Sydney International Piano Competition Announces Semi-Finalists

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The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia has announced the 12 semi-finalists who will continue through to the next stages of the competition. The semi-finalists represent seven nations and include Australian pianist Tony Lee.

They are: Sergey Belyavskiy (Russia), Kenneth Broberg (USA), Moye Chen (China), Andrey Gugnin (Russia), Jianing Kong (China),  Tony Lee (Australia),  Alexei Melnikov (Russia), Poom Prommachart (Thailand), Oxana Shevchenko (Kazakhstan), Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev (Russia), Gyu Tae Ha (Korea), and Ming Xie (China).

Six finalists will be announced on Saturday 16 July. They will compete at the Sydney Opera House to win a share of $200,000 and the title of Winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia.

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