The Steinway
Children & Youth Piano Competition, and First China Regional
Competition Held in Beijing
Poster for the 65th Steinway Children
& Youth Piano Competition and the First China Regional
Competition. |
The 65th time-honored Steinway Children &
Youth Piano Competition was recently held in Beijing, and also
Asia, for the first time. Out of the 400 participants selected
from throughout China, 49 went on to compete in the finals.
With the aim of popularizing piano education, as well as bringing
piano fever to Beijing -- and even the whole of China, to a
climax, the competition sponsor hosted a series of other activities,
including a concerto concert featuring Chen Sa and the China
Philharmonic Orchestra. Chen Sa won fourth place in the 14th
Chopin International Piano Competition. Arie Vardi, Chen's teacher,
world famous educator and music master, performed a piano solo
concert for the purposes of analyzing and elucidating Chopin's
Polonaise.
