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Named for Professor Peter Takács and the composer whose music has been a pivotal source of inspiration throughout his career, this annual competition presents standout student pianists in performances of Beethoven.
The Final Round on Sunday is free and open to the public. This round will showcase recital performances of up to six pianists who advance from the closed Friday preliminary round. Pianists will perform two major works by Beethoven.
The pianists are competing for prizes—the Peter Takács Beethoven Prize ($5000), the Leon Fleisher Prize ($2500), the Howard Karp '51 Prize ($1500), and finalist prizes ($500/each).
This year's final round judges are Boris Slutsky, distinguished professor of piano at the Peabody Conservatory, and Gilles Vonsattel, professtor of piano at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and at the Bard Conservatory.
The Peter Takács Beethoven Prize is made possible by the Steve and Linda Rosen Family.
Program:
Jamie Phillips-Freedman
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 (1816)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 (1821)
Evan Hou
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 (1821)
William Chen
Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35, “Eroica” (1802)
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 (1816)
Nio Ajero
Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 (1795)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22 (1800)
Yi-An Chao
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2, “Tempest” (1802)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” (1805)
Guillermo Ramírez Ortega
Piano Sonata No. 18, Op. 31 No. 3, “Hunt” (1802)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 (1821)
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Pardon Our Dust - Visitor parking nearby Finney Chapel is limited due to construction on campus. Other nearby visitor parking is available in the lots:
- behind Mudd Learning Center (Terrell Main Library) north of W. College Street, accessible from W. College Street
- behind Bosworth Hall (Fairchild Chapel) north of W. Lorain Street, accessible from both W. Lorain Street and N. Main Street
