Kazak wins Leeds piano competition

Kazak wins Leeds piano competition

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norman lebrecht

September 18, 2021

Alim Beisembayev of Kazakhstan has been announced as winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition.

He’s 23, a student at the Royal College of Music in London.

Alim was one of five male finalists in a show barely covered by national media after BBC TV cancelled live coverage.

Kaito Kobayashi from Japan came second. Ariel Lanyi of Israel was third.

 

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