Impressions of the final night of the Nghe An Open Piano Festival

(Baonghean.vn) - On the evening of July 30, the final round of the "Nghe An Open Piano Festival 2017" took place with emotional performances by 16 excellent contestants at the Auditorium of Nghe An College of Culture and Arts.

16 contestants participated in the final night of the 2017 Nghe An Open Piano Festival. Photo: Chu Thanh

The jury includes prestigious musicians and instrumentalists: Musician Nguyen Cuong, People's Artist Hoang Thanh, Master Thuong Ha, Artist Ho Thu Trang. Photo: Chu Thanh

Contestant Nguyen Thanh Xuan (Nghe An), 6 years old, is the youngest contestant to compete in the final round. Photo: Chu Thanh

Performance of contestant Ho Nguyen Duc Manh (group B) with the song Sonata K322:

Candidate Tran Linh Ngan. Photo: Chu Thanh

Contestant Tran Linh Ngan's performance:

The 2017 Nghe An Open Piano Festival is hosted by CEG Arts Center (Hanoi) in collaboration with Dreamland Arts Center (Vinh City - Nghe An) for children aged 7 to 15 who are studying non-professional piano in Nghe An province and Thanh Hoa and Ha Tinh provinces.

This is the first time Nghe An has organized a large-scale piano program. Contestants compete in classical, semi-classical, jazz, blues, Broadway, pop, and light music genres.

Contestant Hoang Le Kim Bao (Nghe An) competed with two pieces of music, "Sonatine in C" and "Jazz Fantasy on Mozart". Photo: Chu Thanh

Hoang Le Kim Bao's entry with the song "Sonatine in C"

Contestant Nguyen Tuan Anh performed two songs "Arabesque Etudio" and "No9.Opsgg.Czeny"

According to the assessment of Musician Nguyen Cuong - Judge of the Final Round: "Although this was just a performance by amateur piano students, it really left me with many emotions. The children were like real artists, passionate and skillful on each key. The development of this most luxurious musical instrument in Nghe An province and neighboring provinces has shown that the need to enjoy culture has been raised, and at the same time, it proves the rapid development of the economy here. Because to study this subject, in addition to the children's talent, the family must also have a large investment.".

In Nghe An, in recent years, the number of students studying piano has increased rapidly. In just one month of launching and implementing the Nghe An Open Piano Festival 2017, the Organizing Committee received 51 applications. Through the preliminary round, the competition's judges selected 37 contestants for the final round and 16 contestants for the final round.

The three first prize winners include Tran Linh Ngan (Group A), Hoang Le Kim Bao (Group B), and Pham Tuan Trung (Group C). Photo: Chu Thanh

As a result, the First Prize of the 2017 Nghe An Open Piano Festival went to 3 contestants: Tran Linh Ngan (Group A), Hoang Le Kim Bao (Group B), and Pham Tuan Trung (Group C).

Second Prize was awarded to the contestants: Ho Trung Quan (Group A), Nguyen Luu Thu Linh (Group B), Tran Le Huu Gioi (Group C).

Second prize awarded to 3 contestants: Ho Trung Quan (Group A), Nguyen Luu Thu Linh (Group B), Tran Le Huu Gioi (Group C).

Candidates: Tran Hoang Gia Bao (Group A), Ho Nguyen Duc Manh (Group B), Nguyen Gia Huy (Group C) were awarded the C prize.

The Encouragement Prizes were awarded to contestants Nguyen Thanh Xuan, Nguyen Tuan Anh (Group A), Luong Thu Phuong, Nguyen Luu Ha Linh (Group B), Nguyen Manh Cuong, Pham Trong Phuong An (Group C). Contestant Vu Dan Chi (Group B) was awarded the promising prize.

The 16 finalists at the Festival will also go straight to the "CEG music" shining round organized by CEG Arts Center in Hanoi in early August 2017.

The Principal of Nghe An College of Culture and Arts has also decided to directly admit 8 candidates to study at the regular intermediate level majoring in piano at Nghe An College of Culture and Arts from the 2017-2018 school year, including candidates who won first and second prizes, candidates who won promising prizes and candidate Ha Hai Dang.

Ha Chi - Chu Thanh