Jury
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Warren Thomson (chairman) - Michael Brimer
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Manana Doidjashvili -
Aquiles Delle Vigne -
Norma Fisher -
Choong-Mo Kang -
Heinz Medjimorec - Ian Munro
- Phillip Shovk
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Arie Vardi
The 10th Sydney International Piano Competition took place at Sydney's Seymour Centre and Opera House from 4 to 21 July 2012 and it was contested by 36 pianists from 14 countries. Avan Yu won the competition, while Nikolay Khozyainov and Dmitry Onishchenko were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes. [1]
Warren Thomson (chairman) Michael Brimer 
Manana Doidjashvili 
Aquiles Delle Vigne
Norma Fisher 
Choong-Mo Kang
Heinz Medjimorec Ian Munro Phillip Shovk
Arie Vardi | Winner | |
|---|---|
| 1st Grand Prize |  Avan Yu |
| 2nd Prize |  Nikolay Khozyainov |
| 3rd Prize |  Dmitry Onishchenko |
| 4th Prize | Mikhail Berestnev |
| 5th Prize |  Hao Zhu |
| 6th Prize |  Tanya Gabrielian |
| Australian SQ engagement | Dmitry Onishchenko |
| Best Liszt performance | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best Australian competitor | James Guan |
| Best performance of an Australian work | Dmitry Onishchenko |
| Best Mozart Concerto performance | Avan Yu |
| People's Choice Prize | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Beethoven performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Chopin performance | Hao Zhu |
| Best performance of a Liszt Study | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best overall Concerto performance | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best Ravel performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Rachmaninoff performance | Tanya Gabrielian |
| Best Chamber Music performance | Avan Yu |
| Best Mozart performance |  Tomoaki Yoshida |
| Best Schubert performance | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Best performance of a Russian work | Mikhail Berestnev |
| Best performance of a Romantic work | Avan Yu |
| People's Choice Encouragement Prize | Avan Yu |
| Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award |  Maya Irgalina |
| Best Performance of a Haydn Sonata | Avan Yu |
| Best Performance of a Debussy Prélude | Dmitry Onishchenko |
| Best Performance of a Clementi Sonata | not awarded |
| Stage I-II Encouragement Award | Feng Bian |
| Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Semi-Finals Encouragement Award | not awarded |
| Youngest finalist | Nikolay Khozyainov |
| Youngest Australian competitor | Alex Raineri |
| Best Female competitor | Tanya Gabrielian |
5–8 July 2012
Arta Arnicāne Mikhail Berestnev Feng Bian
Giulio Biddau Stefan Cassomenos Wei Cao Angelika Fuchs Tanya Gabrielian James Guan Stefano Guarascio Atsushi Imada Maya Irgalina Elizaveta Ivanova Wenbin Jin Joanne Kang Nikolay Khozyainov Jin-Hong Li Brian Yuebing Lin Ke Lin Aaron Liu Ilaria Locatelli Konrad Olszewski Dmitry Onishchenko Olga Paliy
Marios Panteliadis
Poom Prommachart Alex Raineri Lu Shen Yifan Sun
Benoît Tourette Sean Yeh Jung-Yeon Yim Qian Yong Tomoaki Yoshida Avan Yu Hao Zhu9-10 July 2012
Arta Arnicāne Mikhail Berestnev Giulio Biddau Wei Cao Tanya Gabrielian James Guan Stefano Guarascio Atsushi Imada Maya Irgalina Elizaveta Ivanova Nikolay Khozyainov Jin-Hong Li Dmitry Onishchenko Olga Paliy Lu Shen Sean Yeh Qian Yong Tomoaki Yoshida Avan Yu Hao Zhu11-13 July 2012
Arta Arnicāne Mikhail Berestnev Giulio Biddau Tanya Gabrielian Stefano Guarascio Nikolay Khozyainov Jin-Hong Li Dmitry Onishchenko Lu Shen Tomoaki Yoshida Avan Yu Hao Zhu17-21 July 2012
Mikhail Berestnev — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Tanya Gabrielian — Mozart: 21st, Tchaikovsky: 1st Nikolay Khozyainov — Mozart: 21st, Rachmaninoff: 3rd Dmitry Onishchenko — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: 3rd Avan Yu — Mozart: 17th, Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Hao Zhu — Mozart: 24th, Rachmaninoff: 2nd 
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