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SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean pianist Lee Hyuk (21) won the 17th Animato Piano Competition, which ended on the 7th (local time) in Paris, France.
Hyuk Lee won the championship and received a special Mazurka award.
Also, Hyuk Lee has been invited to a performance planned to be held at a major concert venue in France arranged by the Animato Association and will receive additional prize of 30,000 euros and a special Mazurka prize of 2,000 euros, his management agency Etoile Classic announced Friday.
Under the slogan “The Future Great Pianists' Today" (translated), the Animato Association recruit late teens to mid-20s through recommendation from well-known pianists and educators to hold the Animato Competition. The competition is held in a recital style.
Including this year's Chopin Competition winner Bruce Liu, Denis Matsuev, Olga Cairn, Alexander Kobrin, and other world major competition winners served as a gateway to the French music scene. As for Koreans, Taehyung Kim and Hanbin Han have previously won prizes.
Lee Hyuk, who was the only Korean to reach the final for this year's Chopin Competition, also presented his own interpretation of Chopin's songs at the competition.
Russian-American pianist Olga Cairn chaired the jury. All the assigned songs for this competition were Chopin's. A total of 20 judges evaluated 11 semi-finalists and 6 finalists. Hyuk Lee performed Fantasy Op.49 for the final.
Lee, who is currently attending the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, is scheduled to hold a solo recital at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul on March 16 next year.
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