3.05pm Matthew McLachlan
I. Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka
F. Chopin Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
N. Medtner Fairy Tale in G major, Op. 9 No. 3
3.40pm Minsung Park
W.A. Mozart Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311
Allegro con spirito
Andantino con espressione
Rondeau
F. Chopin Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
F. Chopin Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
F. Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 12, “Chasse-neige”
Interval 1 - 20 minutes
4.30pm Adam Heron
J. Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Andantino in C major
Adagio in F minor
J.S. Bach Italian Concerto BWV 971
Allegro
Andante
Presto
F. Chopin Waltz in D flat major, Op. 70 No. 3
F. Chopin Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35
Grave – Doppio movimento
5.05 pm Michael Tao
J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, WTC I, BWV. 848
F. Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 1, “Waterfall”
A. Scriabin Prelude Op. 11 No. 1
F. Chopin Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42 No. 5 ‘Grande Valse’
A. Scriabin Etude Op. 42 No. 5
F. Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Interval 2 - 20 minutes
5.55pm Jeremy Chan
J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, WTC I, BWV 852
F. Chopin Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64 No. 2
S. Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
6.40pm Zvjezdan Vojvodic
C. Debussy Images I. L. 110
Reflets dans l’eau
Hommage à Rameau
Mouvement
F. Chopin Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42 No. 5
‘Grande Valse’
A. Scriabin Sonata - Fantasia in G sharp minor, op. 19, No. 2
andante
presto
Interval 3 - 20 minutes
7.30pm Adjudication and Prizegiving
In 2010, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman established a duo partnership after being invited to give a
two-piano recital at the Royal Over-Seas League in London. Ever since, they have performed
regularly at music societies, festivals and at the BBC. They embarked on their journey with the 9
Beethoven Symphonies transcribed for piano four hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka in 2015. They
are currently recording the complete Beethoven/Scharwenka Symphonies for SOMM Recordings.
Tessa Uys
Born in Cape Town, Tessa Uys was first taught by her mother, Helga Bassel, herself a noted concert
pianist. At sixteen, she won a Royal Schools Associated Board Scholarship and continued her studies
at the Royal Academy in London where she studied with Gordon Green. In her final year she was
awarded the Macfarren Medal. Further studies in London with Maria Curcio, and in Siena with
Guido Agosti followed. Shortly after this Tessa Uys won the Royal Over- Seas League Competition
and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
During the past decades, Tessa Uys has established herself an impressive reputation, both as concert
performer, and as a broadcasting artiste, performing at many concert venues throughout the world.
She has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Southbank, Barbican and St John’s Smith Square, and has
played under such distinguished conductors as Sir Neville Marriner, Walter Susskind Louis Fremaux
and Nicholas Kraemer.
Ben Schoeman
Ben Schoeman was born in South Africa. He studied piano with Joseph Stanford at the University of
Pretoria and then received post-graduate tuition from Boris Petrushansky, Louis Lortie, Michel
Dalberto, Ronan O’Hora and Eliso Virsaladze in Imola, London and Florence. In 2016, he obtained a
doctorate from City, University of London and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He won the
first prize in the 11th UNISA International Piano Competition, the gold medal in the Royal Over-Seas
League Competition, the contemporary music prize at the Cleveland International Piano
Competition, and the Huberte Rupert Prize from the South African Academy for Science and Art. He
has performed at the Wigmore, Barbican and Queen Elizabeth Halls in London, Carnegie Hall in New
York, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon and the Enescu Festival in
Bucharest. Ben Schoeman is a Steinway Artist and a senior lecturer in piano and musicology at the
University of Pretoria.
2017 competition:
Recent winners of the Competition who have gone on to busy international careers include Alexander Ullman and Ji Liu (both YCAT Artists in 2015 and 2016) and Riyad Nicolas (The Countess of Munster Musical Trust).