{"id":63365,"date":"2015-10-21T02:49:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T07:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=63365"},"modified":"2015-10-21T02:49:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T07:49:27","slug":"quebec-pianist-finishes-second-in-prestigious-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/21\/quebec-pianist-finishes-second-in-prestigious-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec pianist finishes second in prestigious competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charles Richard-Hamelin (Photo by Antoine Santo via Richard-Hamelin’s website<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WARSAW, Poland \u2013 Quebec pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin has captured second place at the prestigious 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland.<\/p>\n

First place went to Seong-Jin Cho of South Korea while American Kate Liu was third.<\/p>\n

During three weeks of the competition, the pianists played only Chopin\u2019s works before a 17-member international jury.<\/p>\n

In its 88-year history, the Chopin competition has earned a reputation as one of the world’s top piano events, opening international careers to young pianists.<\/p>\n

Richard-Hamelin, who won the 2011 Prix d\u2019Europe, recently won the second prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition and came in third for the best performance of a Beethoven sonata at the Seoul International Music Competition in South Korea.<\/p>\n

As a soloist, he has performed with symphony orchestras in Montreal and Toronto and at major festivals in Canada.<\/p>\n

Richard-Hamelin, who released a CD featuring works by Chopin in September, studied at McGill University in Montreal before earning a master\u2019s degree at the Yale School of Music in 2013.<\/p>\n

Both he and Seong-Jin Cho won the equivalent of about $36,000. The first prize includes concerts in some of the world’s best-known halls and contracts for recordings.\u00a0\u2013 With files from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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