STEINWAY SOCIETY PIANO COMPETITION
The highlight of the Society’s year is our annual Piano Competition, held every April in historic Steinert Hall in Boston, MA. This high profile event has become an eagerly anticipated showcase for young pianists from throughout the region and across the country.
The Steinway Society’s Piano Competition is open to amateur pianists in two age divisions, 14-18 and 19-35. Cash prizes are awarded, and winners of the 19-35 division also earn additional performance opportunities. Past winners have gone on to earn college scholarships, and to perform on stages across the U.S. and Europe.
For more information on our annual Piano Competition, please call (617) 426-1900.
2008 Winners
The Steinway Society of Massachusetts has announced the winners of its fifth annual Piano Competition.
First Division Winners (ages 14-18):
1st Prize: Joshua Curtis, from West Hatfield, MA, attends Smith Academy and Studies with Jonathan Bass at the New England Conservatory.
2nd Prize: Wei Liang Kung, from Natick, MA, attends Walnut Hill School and studies with Natalia Harlap at the New England Conservatory.
3rd Prize: Ariel Borenzstein, from Lexington, MA, attends Lexington High School and has been accepted to every college he has applied to for music including Harvard, Yale, and Oberlin.
Honorable Mention: Jeremy You, Jeffrey You, brothers from Newton, MA.
Honorable Mention: Henry Zavriyev, 8th grader from Swampscott, MA.
2nd Division Winners (ages 19-35):
1st Prize: Oleksandr Poliykov, born in Kiev Ukraine in 1988, resides in Boston, MA. Studies with Michael Lewin at the the Boston Conservatory. Has performed with many orchestras in Europe, won Grand Prize in a piano competition in Lonigo Italy in 2005, 3rd prize at the Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Compeitition in Ukraine (2007).
2nd Prize: Yelena Beriyeva, from Georgia in the former Soviet Union, resides in Boston, MA. First appeared with orchestra in Georgia at age 5. Performed in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Russia and the US with major symphonies. Has a masters of Piano Performance from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Alexander Korsantia.
3rd Prize (tie): Jai Won Choi, lives in Boston, MA, studies at the New England Conservatory.
3rd Prize (tie): Andrei Baumann, lives in Boston, studies at the New England Conservatory.