Alan Gampel from the USA begins his semi-final recital in the 1991 GPA Dublin International Piano Competition, the second in the series. He qualified to play in the final round, and won 6th prize. He also won the prize for the best performance of a Mozart piece having played Mozart's Sonata in B flat KV 570 in the second round. The year 1991 was the bicentenary of Mozart's death, and many competitors chose to include at least one of Mozart's compositions in their program. Eighteen competitors progressed far enough in the competition for their choice to be heard. Alan Gampel was also a semi-finalist in the first competition of the series in 1988. He gives a short interview at the end of this sonata.