After a scintillating performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 last night, Sahun Hong was named the PianoArts Competition 2012 first-place winner. The prize was presented by David Yoshiaki Ko, Hong's immediate predecessor and 2010 winner. Xiaohui Yang took home second place, and Emma Liu won the third-place prize.
In addition to his first-place prize, Hong also received the Junior Jury Prize, the Audience Communication Award and the Best Performance of a Violin or Cello Duo award. And if that wasn't enough accolades, he also took home a $1,000 gift certificate for Hal Leonard Music.
Ariela Bohrod also had a nice night, winning the Wisconsin Contestant Award as well as the Scholarship to the International Keyboard & Music Festival, at Mannes College of Music in New York City. This year, the judges eschewed presenting the Best Performance of a Prelude and Fugue by J.S. Bach, instead recognizing Garrick Olsen with the "Best Performance of a post-1940 work" award. Olsen, Bohrod, Phillip Kwoka, Yesse Kim, Yoan Ganev, Josephine Yang, Yinuo Qian, Brian Lin and Christian Gamboa all received commemorative semifinalists' awards.
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