{"id":111009,"date":"2025-01-15T11:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=111009"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:00:01","slug":"scoop-students-alumni-royal-conservatory-take-eight-nine-wins-canadian-chopin-piano-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/01\/15\/scoop-students-alumni-royal-conservatory-take-eight-nine-wins-canadian-chopin-piano-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Students & Alumni Of The Royal Conservatory Take Eight Of Nine Wins At The Canadian Chopin Piano Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"L:
L: \u00a0Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin, 1849 (Photo: Louis-Auguste Bisson, 1814-1876\/Public domain); R: Manuscript by F Chopin: Polonaise, pour le piano, dedicated to Monsieur Auguste Leo. Op. 53. Leipsic Breitkopf et Haertel. Paris Schlesinger. Londres Wessel et Stapleton, 1842 (Source: Heineman Music Collection (Unbound), Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Music Manuscripts and Books\/Public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sixth Canadian Chopin Piano Competition was held from January 9 to 13, 2025 at Toronto\u2019s Telus Centre for Performing Arts. The location, with performances at the Royal Conservatory\u2019s Koerner Hall and Mazzoleni Concert Hall, was auspicious, in that eight of the nine winners were students or alumni from The Glenn Gould School, The Taylor Academy and the RCM Certificate Program.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations to our students and alumni for their impressive achievements at last night\u2019s competition. The calibre of performance was incredibly high and we are so proud of all who will be representing Canada at the upcoming Chopin competition in Poland. My congratulations as well to the Canadian Chopin Society who put on a spectacular competition at The Royal Conservatory,\u201d said Alexander Brose<\/strong>, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO, The Royal Conservatory of Music in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Chopin Piano Competition<\/h2>\n

The Canadian Chopin Piano competition is held every five years to coincide with the International F. Chopin Piano Competition, which is held in Warsaw, Poland.<\/p>\n

Young Canadian pianists can compete in one of three divisions, Junior, Intermediate or Senior, and perform works by the iconic composer in front of a jury made up of internationally renowned pianists.<\/p>\n

For the top three winners in the Senior division, there\u2019s an extra perk: they\u2019ll get funding for travel expenses to Poland to participate in the Preliminary Round of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. They may also be accepted directly into the Preliminary Round, bypassing screening by the selection committee.<\/p>\n

Prize Winners<\/h3>\n

Three RCM Certificate Program students prevailed in the Junior Division, including 1st Prize to Aidan Zhou<\/strong> (Richmond Hill, ON), 2nd Prize to Ethan Wang<\/strong> (Calgary, AB), and 3rd prize to Charlotte Florence Deng<\/strong> (Delta, BC).<\/p>\n

Taylor Academy students Kenneth Chen<\/strong> and Xian Bao<\/strong> took First and Second Prize, respectively, in the Intermediate division, with Charlotte Giraudeau<\/strong>, ARCT \u201922, snagging 3rd Prize.<\/p>\n

Eric Guo<\/strong>, who earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree from the Glenn Gould School, where he is currently in the Artist Diploma Program (\u201826), took 3rd Prize in the Senior Division, with Athena Deng<\/strong>, ARCT ’22, taking 2nd Prize.<\/p>\n

Vancouver pianist Ryan Wang<\/a><\/strong>, recently named the BBC Young Musician of 2024, took 1st Prize in the Senior Division.<\/p>\n

The 19th annual Chopin International Piano Competition<\/a> takes place in Warsaw, Poland from October 2 to 23, 2025. Can we expect to see another young Canadian<\/a> take the podium again….?<\/p>\n

Are you looking to promote an event<\/u><\/span><\/a>? Have a\u00a0news tip<\/u><\/a>? Need to know the best\u00a0events<\/u><\/a>\u00a0happening this weekend? Send us a\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>note<\/u>.<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n

Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sign up for the Ludwig Van Toronto e-Blast! \u2014 local classical music and opera news straight to your inbox <\/em>HERE<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eight of the nine winners of the Sixth Canadian Chopin Piano Competition were students or alumni from the Royal Conservatory of Music, the exception the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":111011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41660,17,39,47,63,41610],"tags":[41676,39817,5626,15283],"yst_prominent_words":[11969,15838,7781,9021,9057,9059,13317,9943],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-INTERVIEW-2025-01-15T115516.011.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-sSt","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111009"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111014,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111009\/revisions\/111014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111009"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=111009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}