Ho Chi Minh City Piano Competition 2023 will take place in July

SGGPO 06/26/2023 20:02

Held from July 6 to July 9 at the Concert Hall - Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music (112 Nguyen Du, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City), the Ho Chi Minh City Piano Competition 2023 is expected to attract many talented contestants.

Students participate in the Ho Chi Minh City Piano Competition

The Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music has just announced official information about the Ho Chi Minh City Piano Competition 2023. This year, the organizers have expanded the age limit so that all classical piano lovers can participate. The Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music also welcomes all classical piano lovers to come and watch, especially young people to learn.

The Organizing Committee also informed about the judges of the two groups: professional and non-professional. In the professional group, there are the judges: Dr. Le Ho Hai, Chairman of the Jury, Deputy Head of the Piano Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music; Prof. Jérôme Granjon, lecturer at the Paris Regional Conservatory and the French National Conservatory of Music in Lyon; Prof. Ng Chong Lim, former judge of the 5th, 6th and 7th ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competitions, former lecturer at the University of Malaya (Malaysia); Dr. Eva Joo Eun Young, postgraduate lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huy Phuong - Chairman of the School Council, former Deputy Head of the Piano Department of the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

In the non-professional group, there are judges: MSc. Nguyen Thuy Yen, Chairman of the Jury, Deputy Head of the Piano Department of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music; Prof. Dr. Park Jee Won, Lecturer and Head of Postgraduate Studies at Sangmyung University (Korea); MSc. Pham Trong Chuong, former Head of the Piano Department of Hanoi College of Art; MSc. Pham Nguyen Anh Vu, Lecturer of the Piano Department, Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.

The representative of the organizing committee said that the non-professional candidates who won first, second, and third prizes in the categories and met the age requirements for the entrance exam to the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, if they have the need, will be directly admitted to the regular program at the Piano Department (without having to take the official entrance exam). Candidates who won first, second, and third prizes will perform in a special concert organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.

Some pictures of the contestants' performances

Dr. Le Ho Hai (Head of Piano Department, Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music) and Prof. Shin Soo Jung (Honorary Professor, Seoul National University, Korea) presented awards to the contestants.

Dr. Stephanie Shih-yu Cheng (Piano Lecturer, University of Denver, USA) and Dr. Onpavee Nitisingkarin (Lecturer, Mahidol University, Thailand) presented awards to the contestants.

Mr. Makoto Tani (General Director of Yamaha Music Vietnam Co., Ltd.) awarded the contestants.

The Music Talent Development Center of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music was established in 2011. In 2014, to create a playground for piano students - the subject with the largest number of students, and also to promote the movement of learning classical piano in Ho Chi Minh City, the center organized the Amateur Piano Competition.

In the first organization, there were more than 60 contestants participating. After 3 years of organization, the contest received support and response from lecturers and contestants from many provinces and cities across the country.

In 2017, a new turning point, the Amateur Piano Competition developed into the Ho Chi Minh City Piano Competition with the participation of professional contestants and prestigious foreign judges.

Including the early Amateur Piano Competitions, this year is the 7th time the competition has been held. Students, piano students at music centers, amateur and professional music schools in many cities in the country, especially Ho Chi Minh City, have gradually known, loved and appreciated the competition.

Many contestants have returned to the competition multiple times as a regular practice to test their professional skills after a year of hard work.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/cuoc-thi-piano-tphcm-2023-se-dien-ra-vao-thang-7-post695111.html