From the hundreds of applications recieved internationally, through four harrowing rounds of competition, the demands on the competitors were high.  The semifinal and Finale rounds were held in the Old Towne Hall in Vienna, Austria this year from the 14th through the 16th of February.

Finalists: Nora Bartosik, 26, USA; Elizaveta Ivanova, 25, Russia; Anna Ulaieva, 27, Ukraine

The adjudicators: Florian Krumpöck (artistic director), Milana Chernyavska (pianist), Grzegorz Kurzynski (pianist), Hubert Haas (label manager), Daniel Wagner (journalist)

For more information, please see the official website at: www.bluethnercompetition.com or contact our Vienna Blüthner Center at www.bluethner.at