One of the most in-demand pianists in the world, The Wall Street Journal calls him "one of the most gifted musicians of his generation,": on the advantages of today's artists, Beethoven, the Ojai Music Festival, and why he has never recorded Medtner.
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Read MoreSecond Prize winner at the 2010 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition: on musical beginnings, Adam Harasiewicz, and his motivation before and after the 2005 and 2010 Chopin competitions.
Read MoreWinner of the 1980 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw: on growing up in war-torn Vietnam, Lang Lang, Trifonov, and being the first pianist of Asian descent to win a major international music competition.
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