky

### Quarter-finals

September 18, 19 and 20. Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo.
* Joseph Haydn / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata or Variations + Frédéric Chopin Etude + Isaac Albéniz (Iberia) / Enrique Granados (Goyescas) / Manuel de Falla (Fantasía Bética, Cuatro piezas españolas) composition
** Ron Abramski
** Angelo Arciglione
** Tatyana Bezmenova
** Ángel Cabrera
** Christian Chamorel
** Zhengyu Chen
** Sebastian Di Bin
** Nazareno Ferrugio
** Shinnosuke Inugai
** Soyeon Kim
** Yun Jung Koo
** Martin Labazevitch
** Aleksey Lebedev
** Yu-Mi Lee
** Fumie Onda
** Tristan Pfaff
** Marianna Prjevalskaya
** Maria Tretiyakova

### Semi-finals

September 21 and 22. Palau de la Música - Sala Rodrigo.
* Romantic composition/s + Mandatory contemporary composition.
** Ron Abramsky
** Angelo Arciglione
** Ángel Cabrera
** Christian Chamorel
** Zhengyu Chen
** Shinnosuke Inugai
** Soyeon Kim
** Yun Jung Koo
** Martin Labazevitch
** Yu-Mi Lee
** Tristan Pfaff (withdrawal)
** Marianna Prjevalskaya

### Final

September 26 and 27. Palau de la Música - Sala Iturbi.
** Angelo Arciglione --- Frédéric Chopin: 2nd.
** Ángel Cabrera --- Frédéric Chopin: 2nd.
** Zhengyu Chen --- Ferenc Liszt: 1st.
** Soyeon Kim --- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1st.
** Yu-Mi Lee --- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1st.
** Marianna Prjevalskaya --- Frédéric Chopin: 1st.
Orquesta de Valencia. Max Bragado, conductor.