PRESS RELEASE 69th Geneva International Music Competition – Piano & Flute (16 Nov – 5 Dec.) RESULTS OF THE FIRST ROUND – FLUTE Geneva, Wednesday 19 November – The Jury has just announced the results of the first round of the flute competition: 18 flutists aged 17 to 28 years old from 9 countries have been selected to continue to the next round which takes place from November 22nd – 23rd in Geneva, Switzerland. The piano competition will be starting tomorrow. Complete programme on www.concoursgeneve.ch Results of the first round For this first round (Recital I), the candidates had to perform three pieces for flute solo: Sigfrid KargElert’s Sonata Appassionata, C.P.E Bach’s Sonate for flute solo, as well as a contemporary piece at th choice from a list of works from the 20 Century (Georges Benjamin, Luciano Berio, Elliot Carter, Heinz Holliger, Philippe Hurel, Betsy Jolas, Tristan Murail, Toru Takemitsu). From the 43 candidates who participated in the first round, 18 young flutists aged 17 to 28 years old from 9 different countries were selected for the next stage of the competition: Mrs Mayuko AKIMOTO (22 years, Japan), Mrs Elena BADAEVA (25 years, Russia), Mrs Hélène BOULEGUE (24 years, France), M. Ting-Wei CHEN (24 years, Taiwan), Mrs Hyunseo CHEON (17 years, South Korea), Mrs Adriana FERREIRA (24 years, Portugal), Mrs Julia HABENSCHUSS (24 years, Austria), M. Sébastian JACOT (27 years, Switzerland), M. Yubeen KIM (17 years, South Korea), M. Yuki KOYAMA (28 years, Japan), Mrs Helena MACHEREL (19 years, Switzerland), M. Alexander MARINESKU (26 years, Russia), Mrs Sarah OUAKRAT (27 years, France), Mrs Yaeram PARK (18 years, South Korea), Mrs Ji Weon RYU (22 years, South Korea), Mrs Sojeong SON (25 years, South Korea), M. Pantxoa URTIZBEREA (22 years, France) and M. Mark XIAO (27 years, Australia). Members of the flute Jury: Emily Beynon (Great Britain), Chairwoman, Silvia Careddu (Italy), Mathieu Dufour (France), Eyal Ein-Habar (Israel), Andrea Lieberknecht (Germany), Felix Renggli (Switzerland), Hideaki Sakai (Japan). Piano & Flute 2014 This year’s Geneva International Music Competition takes place from 16 November to 5 December. All competition rounds are open to the public and take place at the Music Conservatory, the Studio E. Ansermet and the Victoria Hall. The flute Final will take place on Monday December 1st with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Nicholas Chalvin and the piano Final on Tuesday nd December 2 with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Alexander Shelley. Both of these events will be broadcast live on RTS.ch, Espace 2 and ARTE Concert, then on MEZZO TV. Complete programme and ticket are available on www.concoursgeneve.ch PRESS CONTACT: Lisa Elias, Press & Communication T (direct): +41 (0)22 328 17 51 M : +41 (0)78 641 59 39 [email protected] Main partner