Curtis student, 18, books her place in Warsaw Chopin finals
mainFrom our colleagues at South Florida Classical Review:
Avery Gagliano, an 18-year-old student at the Curtis Institute, was named First Prize winner of the 10th National Chopin Competition in Miami on Sunday evening. The award carries a cash prize of $100,000 and entry into the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw this coming October …
More here.
And so the competition lunacy continues………………
100k? Jesus… lollipops for life.
Bravo, Miss Gagliano!
Back when she was a public school student, she was given the run-around by her then public school administration for being “truant” despite her straight-A grades, strong academic support from parents, and a developing piano career:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-dc-a-12-year-old-piano-prodigy-is-treated-as-a-truant-instead-of-a-star-student/2014/09/08/58962746-3727-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html
Curtis is in Philadelphia, not Washington, DC.
The quote is from SFCR. We have now corrected it.
she’ll have to get through the 1st 3 rounds before she gets to the finals.
She’s absolutely polished and deserved to win. I saw the entire competition. But still, there was a 16 yo who was more impressive. But made more mistakes.