The IX Sydney International Piano Competition took place at the Seymour Centre in Sydney from 16 July to 2 August 2008.
It was won by Konstantin Shamray.
Warren Thomson (chairman) Michael Brimer
Manana Doidjashvili
Aquiles Delle Vigne Ian Munro
Arie Vardi
Zhou Guangren| Winner | |
|---|---|
| 1st Grand Prize | Konstantin Shamray |
| 2nd Prize | Tatyana Kolesova |
| 3rd Prize | Ran Dank |
| 4th Prize |  Takashi Sato |
| 5th Prize | Tomoki Kitamura |
| 6th Prize |  Eric Zuber |
| Australian SQ engagement | Konstantin Shamray |
| People's Choice Prize | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Female competitor | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Australian competitor | Hoang Pham |
| Best Australian Music performance | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Best Mozart Concerto performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best overall Concerto performance | Ran Dank |
| Best 19th/20th century Concerto performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Beethoven performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Chopin performance | Takashi Sato |
| Best Liszt performance | Eric Zuber |
| Best Liszt Study performance | Charlie Albright |
| Best Rachmaninoff performance | Ran Dank |
| Best Chamber Music performance | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Mozart performance | Konstantin Shamray |
| Best Schubert performance | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Best Debussy Prélude performance | Ran Dank |
| Best Russian Music performance | Tatyana Kolesova |
| Best Romantic Music overall performance | Yoonsoo Rhee |
| Best Haydn Sonata performance | Yoonsoo Rhee |
| Lev Vlassenko Memorial Prize |  Daniil Tsvetkov |
| I Round Encouragement Award | Feng Zhang |
| Quarter-Finals Encouragement Award | Alexei Yemtsov |
| Semi-finals Encouragement Award |  Shizuka Susanna Salvemini |
| Youngest finalist | Tomoki Kitamura |
| Youngest Australian competitor | Hoang Pham |
16–17 July 2008
Charlie Albright Fernando Altamura
Manuel Araujo Marco Ciampi Sean Chen Ran Dank
Christopher Devine John Fisher
Balázs Fülei David Fung Adam Herd Shizuka Susanna Salvemini Miya Kazauka Tomoki Kitamura
Ka-Ling Colleen Lee Ryan McEvoy McCullough
José Menor Martín Hoang Pham Takashi Sato Daniil Tsvetkov Mariangela Vacatello Xun Wang
Wojciech Wisniewski Alexei Yemtsov Feng Zhang Xi-Xi Zhou Hao Zhu Eric Zuber21–22 July 2008
Charlie Albright Fernando Altamura Sean Chen Ran Dank Christopher Devine David Fung Tomoki Kitamura José Menor Martín Hoang Pham Shizuka Susanna Salvemini Takashi Sato Daniil Tsvetkov Mariangela Vacatello Alexei Yemtsov Hao Zhu Eric Zuber23–25 July 2008
Charlie Albright Ran Dank Tomoki Kitamura Hoang Pham Shizuka Susanna Salvemini Takashi Sato Daniil Tsvetkov Mariangela Vacatello Eric Zuber29 July – 2 August 2008