Hong Kong International Piano Competition

After the last performance, the jury will deliberate and announce the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth prize winners of the 4th Hong Kong International Piano Competition.

[2] The Jury members for the 2014 competition are : Vladimir Ashkenazy (chairman), Li Ming Qiang (Deputy Chairman), Tigran Alikhanov, Thorunn Ashkenazy, Peter Frankl, Gary Graffman, Gabriel Kwok, Pascal Roge, Jeremy Siepmann, Mikhail Voskresensky and Eleanor Wong.

[3] The Joy of Music Festival consists of workshops, master classes and gala performances.

Andrew Walter, Abbey Road studios mastering engineer, will present an illustrated talk titled "Back to the Future - A Journey of Sound" on the history of recording music and sound from 1898 to the modern day.

[4] Due to the continuing civil disobedience campaign and protests in Hong Kong, the decision was made by the Chopin Society to postpone the piano competition until November 2016 and the Joy of Music Festival to October 2015.