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CIPC for Young Artists Ends on a Festive Note

June 11th 2018
General
Cleveland International Piano Competition
Yunchan Lim (Junior Division)
Eva Gevorgyan (Junior Division)
Hao Wei Lin (Junior Division)
JiWon Yang (Senior Division)
Xiaoxuan Li (Senior Division)
Shuan Hern Lee (Senior Division)
Photo by Roger Mastroianni

The winners of the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists were announced at an award ceremony on Saturday June 9, following an exciting final round the previous night.  After nine days of performances, fourteen-year-old Eva Gevorgyan of Russia was named first prize winner of the junior division and Xuaoxuan Li age 16, of China was named first prize winner of the senior division.

After the prizes were awarded the six finalists performed encore recitals for an enthusiastic audience that came to hear the young prodigies one last time.

Please click here for a complete list of prizewinners.


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