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Performances By The Two

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The competition is the sixth edition.

6 edition · Missouri Southern International Piano Competition

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Jian Liu is 15 years old.

15 years · Jian Liu

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Natasha Kislenko is 25 years old.

25 years · Natasha Kislenko

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The competition was held last week.

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The performances were recorded at Saturday night's Gala Winners' Concert.

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Performances by the two first-place finishers in the Sixth Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, held last week at Missouri Southern State College in Joplin: The Junior Division winner, 15-year-old Chinese pianist Jian Liu, performs the Mephisto Waltz by Franz Liszt. Senior Division winner Natasha Kislenko, a 25-year-old from Russia, plays "L'Isle Joyeuse" (leel zhoy- (OO)Z—"The Joyous Island") by Claude Debussy. Recorded at Saturday night's Gala Winners' Concert. (KXMS, Joplin)

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