Curtis Phill Hsu wins the 2026 Viotti International Piano Competition
The 22-year-old American pianist took first prize in Vercelli after a final with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano.
Curtis Phill Hsu, a 22-year-old pianist from the United States, has won first prize in the piano section of the 76th Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition in Vercelli, Italy. The prize carries 14,000 euros.
The final took place on Saturday, October 17, at the Teatro Civico in Vercelli, with three pianists performing concertos with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under conductor Enrico Fagone. Hsu played Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The other two finalists were Young-Ho Shin, 19, of South Korea, and Maya Oganyan, 21, who is Russian-Armenian.
The international jury was chaired by the Serbian pianist Anika Vavic.
Source: Prima Vercelli, Corriere Eusebiano
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Three finalists, two of them chose the same concerto. Does that make judging harder?
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