International Piano Festival Winners Announced
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Nhi Luong and Hans Chan were named the winners of the 16th Lee University International Piano Festival and Competition, coming in first and second place, respectively. Their prizes were among six monetary awards distributed to Festival winners, concluding the virtual competition held May 27-31.
The standard of the competition was extremely high and the adjudicators had a difficult time selecting the winners at the end, said Dr. Jonathan Jung, Festival director and music professor at Lee. We are tremendously grateful to see so many talented young pianists joining the Piano Festival this year and look forward to hosting our future events in person.
Luong was awarded $3,000 for first prize and Chan received $2,000 for second place. Carey Byron and Adrian King tied for third and each received $700. Yian Wang won $400 for fifth place, and sixth prize of $200 went to Angelina Ning.
Winners were chosen from a field of 20 young pianists, all of whom participated in the week-long festival. The Festival participants enjoyed performances by world-renowned guest artists Christopher Harding and Thomas Lanners, along with virtual instruction from Lee University School of Music faculty members Jung, ChoEun Lee, and Phillip Thomas.
For information on the annual Lee University International Piano Festival and Competition, contact Lees School of Music at 614-8264 or visit the Piano Festivals website at .
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Kangai “Newnew” Hong at the piano
Kangai Hong, better known to Moore County friends as Newnew, recently competed in the 2021 Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition for Young Artists, winning an honorable mention in the intermediate A2 group.
Newnew says that she was both excited and nervous during the competition, which was done remotely.
I did three pieces for each video, she says.
Her uncle, Stuart Schulte, adds that they had to use a special app.
It allowed three tries for each piece, he says. You couldnt keep doing it over, for example, if the dog barked.
We went over to Sandhills to my teachers studio where it was quiet, says Newnew.
The ONeal School student was first taught piano at the age of 5 by her mother, Sandy Chen.
Newnew came to the U.S. with her mother when she was 4 to see Disney World and visit her aunt, Hong, says Schulte. She decided at a very young age that she wanted to study here and live with us while in school.
According to Schulte, the Episcopal Day School, which was under the direction of Tom Brereton and Jill Connett at the time, made special arrangements to have her as their first F-1 foreign student in 2017 as a third-grader.
She arrived speaking little English, but was fluent by fourth grade, he says.
Born July 15, 2009, in Zhuhai, China, she is also the daughter of Henry Hong.
I practice three hours on weekdays in the summer, most of the time, Newnew says. When Im in school, its usually two hours.