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It is 8:00 A.M., Friday, June 28, 2002, and we are in a car, driving from midtown to the Manhattan School of Music for the last day of The Inaugural New York Piano Competition (NYPC). It will begin at 9:30 A.M. with the ensemble round, where all twenty-two contestants, divided into eleven teams, will compete for two prizes in the one-piano, four-hands category. Following a lunch break, the six judges will work with all the contestants in master classes for approximately three hours. After a short rest period, the final ceremonies will begin at 7:00 P.M. in Borden Hall, with all the candidates on stage, a full house in the auditorium and everyone waiting with great ...