Weeping Japanese wins Wieniawski Competition
NewsIt was well past midnight before the jury in Poznan, Poland, chaired by Augustin Dumay, decided to give the 50,000 Euros first price to 20 year-old Hina Maeda from Japan.
Second prize went to Meruert Karmenova of Kazakhstan and the third to China’s Qingzhu Weng.
Maeda, who had given vivacious performances, could not stop crying after the result was announced.
She studies with Machie Oguri, Koichi Harada and Mayuko Kamio at the Tokyo University of Music.
Huna Maeda is an experienced competitor.
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