Category: NTD competitions

LIVE 2 PM ET: 2022 NTD International Piano Competition: Future Stars Concert & Award Ceremony

NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is taking place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure beauty, and…


LIVE NOW: 2022 NTD International Piano Competition: Future Stars Concert & Award Ceremony

NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is presenting the Future Stars Concert at the Merkin Concert Hall of Kaufman Music Center in New York from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. ET on Nov. 2. Pianists appearing at the concert will include this year’s competition finalists, as well as 2014 Competition Gold Award winner Timur Mustakimov, along with professor Mikhail…


Death and Transfiguration at the NTD International Piano Competition: Finalist Jiusi Zhang

Jiusi Zhang, finalist at the 6th NTD International Piano Competition, prepared a program on the theme of “death and transfiguration.” He performed the Bach-Busoni Chaconne followed by Brahms Piano Sonata No. 2 on Tuesday. “Traditionally, a chaconne was for either a happy, joyous occasion or a sad and solemn one. This one was from Bach’s…


Music and the Possibility of ‘Perfect Beauty’: NTD International Piano Competition Finalist Trinity Goff

“Music has been my entire life,” says Trinity Goff, who began piano lessons at age 3 and gave her first performance a year later. But for Goff, the 6th NTD International Piano Competition was in many ways a pleasant change of pace. One noteworthy feature of the competition is its focus on repertoire before 1900, and…


A Journey Through Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes: NTD International Piano Competition Finalist Baryshevskyi Antonii

Baryshevskyi Antonii gave his all at the 6th NTD International Piano Competition and felt he “received a marvelous experience.” The Ukrainian pianist made it to the final round on Tuesday at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City and performed a program of Liszt’s Waldesrauschen, and one of his favorite works, Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes,…


The Development of an Artist: NTD International Piano Competition Finalist Aruth Masrangsan

Aruth Masrangsan started piano later than many professional musicians. At age 13 he “stumbled” into piano lessons, and “over time I’ve developed more and more love for music.” Applying to the sixth NTD International Piano Competition (NIPC) began as a wish to come to America and to visit his sister, but the experience has enriched Masrangsan…


NTD International Piano Competition ‘Pushed Me to My Limits’: Finalist Yung-Yi Chen

In 2020, Yung-Yi Chen turned 20, and then the pandemic hit. The young pianist realized this could be a pause in his career—if he let it. Chen searched for ways to challenge himself and happened upon the sixth NTD International Piano Competition. “If one day my goal is performing, then this is the path I need…


Interpreting Freedom and the ‘Unique Language’ of Composers: NIPC Finalist Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua

It can be considered bad luck to enter a competition twice, but Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua had no qualms about entering the 6th NTD International Piano Competition (NIPC) after having made it to the semi-finals round in the 5th NIPC. An alum of the renowned Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Delizonas-Khukhua had heard positive things about the competition from Russian…


Interpreting Freedom and the ‘Unique Language’ of Composers: NTD International Piano Competition Finalist Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua

It can be considered bad luck to enter a competition twice, but Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua had no qualms about entering the 6th NTD International Piano Competition (NIPC) after having made it to the semi-finals round in the 5th NIPC. An alum of the renowned Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Delizonas-Khukhua had heard positive things about the competition from Russian…


LIVE 1 PM ET: 2022 NTD International Piano Competition: Finals

NTD’s 6th International Piano Competition is taking place in New York from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The International Piano Competition is one in a series of international cultural and arts events hosted by NTD Television Network. The mission of this competition is to promote traditional arts of pure authenticity, pure goodness, and pure beauty, and…