A Heartfelt Thank You to our Patrons and Sponsors

All arts organizations are dependent on the generosity of friends and supporters - and the Competition is no exception.  While space does not allow us to list each donor and member, we are deeply grateful to the following individuals, families, foundations and corporations for their significant contributions toward the 2009 event.

LAUREATE PRIZES

Mr. and Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon III
$50,000 presented to First Prize winner Martina Filjak

Jim and Dede Storer of the George B. Storer Foundation
$25,000 presented to Second Prize winner Dmitri Levkovich

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel
$15,000 presented to Third Prize winner William Youn

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kaufman
$10,000 presented to Fourth Prize winner Evgeny Brakhman

   

SPECIAL PRIZES

The Cairns Family Foundation
$1,500 presented to Sean Chen for the best performance of an American work composed after 1944

Shirley B. Dawson
$1,000 presented to Dmitri Levkovich for the Audience Prize

Barbara Evenchik, in memory of Marvin Evenchik
$2,000 presented to Martina Filjak for best performance of a work by Beethoven

The William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation
$2,000 presented to Soo Yeon Ham for the best performance of a Chopin composition

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kaufman
$1,500 presented to Evgeny Brakhman for the best performance of a Mozart composition

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Reyzis
$2,000 presented to Hoang Pham for the best performance of a Baroque composition
$2,500 presented to Martina Filjak for the best performance of a Contemporary composition
$2,500 presented to Evgeny Brakhman for the best performance of a Contemporary composition

Dan and Linda Rocker Silverberg Philanthropic Funds
$1,000 presented to Martina Filjak for the Junior Jury Prize

SEMI-FINALIST PRIZES

The William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation, in memory of Gertrude Lewis Frohring
$2,000 presented to each of the four semi-finalists who did not advance to the final round: Soo-Yeon Ham, Kuok-Wai Lio, Pallavi Mahidhara, Yunqinq Zhou 

 
CONTESTANT PRIZES
$1,000 presented to each of the 24 contestants who did not advance to the semi-final round

Edward Alix to Chun Wang
Gene and Helen Beer to Anzhelika Fuks
Zeda and William Blau to Kristhyan Benitez
Bernard and Margaret Gold to Maria Radiushina
In memory of Luta Jones to Yekwon Sunwoo
Marilyn MacLeod to Anna Bulkina and Sean Chen
In memory of Sheldon MacLeod to Jae Weon Huh, Gerhard Vielhaber, and Martin Labazevitch
Sarah-Theresa Y. Murakami in memory of Grant Johanessen and Martha Joseph to Kyoko Soejima
George H. L. and Carol Arnold Porter to Olga Kozlova
Astri Seidenfeld to Maria Masycheva and Alexander Osminin
Jerry and Linda Shuck to Edward Neeman
Dan and Linda Rocker Silverberg to Ju-Eun Lee
Marie Strawbridge to Anna Shelest
Jim and Linda Venner to István Lajko

 

MAJOR FOUNDATIONS AND GRANTS

The William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation
The George Gund Foundationn The Hershey Foundation
Kulas Foundation
John P. Murphy Foundation
David and Inez Myers Foundation
The Park Foundation
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation
The George B. Storer Foundation

 
MAJOR CORPORATIONS

Art of Beauty
Forest City Enterprises
Glenmede
Loveman-Curtiss
National City, now a part of PNC
Steinway & Sons
Steinway Hall - Akron/The Mattlin-Hyde Piano Co.