![]() ![]() In 2019, he took home the win at the e-Piano Junior Competition, an international event held in Minneapolis for classical pianists aged 17 and under. The CBC named him among the “Top 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30” in 2013 when he was 10. That was when he was awarded a top prize at the Canadian Music Competition in the seven-year-old category. Then you have this talent, on the other hand, that is world-class and he can stand in front of the greatest conductors and musicians of the world at the age of 17.”Ĭhen has been winning competitions and earning attention since he was seven years old. “When you chat with him, you see somebody who appreciates anything and everything someone will do for him. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The final showdown took place in Geneva, Switzerland.Ĭhen wasn’t only the first-prize winner: he also took home the Young Audience Prize, the Rose-Marie Huguenin Prize, the Fondation Etrillard Prize, the Concerts de Jussy Prize, the Socété des Arts Prize and the Steinway Prizewinner Concerts prize. The 40 pianists were then cut down to nine semi-finalists, and then four finalists. This year’s edition of the Councours de Genève initially featured 182 candidates, which was cut down to 40 pianists aged 16 to 29 from 14 countries by a jury. “We were in tears after every round he played,” said Jean Grand-Maitre, the former artistic director of Alberta Ballet who enlisted Chen to play piano as part of his final piece for the company, The Memory Room, in May as part of the High Performance Rodeo at the GRAND. ![]() The next issue of Calgary Sun Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. His piano teacher, Renata Popovych Çavdar, said Hamit was a natural and a gifted boy. Even dreaming of this makes me happy, he added. I imitate Martha Argerich and Lang Lang and want to become a world-renowned pianist, Özpolat said.
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