Announcing the 11 semifinalists of the

Fou Ts'ong International Concerto Competition

Aug 19-20, 2023

Boston, MA, USA

Concerto 2023:

Tchaikovsky:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23

(1879 version, the 2nd edition, available on IMSLP as “Version B”)

Candidates from Canada, China, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and USA of age 35 and under submitted videos for evaluation.

The Preliminary Round 5-member Jury Panel (alphabetically, Gloria Chien, Grace Chung, Jianing Kong, Anton Nel, and Yinfei Wan ) praised the advanced level of achievement demonstrated by all the applicants, made the selecting process a challenging task.

The following 11 are recommended to the Semi-Final Round to be held in person on

August 19, 2023, 1-6 pm at NEC's Williams Hall in Boston.  

(alphabetically)

1, Rina Kharrasova, Russia

2, Sunmin Kim, S. Korea

3, Wanjoony Kim, S. Korea

4, Binghao Li, China

5, Che Li, China

6, Qi Qi, China

7, Hanwen Shi, China

8, Szuyu Su, Taiwan

9, Jessica Yuma, Canada

10, Helaine Zhao, USA

11, Hang Zhong, China

Five will be advanced to the Final Round on Sunday Aug 20, 7:30 to 11 pm at NEC's Williams Hall in front of the same jury panel.

Both Semifinal and Final Rounds are

Open to the public.

Admission is Free. Suggested donation $10 at door. Children under 6 not admitted. 

Details at: http://www.chineseperformingarts.net/contents/summer/2023/0819/index.html

First prize: USD $5,000, performing with Mercury Orchestra at NEC's Jordan Hall, Aug 26, 2023, 7:30 pm

and a returning solo recital at Summer FREE

Concerts @ NEC 2024.

Second prize: USD $2,000

Third prize: USD $1,000

Jury Panel:

(alphabetically)

(The judges will not give scores to his/her current students)

Semifinal and Final Rounds: 

1, Professor Bruce Brubaker, Chair of Piano Department, New England Conservatory of Music, USA, https://brucebrubaker.com/

2, Mr. Richard Dyer,

retired senior music critic of The Boston Globe, USA. Jury of international piano competitions including Van Cliburn, Cleveland, Sendai, among others. https://alumni.hiram.edu/page/awarddyer

3, Professor Michael Lewin, Head of Piano Department of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, USA .

Artistic Director of the Boston Conservatory Piano Masters Series. www.michaellewin.com

4, Professor Sergey Schepkin,

Carnegie Mellon University,

New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory, USA, https://schepkin.com/

5, Mr. Channing Yu,

Conductor Mercury Orchestra, USA, http://channingyu.com/

The 34th Season

2022-2023

UPCOMING

Fou Ts'ong International Concerto Competition

Aug 19-20, 2023

(for all pianists up to 35yr)

Concerto 2023:

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 (1879 version, the 2nd edition,  available on IMSLP as “Version B”

Summer FREE Concerts @ NEC 2023 

The 35th Season

2023-2024

AT

NEC'S JORDAN HALL

Saturday, September 23, 2023, 8 pm

Autumn Water  

Jianbing Hu  

Jian Bao  

Saturday, Jan 13, 2024, 8 pm:

Stella Chen, violin, 

Matthew Lipman, viola, and Brannon Cho, cello

Friday, March 8, 2024,

8 pm:

Minsoo Sohn, piano

Saturday, April 13, 2024, 8 pm:

Kuok-Wei Liao, piano