RIAM PianoFest is a week of piano competitions across all ages and repertoire at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
A huge well done to everyone who competed in another year of exceptionally competitive piano performances.
Margaret O'Hea Recital Cup:
Winner: Pawel Waleski
2nd prize: Brian Dietlmeier
Very Highly Commended: Daire Downey
Highly Commended: Mengze Shen
Commended: Johanna Dietz
Audrey Chisholm Sonata Cup:
Winner: Defne Gultoprak
2nd prize: Mengze Shen
Highly Commended: Barbara Grzybek
Deirdre Doyle Cup (awarded for the best performance of a piece by a Russian composer across the Margaret O’Hea and Audrey Chisholm Cups:
Winner: Daire Downey
There were no prizes awarded for the Dina Copeman Cup (best performance of a piece by Chopin across the Margaret O’Hea and Audrey Chisholm Cups:
There were no prizes awarded Benson Cup (best performance of a piece by Bach across the Margaret O’Hea and Audrey Chisholm Cups:
Gillian Smith Recital Cup:
Winner: Zoe Yu
Joint 2nd prize: Juliette Carroll-Breen, Christopher Kavanagh
Very Highly Commended: Yuhan Xue, Karel Lievens
Highly Commended: Ríona Scahill
Commended: Ruaidhrí O’Dea
Dorothy Stokes Rosebowl:
Winner: Yuhan Xue
2nd prize: Juliette Carroll-Breen, Aidan Keane
Best performance of a work from the Classical period: Aidan Keane
Best performance of a work from the Romantic period: Juliette Carroll-Breen
Best performance of an impressionist work: Yuhan Xue
Best performance of a contemporary work: Fiona Hills
There were no prizes awarded for the best performance of a work from the Baroque period or for the best performance of a work from the Twentieth Century
Joe Byrne Cup:
Winner: Rebecca Yu
2nd Prize: Daniel Zhu, Oscar Shi
Very Highly Commended: Jayden Liu, Oscar Liu, Lee Ennis
Highly Commended: Guorui Sui, Stacey (Qinqze) Wang, Alexander Ennis, Eric Lau, Henry Wang, Yifei Zhao, Zhiming Qiang, Emily YaNing Liu
Commended: Emily Dong Ni Liu, Niamh Zhang, Gabriel Oprisan
Valerie Walker Rosebowl:
Winner: Louise Byrne
2nd Prize: Caroline Croke, Ríona Scahill
Best performance of a work from the Baroque period: Dylan Keane
Best performance of a work from the Classical period: Scout Juliet Hussey
Best performance of a work from the Romantic period: Louise Byrne
Best performance of a work from the Twentieth Century: Ríona Scahill
There were no awards for the best performance of a contemporary work or the best performance of an impressionist work
Sheila Rumbold Cup:
Winner: Abhishek Jino
2nd prize: Yimo Sui
Very Highly Commended: Jasper Yan
Highly Commended: William Chen
Margaret Furlong Recital Cup:
Winner: Dylan Keane
2nd prize: Grace Bai
Very Highly Commended: Scout Juliet Hussey, Laurence Sun
Highly Commended: Louise Byrne, Emma Wu
Commended: Yihan Jasmine Chen, Gracie-Bell Hussey
Congratulations to all who placed or were commended in RIAM PianoFest 2024.