2013 Competition > Keeping Up With The Play > Sat 1 June 2013 Round 1 Action We’re halfway through Round 1 of the Competition with nine of the semi-finalists having performed their solo Bach and accompanied Mozart pieces. The almost full house at the Queenstown Memorial Centre has certainly appreciated the very high level of skill shown by our competitors. New Zealand semi-finalist Natalie Lin performed this afternoon and said afterwards that she was pleased with her playing. “I…

2013 Competition > Keeping Up With The Play > Sun 2 June 2013 Catching Up with Sergey and Ben Baker We’re nearing the end of day one of Round II of the competition and thoroughly enjoying the superb playing we’re seeing and hearing, and with our LiveStream of the competition, our audience is spread around the world – already we’ve had more than 4500 views of the LiveStream channel. We popped backstage and caught Sissi Zhang heading onstage to…

2013 Competition > Keeping Up With The Play > Fri 31 May 2013 Competition Count Down Excitement is building in Queenstown as we near the start of the first round of this year’s Competition. All our 18 wonderful semi-finalists have been rehearsing and trying out the acoustics of the Queenstown Memorial Hall where the first two rounds take place. They’ve also had the chance to enjoy the beauty of the Queenstown area which is simply breathtaking – Belgian semi-finalist Eugenia…

2013 Competition > Keeping Up With The Play > Wed 29 May 2013 There's No Business Like Snow Business 2011 competition winner Sergey Malov was delighted to hear snow was forecast for Queenstown … “maybe I will get to ski?” he asked hopefully. Sergey may not get on the slopes, but our competitors are all experiencing the winter wonderland which is Queenstown in the snow and meanwhile, we’re just pleased the weather has cleared enough to make sure everyone gets…

2013 Competition > Keeping Up With The Play > Wed 29 May 2013 There's No Business Like Snow Business 2011 competition winner Sergey Malov was delighted to hear snow was forecast for Queenstown … “maybe I will get to ski?” he asked hopefully. Sergey may not get on the slopes, but our competitors are all experiencing the winter wonderland which is Queenstown in the snow and meanwhile, we’re just pleased the weather has cleared enough to make sure everyone gets…