After a long and elaborate process, the prize winners of the Aarhus International piano competition have been announced. Everything started in December 2018, when the pre-jury has searched for pianists all over the world, selected 42 musicians and worked on their anonymized recording.
The preselection jury was composed by Christopher Elton from the United Kingdom, Tove Lønskov from Denmark and Uta Weyand from Germany, which met and worked together in Copenhagen.
The competitors, all under the age of 22, have performed amazing piano pieces and the finalists had the chance to play with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.
The result of Aarhus International Piano Competition 2019 are here listed:
Category A:
First prize: Ennian Bai, China
Second prize: Ryan Martin Bradshaw, Australia/Slovakia
Third prize: Hao Rao, China
Carl Nielsen prize: Ryan Martin Bradshaw
Audience prize: Ryan Martin Bradshaw
The first three mentioned winners have had the chance to play at the final concert on the 23rd of March, in Aarhus, Denmark.
Category B:
First prize: Jeonghwan Kim, South Korea
Second prize: David Munk-Nielsen, Denmark
Third prize: Ignas Maknickas, Lithuania
Fourth prize: Junhyung Kim, South Korea
Carl Nielsen prize: David Munk-Nielsen
EMCY prize: David Munk-Nielsen
This edition has been defined a “true celebration of piano music” and has brought great satisfaction, not only to the young musicians but also to the experienced organizers, which are now already thinking about the 2021 edition.
You can see the schedule and daily programmes by clicking here and find out the videos of the competition on Youtube at this link.
