The results of the Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition (17\u201331 August 2017) are:<\/p>\n
I First Prize (\u20ac30,000): Mackenzie Melemed<\/strong> (United States) The other three finalists will each receive a\u00a0finalist\u00a0prize of \u20ac8,000:\u00a0Hannu Alasaarela<\/strong> (Finland), So Hyang In<\/strong> (South Korea),\u00a0and Hyo-Eun Park<\/strong> (South Korea).<\/p>\n Special Prizes: Yle Prize: The winner of the competition will perform a piano recital at the PianoEspoo festival on 9 November\u00a02017.<\/p>\n The competition jury made the decision after the orchestral finals on Thursday 31 August. The jury has eight members:\u00a0Dmitri Bashkirov<\/strong> (chairman), Dang Thai Son, Janina Fialkowska, Ralf Goth\u00f3ni, Ewa Kupiec, Alberto Nos\u00e8, Roland P\u00f6ntinen<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Dina Yoffe.<\/strong><\/p>\n The work commissioned for the competition \u2013 Arabesques et adages<\/em> \u2013 is composed by\u00a0Kaija Saariaho<\/strong> and was an elective work in the second round.<\/p>\n Altogether 37 pianists played in the first-round. The competition received a record 195 applications by the deadline on 24 April. The participants in the first round were selected by a competition team on the basis of video recordings. The competition is open to pianists the world over born in or after 1987, regardless of nationality.<\/p>\n The competition is being organised by the University of the Arts Helsinki, the Sibelius Academy, and financed by the Sibelius Academy Foundation out of the Maj Lind Fund. 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\nII Second Prize (\u20ac25,000): Jun Bouterey-Ishido<\/strong> (New Zealand)
\nIII Third Prize (\u20ac20,000): Jiyoung Kim<\/strong> (South Korea)<\/p>\n
\nChamber Music Prize (\u20ac8,000): Mackenzie Melemed<\/strong> (United States)
\nThe Best Performance of the Commissioned Work (\u20ac1,500): Hannu Alasaarela<\/strong> (Finland)
\nSteinway Piano Gallery Helsinki and Finnish Chopin Society Special Prize (\u20ac1,000), shared prize: Peter Klimo<\/strong> (United States) (\u20ac500) and\u00a0Viviana Pia Lasaracina<\/strong> (Italy) (\u20ac500).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The most successful Finnish competitor will get an invitation to make a recording for the Finnish Broadcasting Company: Hannu Alasaarela<\/strong> (Finland)<\/p>\n