Ten contestants on Oct. 16 advanced to the semifinal round of NTD’s 7th International Piano Competition, taking place at the Merkin Hall of Kaufman Music Center in New York.
The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure beauty, and to bring back the glory of piano masterpieces from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods.
The competition features a special commissioned piece, rearranged from one of the vocal pieces composed by Artistic Director of Shen Yun Performing Arts, D. F.
This year’s commissioned piece, “Holy Grace,” a symphonic poem, is classical Chinese music for the piano.
Semifinals competitors will have a chance to compete for the “Best Rendition Award of the Commissioned Composition.”
Semifinalists
Boris Krivoshein, Russia Ching-Yi Lin, Taiwan Karen Yoshida, Canada Wei Wu, Taiwan Shih-Yeh Lu, Taiwan Tang Hsing Lien, Taiwan Yun-Hsuan Shannon Chiang, Taiwan Robert Neumann, Germany Jean-Luc Therrien, Canada Takeshi Shimozato, Japan
Competition Schedule
Semifinals: Oct. 17, 10 a.m. ET Finals: Oct. 18, 1:20 p.m. ET Winners’ Concert: Oct. 19, 2 p.m. ET Awards Ceremony: Oct. 19, 4:50 p.m. ETAdmission tickets: $25
