Jeonghwan Kim succeeds at the International Takamatsu Piano Competition
The pianist, a graduate student of Prof. Konrad Maria Engel, was awarded second prize and two special prizes at the prestigious piano competition in Japan.
At the 6th International Takamatsu Piano Competition in Japan, pianist Jeonghwan Kim was awarded second prize as well as two special prizes for the best chamber music performance with strings and for the best performance of the commissioned work. Jeonghwan Kim, born in Seoul in 2000, was taught by Thomas Just as a young student at the Bachgymnasium from 2011 to 2016 and moved to Prof. Konrad Maria Engel’s main subject class in 2017, where he is currently completing his Master’s degree. He has already won awards at several internationally renowned competitions, including the Sydney International Piano Competition, the Sendai International Music Competition, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition, the Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar, the Aarhus International Piano Competition and the Bartók World Competition. The International Piano Competition in Takamatsu, Japan, has been held every four years since 2006 and is aimed at young pianists aged between 15 and 35. This year, it took place from 10 to 23 February at Sunport Hall Takamatsu.