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Curtis kid wins US Chopin competition

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norman lebrecht

March 03, 2015

Eric Lu, 17, a Curtis student of Jonathan Biss and Robert McDonald, took first prize at the Ninth National Chopin Piano Competition Sunday at Miami-Dade County Auditorium, SFCR reports. Details here.

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Anon says:

March 3, 2015 at 2:31 pm

And perhaps we will hear more of him in November. He’s on the elimination round list for the Polish Chopin Competition.

http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en/edition/xvii/preliminary/3770

Bang Bang says:

March 3, 2015 at 8:57 pm

So we can look forward to the 354th recording of either piano concerto?

Robert Eshbach says:

March 3, 2015 at 11:50 pm

It’s a shame that the only teachers who get mentioned are the later ones. Often, the earlier teachers are equally or more important and influential in the development of such extraordinarily gifted young musicians. Eric Lu studied in Boston with Angel Ramon Rivera, and both he and George Li (Wha Kyung Byun) grew up together in the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, certainly one of the finest piano preparatory programs in the world. They are both exemplary young men, and truly amazing pianists and musicians.

Robert Eshbach says:

March 3, 2015 at 11:54 pm

It’s a shame that usually the only teachers who get mentioned are the later ones. Often, the earlier teachers are equally or more important and influential in the development of such extraordinarily gifted young musicians. Eric Lu studied in Boston with Angel Ramon Rivera, and both he and George Li (Wha Kyung Byun) grew up together in the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, certainly one of the finest piano preparatory programs in the world. They are both exemplary young men, and truly amazing pianists and musicians.