NTD announced the winners of its International Piano Competition in New York on Nov. 2. Antonii Baryshevskyi from Ukraine won the Gold Award, Jiusi Zhang from China won the Silver Award, and Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua from Russia won the Bronze Award. Jiusi Zhang also won the Best Rendition Award of the Commissioned Composition. Dozens of contestants from around the […]
NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is presenting the Future Stars Concert at the Merkin Concert Hall of Kaufman Music Center in New York from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. ET on Nov. 2. Pianists appearing at the concert will include this year’s competition finalists, as well as 2014 Competition Gold Award winner Timur Mustakimov, along with professor Mikhail […]
“Music has been my entire life,” says Trinity Goff, who began piano lessons at age 3 and gave her first performance a year later. But for Goff, the 6th NTD International Piano Competition was in many ways a pleasant change of pace. One noteworthy feature of the competition is its focus on repertoire before 1900, and […]
Jiusi Zhang, finalist at the 6th NTD International Piano Competition, prepared a program on the theme of “death and transfiguration.” He performed the Bach-Busoni Chaconne followed by Brahms Piano Sonata No. 2 on Tuesday. “Traditionally, a chaconne was for either a happy, joyous occasion or a sad and solemn one. This one was from Bach’s […]
Baryshevskyi Antonii gave his all at the 6th NTD International Piano Competition and felt he “received a marvelous experience.” The Ukrainian pianist made it to the final round on Tuesday at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City and performed a program of Liszt’s Waldesrauschen, and one of his favorite works, Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, […]
On Tuesday, six piano finalists competed to win gold at NTD’s sixth International Piano Competition. Yung-Yi Chen from Taiwan debuted in 2009 at the age of 10. He has since performed on renowned stages across the world, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg. […]
Aruth Masrangsan started piano later than many professional musicians. At age 13 he “stumbled” into piano lessons, and “over time I’ve developed more and more love for music.” Applying to the sixth NTD International Piano Competition (NIPC) began as a wish to come to America and to visit his sister, but the experience has enriched Masrangsan […]
In 2020, Yung-Yi Chen turned 20, and then the pandemic hit. The young pianist realized this could be a pause in his career—if he let it. Chen searched for ways to challenge himself and happened upon the sixth NTD International Piano Competition. “If one day my goal is performing, then this is the path I need […]
It can be considered bad luck to enter a competition twice, but Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua had no qualms about entering the 6th NTD International Piano Competition (NIPC) after having made it to the semi-finals round in the 5th NIPC. An alum of the renowned Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Delizonas-Khukhua had heard positive things about the competition from Russian […]
NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is taking place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure beauty, and […]
NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition continued in New York on Oct. 31, with 11 semifinalists competing for a chance to win the gold trophy. NTD spoke with some of the contestants about what it means to play traditional compositions. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts, bringing out pure authenticity, goodness, and beauty. […]
Dozens of pianists joined the 2022 NTD International Piano Competition in New York City, with preliminaries taking place on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30. The semifinals took place on Oct. 31, where pianists performed “The Sacred Journey,” commissioned specifically for the competition. Six finalists were announced. Baryshevskyi Antonii from Ukraine is a soloist with the National […]
NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is taking place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure beauty, and […]
NTD’s 6th international piano competition continued for the second day on Sunday in New York. Thirteen contestants qualified for the semifinals. At Monday’s semifinals, contestants are required to perform a special piano piece commissioned by the competition. Since 2016, the competition has made a special effort to commission a piano arrangement of a piece by D.F., […]
Saturday marked Day 1 of NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition, held in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. Contestants are competing at the Kaufman Center for a chance to win the first-prize golden trophy. Richard Yin, the managing director of the event, said the mission of the competition is to revitalize classical music back to […]
NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is set to take place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure […]
After interruption by a global pandemic and a war, the 6th NTD International Piano Competition is fast approaching, and participating pianists are set to receive the much-awaited commissioned piece that serves as the centerpiece of the competition. On Sept. 15, pianists will see the work “The Sacred Journey” for the first time. They have 45 […]
Between the Schumann “Symphonic Etudes” and Liszt’s “Mephisto Valse,” Vladimir Petrov sat at the Steinway piano thinking, what did he get himself into? It was a difficult program he’d picked for the final round, but it paid off. Petrov won the gold prize at the NTD International Piano Competition on Sept. 28 in New York. […]
For Olena Miso, a pianist from Ukraine who studies in Graz, Austria, the NTD International Piano Competition was a perfect way to try something new. “This is my first time in New York, in America, I’m very excited,” said the finalist, who won an Outstanding Performance award. At the Baruch Performing Arts Center on Sept. […]
Two years ago, Sanghie Lee played Schumann’s Fantasie in C major and it immediately touched her heart. “I thought, this is my story!” Lee said. Robert and Clara Schumann’s love story is a famous one, and this piece is a key piece of it. Schumann had composed a piece titled “Ruines” to express the heartache […]
