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The absence of Dmitri Bashkirov, Chairman of the Jury, from the chamber music finals at the beginning of the performance by Jiyoung Kim will not affect the Jury’s voting in the final round.

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The finalists of the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition are Hannu Alasaarela (Finland), Jun Bouterey-Ishido (New Zealand), So Hyang In (South Korea), Jiyoung Kim (South Korea), Mackenzie Melemed (United States) and Hyo-Eun Park (South Korea).

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Six competitors will continue in the finals of the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition (17–31 August 2017) in Helsinki. They are Hannu Alasaarela (Finland), Jun Bouterey-Ishido (New Zealand), So Hyang In (South Korea), Jiyoung Kim (South Korea), Mackenzie Melemed (United States) and Hyo-Eun Park (South Korea).

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The orchestral finals of the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition will be transmitted live to the new media wall of the Helsinki Music Centre overlooking the Kansalaistori square. They will be the first event to be projected onto the media wall. The two orchestral finals will take place in the Music Centre Concert Hall

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These competitors will continue in the second round of the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition (17–31 August 2017) in Helsinki. They are: Alasaarela, Hannu, Finland An, Tianxu, China Bouterey-Ishido, Jun, New Zealand In, So Hyang, South Korea Jalkanen, Väinö, Finland Kim, Jiyoung, South Korea Kim, Yedam, South Korea Lapaz Lombardo, Enrique, Spain Lopatynskyi, Roman,

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Summer is here at last, in both bright and vibrant green. My mind is filled with the scent of lilies-of-the-valley and piano music as I write this message from the Patroness of the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition. Finland’s leading international piano competition is now about to begin at the Helsinki Music Centre. The

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The first competitor to perform in the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition (17–31 August 2017) is Tarmo Peltokoski (Finland). He will begin the first round at 10.00 on 18 August and be followed by Kausikan Rajeshkumar (Great Britain) and Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (Indonesia). There are 37 competitors in all and ten first round sessions. 14 pianists will be selected to go through to the second round and their names will be announced after the last first-round performance on Tuesday evening, 22 August. The competition will be held at the Helsinki Music Centre.

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Italy
age 29
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome 2013–2016 
Royal Academy of Music, London 2012–2014
Conservatorio di Musica Nino Rota, Monopoli 2003–2011

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Spain
age 28
Escuela de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid 2014–2017
Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, St. Petersburg 2010–2014
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Barcelona 2006–2010

16 LAPAZ LOMBARDO Enrique Read More »

United States
age 26
Texas Christian University 2014–2017
Yale School of Music 2012–2014
Eastman School of Music 2008–2012

15 KLIMO Peter Read More »

South Korea
age 29
École Normale de Musique de Paris 2012–2016
Universität Mozarteum Salzburg 2012–2013
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris 2006–2010

13 KIM Yedam Read More »

South Korea
age 22
Kyung Hee University, College of Music, Seoul 2014–
Seoul Arts High School 2011–2014

12 KIM Jun Ho Read More »

Finland
age 28
Sibelius Academy  2009–2010, 2015–2016
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin 2010–2015
Liszt Academy, Budapest 2013–2014
Sibelius Academy Youth Department 2003–2009

10 JALKANEN Väinö Read More »

South Korea
age 25
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München 2015–
Seoul National University 2010–2014
Seoul Arts High School 2007–2010

9 IN So Hyang Read More »

Germany
age 24
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln 2009–2017
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München 2013–2017
Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf 2003–2009

7 HANßEN Knut Read More »

Canada
age 27
Université de Montréal 2016–
New England Conservatory, Boston 2014–2016
McGill University, Schulich School of Music, Montreal 2007–2011

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Norway
age 29
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin 2011–2016
Barratt Due musikkinstitutt, Oslo 2006–2010

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The Maj Lind Piano Competition was still just a small-scale event in the 1950s, open only to students at the Sibelius Academy. After the sixth competition, it began being held every other year. The 1950s laureate is now in her 90s.

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The Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition (August 17–31, 2017) has received 195 applications representing 39 nationalities and the following countries: Armenia (2 applicants), Australia (3), Belarus (2), Bosnia-Herzegovina (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (2), China (17), Croatia (1), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), Finland (18), France (4), Georgia (2), Germany (4), Greece (1), Indonesia

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Maj Lind lived surrounded by different languages and cultures. She would undoubtedly have delighted in the medley of languages that the piano competition bearing her name will be bringing to the Helsinki Music Centre in August 2017.

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