Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

Maria João Pires ("Maria zh'WOW PEE-resh") prepared the wrong piece (20[1])by this composer (20[3])for a performance with the Concertgebouw ("con-SEHRT-huh-bau"), but played the correct one from memory. (20[2])The first movement of a piano sonata by this composer (0[1])is an A major siciliana ("see-cheel-YA-na") marked andante grazioso. (20[1])A concerto this composer (20[1])wrote for Victoire Jenamy ("veek-TWAHR zhe-nah-MEE") was once thought to be written for an unnamed (0[1])"jeunehomme" ("zhun-UM"). Emperor Leopold (20[1])II's coronation (20[2])featured a performance (20[1])of this (0[1])composer's (20[1])(*) 26th (0[1])piano concerto. (10[2]0[1])An ascending (10[1])C major triad over an Alberti (10[1])bass (10[1]0[1])begins this composer's K. 545 (10[4])piano (10[2])sonata, (10[5])which is nicknamed facile ("fah-CHEE-lay"). The A minor finale of an A major piano sonata by this composer imitates Janissary bands. (10[1])For 10 points, name (10[1]0[1])this composer of the "rondo alla turca." ■END■ (10[7]0[5])

ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [or Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Brian Pho	Carmel A	Winston Churchill A	6	20
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Audrain County AT	9	20
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Walter Payton A	9	20
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Saratoga	9	20
Ryan Chang	Centennial B	Milton	22	20
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	22	20
Nicholas Díaz	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson B	32	0
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Lambert A	40	20
Evan Xue	Johns Creek	Westwood	44	20
Kaiden Lee	Northview	Hunter A	57	0
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Uni School of Nashville B	60	20
Gugan Thuduppathy	Montgomery Blair A	Detroit Catholic Central A	62	20
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Detroit Catholic Central B	62	20
Brodie Henry	West Point	Barrington	65	20
Amber Dong	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Grosse Pointe South	67	0
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Innovation Academy B	68	20
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Richard Montgomery	69	0
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Centennial A	71	0
Sophia Swain	Herron	Page	71	10
Anirudh "Ani" Srinivasan	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Thomas Jefferson A	71	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Northmont	73	10
Samy El-Zahabi	Chattahoochee B	Fairfield County AT	79	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Irvington	80	0
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Thomas Jefferson D	80	10
Leo Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Belmont	85	10
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Innovation Academy A	85	10
Ian Chung	Parkway West	Seven Lakes	85	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Detroit Catholic Central C	85	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Great Valley	86	10
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Saint Joseph	86	10
Nico Bobis	Glenbrook South	Walker	87	10
Jeffrey Lee	Irvington	Lincoln-Way East A	87	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Solon	87	10
Crystal He	Thomas Jefferson E	Kane County AT	87	10
Tiger Wu	Winston Churchill B	Lee's Summit	87	10
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Park Tudor	107	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Chattahoochee A	111	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Lambert B	111	0
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson B	Carl Sandburg	119	10
Sahil Prasad	Centennial A	Classen SAS	119	0
Balaskanda Sivanandame	Lambert B	Carmel B	119	10
Stephen Langdon	Lincoln-Way East B	Coronado	119	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Northview	119	10
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Quince Orchard	119	0
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Northside College Prep	119	0
Anthony Lau	Richard Montgomery	Hinsdale Central A	119	10
Wilson Hartley	Virginia	North Quincy	119	10
Luke Hinkson	White Pigeon	Homewood-Flossmoor	119	0
Everett Van Til	Homewood-Flossmoor	White Pigeon	119	0
Aaron Zhang	Walter Payton B	Yukon B	119	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	90%	31%	0%	75.00