Canadian Bruce Liu wins 18th Chopin international piano competition
CTV
The jury of the 18th Frederic Chopin international piano competition has announced Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu of Canada as the winner of the 40,000-euro (US$45,000) first prize in the 18th Frederic Chopin international piano competition that launches pianists' world careers.
The announcement came early Thursday, just hours after the last among the 12 finalists played a Chopin concerto with the orchestra at the packed National Philharmonic in Warsaw.
The second prize and 30,000 euros ($35,000) went to Alexander Gadjiev, representing Italy and Slovenia and to Kyohei Sorita of Japan, while the third prize of 20,000 euros ($23,000) was awarded to Martin Garcia Garcia of Spain.
High ranking in the renowned competition opens the world's top concert halls to the pianists and pave the way to recordings with best known record companies.
Held every five years, the competition was postponed from 2020 by the pandemic.
