

The final round with Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Canton Symphony Orchestra, played in front of a sold-out house in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Thursday evening, May 21, would determine who would win first, second and third prizes in each division, as well as who would be awarded the Mozart, Bach and Audience prizes. The semifinal round pared that number down to six finalists - three each in the Senior and Junior divisions. (Photo: Jon Theobald.)įiled Under: Previews Tagged With: Chaeyoung Park, Cleveland International Piano Competition, Elliot Wuu, Jae Hong Park, Leonid Nediak, William Yang, Young Artists Competition, Yuanfan Yang CIPC Young Artists Competition: final round with the Canton Symphony (May 21)Īfter playing two rounds with no eliminations, the original pool of 24 young pianists in the Cleveland International Piano Competition’s Young Artists Competition was trimmed to 12. Bach Prize ($500): William Yang, 13, USA. Third Prize, Junior Division ($2,500): Elliot Wuu, 15, USA. Second Prize, Junior Division ($5,000): Leonid Nediak, 12, Canada. First Prize, Junior Division ($10,000): Jae Hong Park, 15, South Korea ( left in photo). Third Prize, Senior Division ($5,000): Chaeyoung Park, 17, South Korea. Second Prize, Senior Division ($10,000): Jiacheng Xiong, 18, China. ( right in photo, with executive director Pierre van der Westhuizen). Paul Schenly, chairman of the Jury, announced the winners of the Cleveland International Piano Competition’s Young Artist Competition following the final round on Thursday evening with Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Canton Symphony Orchestra in Gartner Auditorium of the Cleveland Museum of Art.įirst Prize, Senior Division ($25,000): Yuanfan Yang, 18, U.K. įiled Under: CIPC, Previews Tagged With: Anderson & Roe, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cleveland, Chaeyoung Park, Cleveland International Piano Competition and Festival, Dan Tepfer, Daniil Trifonov, Edna Golandsky, Leonid Nediak, Living The Classical Life, Marc-André Hamelin, Martha Argerich, PianoKids, Pierre van der Westhuizen, Stanislav Khristenko, Stéphanie Argerich, Stephen Hough, Taubman Approach, Yefim Bronfman, Zsolt Bognár CIPC names Young Artist Winners When the 2016 Cleveland International Piano Competition and Festival gets underway on July 24 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, patrons will discover that CIPC is a true destination event. “They can attend something in the morning, afternoon, and evening, with lunch and dinner in between.” “This summer is going to be a full-immersion experience for our audiences,” Pierre van der Westhuizen (left), President and CEO of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, exclaimed during a recent telephone conversation.
