steinway

6TH

YOUTH PIANO COMPETITION

Singapore 2022
16 – 18 march 2022
28 MAY 2022, SAT

HEATS
SEMI-FINALS
PARM
O AF TE ES SUIRO N
CLAAL SCS L A S S

C ELINE GOH
GEN ERA L MA NA GER
STEI NWAY GA LL ERY SIN GAPORE
STEI NWAY BOUTI QUE MANIL A
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Steinway
Youth Piano Competition (SYPC)!
Over the past two years, the pandemic has
truly changed all aspects of life and it certainly
In this, we at the competition have done our
best to take all the learning curves since 2020
to even make the competition stronger and
more conducive as a platform for young talents
to grow and to reach out to a wider audience.
competitions in the region to go fully online—
this year, the competition continues to push
the envelope through observations made over
the past 1 ½ years or so.
MESSAG E FRO M CHA I RL A DY O F SYP C
We have increased the number of judges in
the competition to ensure greater rigour. To
further, nurture a sense of community and to
create opportunities for music community, all
the judges are from Singapore or musicians
domiciled in Singapore.
We have also noted on how both teachers and
students have adapted their learning to an
online platform since the previous SYPC. In
this, and to ensure that you, the audience, can
enjoy the competition from the comfort and
safety of your homes, the competition will take
the form of a hybrid event.
During the pandemic, circumstances have, in
an ironic but yet hopeful way, seen more adults
either taking up piano lessons or because of
movement restrictions, seen piano loving
adults spend more time practising! Hence, the
new category in the Amateur Class this year,
Youth-at-Heart which is open to amateurs
from 35 year of age and above.
We will continue to grow the competition in
the coming years, drawing lessons from the
pandemic and the new normal that is setting
in on us. We will continue to evolve to create a
platform that is constantly relevant for young
talents and serve the music community.
of participants who have competition
programmes that promises many days of good
music ahead for all.
On behalf of the competition, I wish all music
lovers, participants, families, teachers and
judges a musically enriching SYPC 2022 ahead!
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MR BENJAMIN LOH
Benjamin Loh is a Steinway Artist and Steinway Honorary Professor from Singapore and
is on the piano faculty of the LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. He obtained his
B. Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and his Master
of Music at the Manhattan School of Music.

He has judged numerous competitions and has taught in festivals in the United States,
Europe and Asia. His students have won prizes in local and international competitions,
and have furthered their musical studies at prestigious institutions such as The Juilliard
School, Royal College of Music (U.K.), Mozarteum University and Ecole Normale de
Musique de Paris.

Mr. Loh is also the recipient of the Special Recognition Award given out by the Singapore
National Arts Council.
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MS LENA CHING
Lena Ching is a well-established pianist and teacher in Singapore, who has mentored numerous
students and young performers from her private studio, LASALLE College of the Arts, and Nanyang
Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). An alumna of the Royal College of Music where she majored in both
Piano and Harpsichord, she counts herself as one of the privileged beneficiaries of her teachers Yonty
Solomon, Phyllis Sellick and Ruth Dyson in the RCM, as well as Victor Doggett during her formative
years in Singapore.

Having been a prize-winning student herself (1st prize at the National Music Competition 1980 and
Runner-Up at the Diners’ Club “Pianist of the Year” Competition 1986), her students have also won
numerous prizes at local and overseas competitions. Amid a flourishing career, Lena’s continued
search for excellence led her to pursue the Master of Arts in ‘Psychology for Musicians’ from the
University of Sheffield.

Lena has also performed as a soloist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and as accompanist. She has
adjudicated in numerous competitions locally and overseas, and conducted masterclasses,
workshops, and seminars on music education, particularly in the field of developing musical talent
and abilities in students, as well as performing arts well-being.

Lena served as Head of Keyboard Studies at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts from 2015, and
subsequently as Vice Dean from 2020. She continues to be greatly inspired and enthused by aspiring
young musicians from all parts of the world, as she passionately engages in teaching and mentoring
students of various age groups.
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MR LIM YAN
2006 Young Artist Award recipient, Lim Yan, is a graduate of Chetham’s School of Music
in Manchester, UK; the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of
Manchester. His most notable piano tutors include Ms Lim Tshui Ling, David Hartigan
and Ronan O’Hora.

Yan performs regularly as a piano recitalist, concerto soloist, collaborative pianist and
chamber musician. He is a full-time faculty member of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory
of Music and adjunct faculty at the School of the Arts. He is also the current Artistic
Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival.
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MS KSENIIA VOKHMIANINA
Hailed as a performer with an “artistry of the highest order” by The Straits Times and “maturity of
musicianship and virtuosity” by Pianomania, Kseniia Vokhmianina has gained critical and audience
attention as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician.

A prizewinner of numerous international piano competitions, Kseniia has been a guest artist at
various music festivals in Serbia, Vietnam, Montenegro, Malaysia, Netherlands and France. She
opened the 27th edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival in 2021 “…with a grand manner
of pianism in the tradition of her birthplace’s classical greats, such as Shura Cherkassky, Emil Gilels
and Sviatoslav Richter…”

Kseniia appeared as a concerto soloist with international symphony orchestras, including Kaunas
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Sichuan Symphony Orchestra and Murmansk Philharmonic
Orchestra. A recipient of the Lee Foundation Scholarship, Kseniia studied at Nanyang Academy of
Fine Arts in Singapore (class of Prof. Boris Kraljevic). Further studies took her to Royal College of
Music, Kharkiv National Pedagogical University and Zurich University of the Arts (class of Prof.
Konstantin Scherbakov).

Besides her international performing career, Kseniia is a full-time Music Faculty member at the
School of the Arts (SOTA). Her love for the art of musical collaboration has influenced her to begin
“By Candlelight” chamber music series with the support of the Arts House Singapore. Kseniia has
been appointed as the President of the World Piano Teachers Association (Singapore affiliate) since
2018.
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MR ALBERT TIU
Born in Cebu, Philippines, Albert Tiu has been called “an artist of uncommon abilities”
by American Record Guide. Currently a Professor of Piano at the Yong Siew Toh
Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, Tiu is a prizewinner of
competitions in Pretoria (UNISA), Calgary (Honens), Santander (Paloma O’Shea) and
Helsinki (Maj Lind).

A graduate of the Juilliard School, he has performed with the St. Petersburg
Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony, Gstaad Festival
Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic and Winnipeg Symphony. In 2005, Tiu gave the
Singapore premiere of Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto with the Singapore Symphony.

CA T EGO RY 1 • 2P M - 3P M
Luther Ong Boon Khang (ID #2726)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in
F sharp, Op. 78, 1st Movement
• Cecile Chaminade, 6 Etudes de
concert, Op. 35, No. 2, “Automne”
• Maurice Ravel, Miroirs, No. 4,
“Alborada del Gracioso”
PROFESSI ON AL C L AS S
Charissa Ooi (ID #2666)
• Joseph Haydn, Sonata, 23, Hob XVI, F
Major, 1st movement
• Mikhail Glinka, Variations on
Alyabyev’s Romance, The Nightingale,
E minor
• Isaak Berkovich, Variations on a
Theme of Paganini, A minor
18 JUN E 20 22, S A T
Tong Kai Han Newman (ID #2725)
• Joseph Haydn, Sonata in F Hob. XVI/23,
1st Movement
• Franz Schubert, Impromptu in A flat, Op.
90, No. 4
• Dmitry Kabalevsky, Sonata in F, Op. 4,
No. 3, 1st Movement
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18 JUN E 20 22, S A T

CA T EGO RY 2 • 3P M - 4P M

Tristen Yuwee Ng (ID #2727)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in A,
Op. 2, No. 2, 1st Movement
• Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne in D flat,
Op. 27, No. 2
• Dmitry Kabalevsky, Rondo in A minor,
Op. 59
Casey Li (ID #2578)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 3
in Bb Major K281, 1st movement
• Franz Liszt, Transcendental Etude No. 9
in Ab Major "Ricordanza”
• Claude Debussy, Prelude , No 5, Les
collines d'Anacapri
Kate Isabelle Ong (ID #2627)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata, Opus 10,
No. 1, C Minor, Allegro molto e con brio,
1st movement
• Frédéric Chopin, Fantaisie Impromptu,
Opus 66, C# minor
• Kabalevsky, Rondo, Opus 59, A Minor
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18 JUN E 20 22, S A T

C A T EGO RY 3 • 4 P M - 5.1 5P M

Xu Ruojin (ID #2585)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata
No. 7, Op. 10, No. 3, D Major, 1st
Movement
• Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo, Op. 31,
Bb minor
• Claude Debussy, Preludes Livre, II
XII, Feux d'artifice
Yu Jingwen (ID #2665)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata
No.26 , Op. 81a , Eb Major, "Les
Adieux", 1st movement
• Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne, Opus
27, No 2, Db Major
• Alberto Ginastera, Danzas
argentinas, No.3
Tan Jiok Fong Jaden (ID #2566)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata No. 27,
Op. 90, E minor, 1st movement
• Liebermann, Gargoyles, Op. 29, 1st &
3rd movement
• Franz Liszt, Tarantella
Justin Low Renkai (ID #2570)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata No. 30,
Op. 109, E major, 1st & 2nd movement
• Maurice Ravel, Miroirs No. 2, Oiseaux
Tristes
• Percy Grainger, In Dahomey
(Cakewalk Smasher)
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RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT & AWARDS CEREMONY

PROF ESSIONAL CLASS
19 JUNE 2022, SUN
8.30PM
 STE INWAY I G STAR S
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