Winners of the 2006 Competition

FIRST PRIZE - GOLD MEDAL The William Peyton Shehee & Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee Award

Yoonjung Han (Korea) The Curtis Institute Liszt, No 1 in E-flat

SECOND PRIZE - SILVER MEDAL The F Thomas Siskron III Family Award

Alexey Koltakov (Ukraine) Texas Christian University Rachmaninoff, No 2 in C minor, Op 18

THIRD PRIZE - BRONZE MEDAL The Martha Jones Rice Award

Ching-Yun Hu (Taiwan) Cleveland Institute of Music Prokofiev, No 3 in C, Op 26

HONORABLE MENTION The Dr Jack E & Carroll Bright Carlisle Award

Tina Chong (Canada) Oberlin Conservatory Ravel, Piano Concerto in G

SPECIAL RECOGNITION The Raymond S Morris Awards

Ang Li (China) Texas Christian University Brahms, No 1 in D minor, Op 15	Viktor Valkov (Bulgaria) The Julliard School Saint-Saëns, No 4 in C minor, Op 44	Xinyu Chen (China) Yale Chopin, No 2 in F minor, Op 21

The Glenda Lee Harrison Award

Min Hwan Kim (Korea) Eastman School of Music Ravel, Concerto in D Major (For the Left Hand)

The competition this year is in honor of Dorothy Peeler Walters who was chosen in 1950 to perform
with the Shreveport Symphony in a competition which was the forerunner of the
Wideman Piano Competition.