Third placed pianist wins $100,000
mainSean Chen, who came third in the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, has been awarded $100k by the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund.
He was the first American artist to reach the finals in 16 years.
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“Chen proposes to use his fellowship, in part, to make a down payment for a piano.”
He will need that money if he fancies a Steinway:
http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/steinway.htm