From July 22 to 28, the 12th International Piano Competition EUREGIO PIANO AWARD was successfully held in Geilenkirchen, Germany. Yangtze River Piano has been selected as one of the designated pianos to be used in this competition.

The competition was divided into three rounds and three winners out of 88 young pianists from 23 countries were selected. This competition was hosted by Germany’s Keton Music Agency, Geilenkirchen Municipal Government in Germany. Since 2012, the competition has aimed to discover and cultivate more emerging piano talents, pushing the competition to a first-class international level, provide music students with opportunities to showcase their musical talents, gain valuable competition experience, and communicate with top music lovers from all over the world. A platform for discussion to inspire everyone’s love and pursuit of music. Previous contestants have all achieved great results in other international competitions.

Judges

• Li MingQiang, The Chairman of the Judges. A famous Chinese pianist and educator.
• Michel Runtz, Swiss composer and artistic director of the Sino-Swiss International Youth Competition.
• Joshua Izzard, artistic director of the Nashville Chopin International Piano Competition in the United States.
• Alberto Nose, professor at the Verona Conservatory of Music in Italy and artistic director of the Amadeus International Piano Competition in Italy, and artistic director of the Euregio Piano Award International Piano Competition in Germany.
• Xin Wang and Florian Koltun, artistic director of Germany’s eifel musical international music festival.

Yangtze River Piano Receives Widespread Praise

Sergey Belyavsky (Third-place winner, recipient of the Press Award): “The tone and touch of the Yangtze River Piano are excellent. I was able to fully express my musical interpretation through this piano, and I would be very willing to recommend the Yangtze River Piano to other music enthusiasts.”

Sandro Gegechkori (Semifinalist): “This was my first time using the Yangtze River Piano from China. The piano has an excellent keyboard system and a crystal-clear tone, which played a very important role in my musical expression during the competition.”

Gabriele Diel (Competition’s official piano tuner with over 35 years of professional tuning experience): “I have been tuning Steinway pianos for more than ten years. This time, I was captivated by the beautiful tone of the Yangtze River Piano. It definitely deserves to be called one of the finest pianos.”

Competition judges: They remarked that the tone of the piano sounded very round and beautiful, with a singing quality. During the pre-competition piano testing, the jury chairman, Professor Li Mingqiang, commented, “The Yangtze River Piano provides performers with a perfect playing experience.