Cliburn 2009 - Competition Repertoire
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| Competitiors' complete programs
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Round | Composer | Piece |
| Beus | Preliminary Recital | Barber | Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 |
| Beus | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Spanish Rhapsody |
| Bozhanov | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 |
| Bozhanov | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Rondo à la Mazur in F major, Op. 5 |
| Bozhanov | Preliminary Recital | Mozart | Sonata in D major K. 311 |
| Bozhanov | Semifinal Recital | Bates | White Lies for Lomax |
| Bozhanov | Semifinal Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 |
| Bozhanov | Semifinal Recital | Schubert | Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 |
| Bozhanov | Semifinal Chamber | Franck | Piano Quintet in F minor |
| Bozhanov | Final Recital | Gounod-Liszt | Faust Waltz |
| Bozhanov | Final Recital | Schumann | Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 |
| Bozhanov | Final Recital | Takemitsu | Rain Tree Sketch I |
| Bozhanov | Final Concerti | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 |
| Bozhanov | Final Concerti | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 |
| Dank | Preliminary Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27, No. 1, “Quasi una Fantasia” |
| Dank | Preliminary Recital | Boulez | Douze Notations |
| Dank | Preliminary Recital | Scriabin | Sonata No. 9 in F major, Op. 68, “Black Mass |
| Dank | Semifinal Recital | Bach | Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 |
| Dank | Semifinal Recital | Bates | White Lies for Lomax |
| Dank | Semifinal Recital | Prokofiev | Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 |
| Dank | Semifinal Chamber | Brahms | Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 |
| Deljavan | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52 |
| Deljavan | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Sonata in B minor |
| Deljavan | Semifinal Recital | Bates | White Lies for Lomax |
| Deljavan | Semifinal Recital | Schubert | Sonata in D major, D. 850 |
| Deljavan | Semifinal Recital | Scriabin | Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 |
| Han | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 |
| Han | Preliminary Recital | Granados | Goyescas: El amor y la muerte |
| Han | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52 |
| Kim | Preliminary Recital | Bartók | Three Etudes, Op. 18 |
| Kim | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48 |
| Kim | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Kreisleriana, Op. 16 |
| Kim | Semifinal Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in A major, Op. 101 |
| Kim | Semifinal Recital | Hagen | Suite for Piano |
| Kim | Semifinal Recital | Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition |
| Kim | Semifinal Chamber | Brahms | Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 |
| Kudo | Preliminary Recital | Albéniz | Iberia: Triana |
| Kudo | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 |
| Kudo | Preliminary Recital | Vine | Piano Sonata No. 1 (1990) |
| Kudritskaya | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 |
| Kudritskaya | Preliminary Recital | Ravel | Gaspard de la nuit |
| Kudritskaya | Preliminary Recital | Scriabin | Valse, Op. 38 |
| Kunz | Preliminary Recital | Bach-Busoni | Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 |
| Kunz | Preliminary Recital | Bach-Siloti | Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a |
| Kunz | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in A major, Hob. XVI:12 |
| Kunz | Preliminary Recital | Scarlatti | Sonata in D minor, K. 213 |
| Kunz | Semifinal Recital | Bates | White Lies for Lomax |
| Kunz | Semifinal Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein |
| Kunz | Semifinal Recital | Rachmaninoff | Moments musicaux, Op. 16 |
| Kunz | Semifinal Chamber | Dvorák | Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 |
| Lam | Preliminary Recital | Granados | Goyescas: Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseñor |
| Lam | Preliminary Recital | Granados | Goyescas: Los requiebros |
| Lam | Preliminary Recital | Kernis | Superstar Etude No. 2 |
| Lam | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 |
| Lam | Semifinal Recital | Bates | White Lies for Lomax |
| Lam | Semifinal Recital | Brahms | Klavierstücke, Op. 118 |
| Lam | Semifinal Recital | Ginastera | Suite de danzas Criollas |
| Lam | Semifinal Recital | Haydn | Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 |
| Lam | Semifinal Recital | Stravinsky | Four Etudes, Op. 7 |
| Lam | Semifinal Chamber | Dvorák | Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 |
| Lee | Preliminary Recital | Albéniz | Iberia, Book I |
| Lee | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Carnaval, Op. 9 |
| Li | Preliminary Recital | Bowen | Toccata, Op. 155 |
| Li | Preliminary Recital | Brahms | Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 |
| Li | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Minstrels |
| Li | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Feux d’artifice |
| Lifits | Preliminary Recital | Mozart | Sonata in D major, K. 311 |
| Lifits | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 |
| Lifits | Semifinal Recital | Hagen | Suite for Piano |
| Lifits | Semifinal Recital | Liszt | Sonata in B minor |
| Lifits | Semifinal Recital | Prokofiev | Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 |
| Lifits | Semifinal Chamber | Schumann | Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 78 |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Feux d’artifice |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Ondine |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Les tierces alternées |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Feuilles mortes |
| Myer | Preliminary Recital | Vine | Piano Sonata No. 1 (1990) |
| Rashkovskiy | Preliminary Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 |
| Rashkovskiy | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 |
| Rashkovskiy | Preliminary Recital | Rachmaninoff | Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 |
| Sakamoto | Preliminary Recital | Bach | Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 |
| Sakamoto | Preliminary Recital | Mendelssohn | Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 |
| Sakamoto | Preliminary Recital | Rachmaninoff | Moments musicaux, Op. 16 |
| Son | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48 |
| Son | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Spanish Rhapsody |
| Son | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Barber | Sonata for Piano, Op. 26 |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Bates | White Lies for Lomax |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Le vent dans la plaine |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Des pas sur la niege |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Debussy | Prelude: Les collines d’Anacapri |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Debussy | Prelude: La fille aux cheveux de lin |
| Son | Semifinal Recital | Godowsky | Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from Die Fledermaus |
| Son | Semifinal Chamber | Brahms | Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 |
| Son | Final Recital | Bach-Petri | Sheep May Safely Graze |
| Son | Final Recital | Schubert | Impromptu in F minor, D. 935, No. 4 |
| Son | Final Recital | Schubert | Impromptu in B-flat major, D. 935, No. 3 |
| Son | Final Concerti | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 |
| Son | Final Concerti | Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 |
| Stanislavsky | Preliminary Recital | Ligeti | Two Capriccios (1947) |
| Stanislavsky | Preliminary Recital | Mozart | Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281 |
| Stanislavsky | Preliminary Recital | Scarlatti | Sonata in D major, K. 414 |
| Stanislavsky | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Humoreske, Op. 20 |
| Tierra | Preliminary Recital | Brahms | Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Book I |
| Tierra | Preliminary Recital | Ginastera | Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 |
| Tierra | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Ballade No. 2 in B minor |
| Tierra | Preliminary Recital | Schumann-Liszt | Widmung |
| Tsuji | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Twelve Etudes, Op. 10 |
| Tsuji | Preliminary Recital | Debussy | Images, Book I |
| Tsuji | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Paganini Etude No. 3, “La Campanella” |
| Tsuji | Semifinal Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier” |
| Tsuji | Semifinal Recital | Musto | Improvisation & Fugue |
| Tsuji | Semifinal Chamber | Schumann | Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 |
| Tsuji | Final Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” |
| Tsuji | Final Recital | Chopin | Berceuse, Op. 57 |
| Tsuji | Final Recital | Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 |
| Tsuji | Final Concerti | Chopin | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 |
| Tsuji | Final Concerti | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 |
| Vacatello | Preliminary Recital | Busoni | Ten Variations on a Prelude by Chopin |
| Vacatello | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 |
| Vacatello | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F minor |
| Vacatello | Preliminary Recital | Stravinsky | Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka |
| Vacatello | Semifinal Recital | Hagen | Suite for Piano |
| Vacatello | Semifinal Recital | Liszt | Sonata in B minor |
| Vacatello | Semifinal Recital | Scriabin | Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 |
| Vacatello | Semifinal Recital | Scriabin | Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 2 |
| Vacatello | Semifinal Chamber | Schumann | Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 |
| Vacatello | Final Recital | Bach | Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 |
| Vacatello | Final Recital | Chopin | Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16 |
| Vacatello | Final Recital | Ravel | Gaspard de la nuit |
| Vacatello | Final Recital | Shostakovich | Prelude and Fugue in D-flat major, Op. 87, No. 15 |
| Vacatello | Final Concerti | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 |
| Vacatello | Final Concerti | Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 |
| Varvaresos | Preliminary Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight” |
| Varvaresos | Preliminary Recital | Carter | Catènaires |
| Varvaresos | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Sonata in B minor |
| Vondracek | Preliminary Recital | Bach | Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 |
| Vondracek | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 |
| Vondracek | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 |
| Vondracek | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Transcendental Etude No. 11: Harmonies du soir |
| Vondracek | Preliminary Recital | Smetana | Czech Dances |
| Wu | Preliminary Recital | Gounod-Liszt | Faust Waltz |
| Wu | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48 |
| Wu | Preliminary Recital | Ravel | Miroirs |
| Wu | Semifinal Recital | C. Schumann | Mazurka from Soirées musicales, Op. 6 |
| Wu | Semifinal Recital | Hagen | Suite for Piano |
| Wu | Semifinal Recital | Medtner | Fairy Tales, Op. 20 |
| Wu | Semifinal Recital | Moszkowski | Caprice Espagnol, Op. 37 |
| Wu | Semifinal Recital | Schumann | Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 |
| Wu | Semifinal Chamber | Dvorák | Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 |
| Wu | Final Recital | Bach | Toccata in F-sharp major, BWV 910 |
| Wu | Final Recital | Ravel | Gaspard de la nuit |
| Wu | Final Recital | Schoenberg | Klavierstücke, Op. 11 |
| Wu | Final Concerti | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 |
| Wu | Final Concerti | Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 |
| Yang | Preliminary Recital | Bach | French Overture in B minor, BWV 831 |
| Yang | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 |
| Zhang F | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI:6 |
| Zhang F | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | St. Francois d’Assise: La Predication aux Oiseaux |
| Zhang F | Preliminary Recital | Mendelssohn | Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1 |
| Zhang F | Preliminary Recital | Rachmaninoff | Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 |
| Zhang H | Preliminary Recital | Beethoven | Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 |
| Zhang H | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Polonaise-fantasie in A-flat major, Op. 61 |
| Zhang H | Preliminary Recital | Stravinsky | Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka |
| Zhang H | Semifinal Recital | Bates | White Lies for Lomax |
| Zhang H | Semifinal Recital | Chopin | Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28 |
| Zhang H | Semifinal Recital | Liszt | Spanish Rhapsody |
| Zhang H | Semifinal Chamber | Schumann | Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 |
| Zhang H | Final Recital | Brahms | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 |
| Zhang H | Final Recital | Ravel | Gaspard de la nuit |
| Zhang H | Final Concerti | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 |
| Zhang H | Final Concerti | Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 |
| Zhou | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Vallée d'Obermann |
| Zhou | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Mephisto Waltz No. 1 |
| Zhou | Preliminary Recital | Ravel | Miroirs |
| Zuo | Preliminary Recital | Chopin | Etude No. 7, Op. 10 |
| Zuo | Preliminary Recital | Haydn | Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI:40 |
| Zuo | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Transcendental Etude No. 5: Feux Follets |
| Zuo | Preliminary Recital | Liszt | Sonata in B minor |
| Zuo | Preliminary Recital | Schumann | Variations on the name “Abegg,” Op. 1 |
| Zuo | Preliminary Recital | Stravinsky | Etude No. 4, Op. 7 |



