Winners of the 2008 Competition

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

Stanislav Khristenko Cleveland Institute of Music Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Shreveport Symphony opening concert 2009-20010 season South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, El Dorado AR Bell Concert Series, Jackson, MS Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago Philips Collection, Washington, DC

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

Andrei Nicolae Licaret Peabody Institute Mozart, No 24 in C minor, K 491 Philips Collection, Washington, DC

THIRD PRIZE - BRONZE MEDAL The Martha Jones Rice Award

ZhaoLei Xie Texas Christian University Liszt, No 1 in E?, S 124 Philips Collection, Washington, DC

HONORABLE MENTION The Dr Jack E & Carroll Bright Carlisle Award

Anna Bulkina Texas Christian University Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto 1No 1 in B? minor, Op 23 Piano Quintet Appearance with Bossier Jam’m Philips Collection, Washington, DC

SPECIAL RECOGNITION The Raymond S Morris Awards

Minjung Kim Oberlin Conservatory Ravel, Piano Concerto in G	Anastasiya Naplekova University of Florida Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini	Sara Kim Doan University of North Texas 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.