This Week in Piano: November 7 to 13, 2026

A competition win in Korea, new Young Concert Artists, and a Beethoven announcement from Lang Lang.

Jeonghwan Kim wins in Tongyeong. The German pianist took first prize in the piano category of the 2026 Isang Yun International Music Competition in South Korea, playing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in the final on November 7. Read more. Source: Seoul Shinmun

Taige Wang joins Young Concert Artists. On November 9, Young Concert Artists in New York named the American pianist, 16, among the winners of its 2026 Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. Read more. Source: Young Concert Artists

Lang Lang records all five Beethoven concertos. Deutsche Grammophon announced that Lang Lang has recorded the five Beethoven piano concertos with the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig and conductor Andris Nelsons. The album, Beethoven · The Piano Concertos, is due on March 5, 2027, the year of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. Sources: Associated Press, BroadwayWorld