The International Piano Competition of Friuli Venezia Giulia piano|fvg due to Covid-19 will be carry out in a new way.
The protract of this long period of health emergency all over the world due to Covid-19 has put each of us in front of new lifestyle and work habits, which require a positive attitude to find innovative solutions.
The Piano FVG Competition, after the stop imposed last spring by the first dramatic phase of the pandemic, has matured the proposal of a new way of operating methods, which will permited to take advantage offered by multimedia technologies and the web, probably opening also a different and more interesting prospective for the post-Covid future.
The XIX edition of the International Piano Competition of Friuli Venezia Giulia will be divided in TWO PHASES. The I phase (from the 10th of December 2020 to the 22th of January 2021) online, through a web platform, for the execution of the pieces included in the I and II Round.
The II phase, from the 28th of April to the 02ndof May 2021 live in Sacile, the city of the Piano FVG Competition, with the performance in front of the Jury of the III Round and the Final Round with Orchestra.
Important innovation in this edition of the Competition: all Competitors admitted to the III Round will also perform with the Orchestra, in order to increase the listening and verdict of the Jury for each candidate in live performance.
The call includes a very demanding selection, based on three solo tests, with obligatory pieces taken from the most significant pages of the piano literature, and an exciting final test with Romania State Philarmonic Orchestra, directed by Maestro Ovidiu Balan, reserved for the best pianists in the competition, who will perform in front of the audience of the Zancanaro Theatre on Sunday the 02nd of May 2021. The Jury of the piano | fvg 2020/21 will be chaired by the famous pianist Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak, Mistress and Dean of Slovenian musicians, whose career has touched all the major theaters in the world, as solist and in collaboration with the best wands on the podium of the most prestigious orchestras . The President will be joined in commission by six other musicians, chosen between Italy and other countries, as an authoritative expression of various piano schools and of the lively excitement that still animates the panorama of young talents who look out with commitment and enthusiasm to the musical career. The piano of the Competition is a Fazioli grand piano F278.
Participants admitted to the competition
Nome | Cognome | Anno nascita | Sesso | Provenienza | Nazionalità | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Igor | Andreev | 1988 | M | Switzerland | Russia |
2 | Svetlana | Andreeva | 1988 | F | Germany | Russia |
3 | Matteo | Bevilacqua | 1997 | M | Italy | Italy |
4 | Pietro | Bonfilo | 1990 | M | Italy | Italy |
5 | Kamil | Borkowski | 1991 | M | Poland | Poland |
6 | Juyen | Chai | 1991 | F | Germany | South Korea |
7 | Soyeon | Chang | 1991 | F | South Korea | South Korea |
8 | Chang | 2002 | F | Italy | China | |
9 | Zhengwen | Chen | 2001 | M | China | China |
10 | Darya | Dadykina | 1991 | F | Germany | Ukraine |
11 | Meta | Fajdiga | 1991 | F | Slovenia | Slovenia |
12 | Anton | Gerzenberg | 1996 | M | Germany | Germany |
13 | Nicolas | Giacomelli | 1998 | M | Italy | Italy |
14 | Simeon | Goshev | 1990 | M | Austria | Bulgaria |
15 | Oleksandr | Gromovoy | 1988 | M | Russia | Ukraine |
16 | Antonio Chen | Guang | 1994 | M | Austria | China |
17 | Leonardo | Hilsdorf | 1987 | M | Portugal | Italy |
18 | Shun-Jung | Hsu | 1989 | F | USA | China |
19 | JunYoung | Hwang | 1995 | M | USA | South Korea |
20 | Daria | Ionkina | 1992 | F | Russia | Russia |
21 | Mariia | Iudenko | 1992 | F | Austria | Ukraine |
22 | Vedran | Janjanin | 1994 | M | Croatia | Croatia |
23 | Michael | Jennings | 1995 | M | Italy | Italy |
24 | Jaehyun | Jeon | 1998 | M | South Korea | South Korea |
25 | Xiang | Ji | 2000 | M | China | China |
26 | Yao | Jialin | 1999 | M | China | China |
27 | Jayhwan | Kim | 1993 | M | South Korea | South Korea |
28 | Ye-Eun | Kim | 1992 | F | South Korea | South Korea |
29 | Yedam | Kim | 1988 | F | France | South Korea |
30 | Shuta | Kimoto | 1995 | M | Italy | Japan |
31 | Vladimir | Kuzin | 1991 | M | Russia | Russia |
32 | Aleksei | Kuznetsov | 1993 | M | Russia | Russia |
33 | Yejin | Kwon | 1994 | F | Germany | South Korea |
34 | Shing Ho | Lau | 1998 | M | England | Hong Kong |
35 | Edward | Leung | 1994 | M | England | USA |
36 | Jinman | Li | 1994 | M | Germany | China |
37 | Jared | Liew | 1990 | M | Germany | Japan |
38 | Yu-Chieh | Lin | 1999 | M | England | Taiwan |
39 | Aleksandr | Maltsev | 1988 | M | Russia | Russia |
40 | Danilo | Mascetti | 1992 | M | England | Italy |
41 | Wataru | Mashimo | 1996 | M | Italy | Japan |
42 | Lorenzo | Mazzola | 1995 | M | Italy | Italy |
43 | Michał | Mossakowski | 1992 | M | Poland | Poland |
44 | Hibiki | Murayama | 1991 | M | Germany | Germany |
45 | Mayaka | Nakagawa | 1993 | F | Italy | Japan |
46 | Riccardo | Natale | 1992 | M | Italy | Italy |
47 | Tommaso | Odifredi | 1996 | M | Italy | Italy |
48 | Jeongro | Park | 1988 | M | Germany | South Korea |
49 | Youngho | Park | 1993 | M | South Korea | South Korea |
50 | Or | Re'em | 1989 | M | Switzerland | Israel |
51 | Leonie | Rettig | 1991 | F | Germany | Germany |
52 | Tiziano | Rossetti | 1991 | M | Italy | Italy |
53 | Jansen | Ryser | 1994 | M | Switzerland | Switzerland |
54 | Simone | Sammicheli | 1993 | M | Italy | Italy |
55 | Christian | Sanders | 1988 | M | The Netherlands | The Netherlands |
56 | Jeongwoo | Seo | 1988 | M | South Korea | South Korea |
57 | Gabriele | Simonetti | 1994 | M | Italy | Italy |
58 | Jakub | Sládek | 1996 | M | Czech Republic | Czech Republic |
59 | Ryutaro | Suzuki | 1990 | M | France | Japan |
60 | Jingfang | Tan | 1998 | F | Austria | China |
61 | Kostandin | Tashko | 1997 | M | Italy | Albania |
62 | Francesco | Tropea | 1994 | M | Austria | Italy |
63 | Alessandro | Villalva | 1998 | M | Austria | Italy |
64 | Rhythmie | Wong | 1991 | F | Germany | Hong Kong |
65 | Zijun | Wu | 1995 | M | Germany | China |
66 | Chuanyi | Xiang | 1999 | F | Cina | China |
67 | Min Joo | Yi | 1994 | F | USA | USA |
68 | Kim Da | Young | 1987 | F | Germany | South Korea |
69 | Jia | Yukang | 2001 | M | China | China |
70 | Tommaso | Zucchinali | 1999 | M | Italy | Italy |
Participants admitted to the third round
MATTEO BEVILACQUA
ITALY – Year of birth 1997
Program:
R. Schumann | Carnaval op. 9 |
C. Debussy | Prelude Book I, n. 2,6,7,8,12 – “voiles” ; “des pas sur la neige”; “ca qu a vu le vent d’ouest”; “la fille aux cheveux de lin”; “minstrels” |
SOYEON CHANG
KOREA – Year of birth 1991
Program:
J.S. Bach | Sheep May Safely Graze ( arranged by Petri) |
J. Brahms | 6 Klavierstucke op. 118 |
S. S.Prokof’ev | Fantasie, op. 116, n. 1, 4, 7 |
J. Haydn | Variations in f minor Hob.17:6 |
NICOLAS GIACOMELLI
ITALY – Year of birth 1998
Program:
D.Shostakovich | Preludio e Fuga op. 87 n. 3 |
J.S. Bach | Preludio e Fuga Book |
Bach – Busoni | Chaconne in D minor |
R. Schumann | Kreisleriana op.16 |
YAO JIALIN
CHINA – Year of birth 1999
Program:
R. Schumann | Humoreske op.20 |
N. Kapustin | Variations op. 41 |
F. Liszt | Réminiscences de Don Juan S. 418 |
RYUTARO SUZUKI
JAPAN – Year of birth 1990
Program:
J. Haydn | Sonata in C major Hob.XVI n. 50 – without refrains |
C. Debussy | Etude n. 7 – “Pour les Degrés chromatiques” |
C. Debussy | Etude n. 8 – “Pour les Agréments” |
C. Debussy | Etude n. 11 – “Pour les Aprèges composés” |
R. Schumann | Symphonic Etudes op. 13 – without posthumous |
JINGFANG TAN
CHINA – Year of birth 1998
Program:
F. Chopin | Sonata in h-minor op. 58 n. 3 |
S. Barber | Sonata in E-flat minor op. 26 n. 2 |
Jianzhong Wang | A Hundred Birds Paying Respect to the Phoenix |
KOSTANDIN TASHKO
ALBANIA – Year of birth 1997
Program:
F. Liszt | Sonata in B minor S 178 |
N.K. Medtner | Sonata Réminisence op. 38 n. 1 |
I. Stravinsky | Trois mouvements de Pétrushka |
Special Prizes

RYUTARO SUZUKI
Japan
- Special Prize “Lya De Barberiis”
€1.000 /Certificate for the best performance of a L. van Beethoven’s Sonata > L. van Beethoven, Sonata op. 10, n. 3

YAO JIALIN
China
- Special Prize “Chopin”
€1.000/Certificate, for the best performance of a F. Chopin’s Studio > F. Chopin, Étude op. 10, n. 10

MARIIA IUDENKO
Ukraine
- Special Prize “900”
€1.000/Certificate, for the best performance of a piece composed after year 1900 > A. Ginastera, Sonata, op. 22, n. 1

KOSTANDIN TASHKO
Albania
- Special Prize “CEI-InCE”
€2.000/Certificate, for the best competitor coming from CEI Member States (with the exception of Italy)

NICOLAS GIACOMELLI
Italy
- “Giuseppe Molinari” Scholarship
€1.000 for the best performance of the > Prelude Op. 2 ‘Mnemes’ by Giuseppe Molinari, offered by La Compagnia dell’Anello Association
SELECTED ROUNDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
I and II ROUND
ONLINE
CEI PIANO FORUM– MUSICAL DIPLOMACY
link
ONLINE
SELECTED ROUNDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
III ROUND – First session for piano solo
Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
SELECTED ROUNDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
III ROUND – Second session for piano and orchestra
Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
FINAL ROUND OF THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Concert with the Romania State Philarmonic Orchestra directed by Maestro Ovidiu Balan
Sacile, Zancanaro Theatre
Awards
1° prize “Città di Sacile”: € 10.000,00 and a Certificate, established by the City of Sacile.
2° prize: € 5.000,00 and a Certificate.
3° prize: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate.
Special Prize “Concert Tour”: € 3,000,00 and a Certificate, to the winner of the 1st prize, for participation in the Piano Festival “piano|fvg 2022”, including a concert tour in Italy and abroad. The prize winner shall sign a contract by 31th march 2022, under penalty of cancellation of the prize.
Special prize “CD recording”: € 1,000,00 and a Certificate, to the winner of the 1st prize, for the recording of an audio CD in 2022. Technical partners are Fazioli Pianos and Fazioli Concert Hall. The prize winner shall sign a contract by 31th march 2022, under penalty of cancellation of the prize.
Special prize KNS CLASSICAL: Digital Publishing and distribution of the CD by KNS Classical label, and a Consulting service on career development. The winner shall sign a contract by 31th march 2022, under penalty of cancellation of prize.
Special Prize “Luciano Gante”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, granted to the first classified only in case the Jury has decreed the victory unanimously.
Special Prize “Lya De Barberiis”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best performance of L.v. Beethoven’s Sonata.
Special Prize “CEI‐Central Europan Initiative”: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best competitor coming from CEI Member States (with the exception of Italy): Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraina.
Special Prize “Chopin”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best performance of F. Chopin’s Studio.
Special Prize “900”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, for the best performance of a piece composed after year 1900.
Special Prize “F.I.D.A.P.A”: € 1.000,00 and a Certificate, offered by F.I.D.A.P.A. Pordenone to the best female competitor.
Special Prize “Accademy CEI‐Central Europan Initiative”: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate, reserved for the Academy or Conservatory or any other High Education Center in the CEI countries(with the exception of Italy): Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraina. A scholarship will be awarded to the Center that will participate in the contest with at least 5 actual competitor and at least one competitor admitted to the second trial. The best placement is worth the award of the prize.
Special Prize “World Academy”: € 2.000,00 and a Certificate, reserved for the Academy or Conservatory or any other high education center. A scholarship will be awarded to the Center that will participate in the contest with at least 5 actual competitor and at least one competitor admitted to the second trial, excluding Cei countries. The best placement is worth the award of the prize.
“Giuseppe Molinari” scholarship: € 1.000,00 for the best performance of the prelude Op. 2 Mnemes by Giuseppe Molinari (not a mandatory test and to be performed in the second round) offered by “La Compagnia dell’Anello” Association, downloadable from the web site www.pianofvg.eu.
Special Scholarships: Competitors admitted to the third round, with the exception of the first three winners and of the special prizes, will also receive a scholarship of € 200,00 as a contribution to the costs incurred in participating to the Contest.
Awards are withholding tax exempt, in accordance with Article 30 of Presidential Decree n. 600 of 29/09/73, as specified by Ministerial Resolution No. 8/1251 of 28/10/1976.
Jury
Travel information:
Useful travel information to reach Sacile and to find accommodation in the city are in the download area.
Tourist information:
IAT Sacile
Tourist Information Office
Via Mazzini, 11
I – 33077 Sacile PN
Tel/Fax: +39 0434 737292