On August 23 and 24, 2023, the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 12th China Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia International Youth Piano Competition was held grandly in the Auditorium of the Palace Museum in Hong Kong, China. The "Hong Kong Forbidden City" is known as the new landmark of Hong Kong culture. , as Hong Kong's new Internet celebrity check-in place, the "Hong Kong Forbidden City" has received 1.3 million visitors since its opening one year ago. It is world-famous for its new methods and new technologies to display cultural relics, inherit China's excellent traditional culture, and promote the spirit of Chinese aesthetics. . The closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 12th China Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia International Youth Piano Competition, as the first international piano competition held in the "Forbidden City" in Hong Kong, is of great significance and unprecedented grand occasion. On the splendid and shocking holographic LED giant screen at the awards ceremony, the scrolling promotional videos of the competition and the performance videos of past contestants and young pianists were amazing and dizzying. All the judges, guests and contestants who came to the scene were deeply attracted by the scene in front of them. The promotional videos of the previous "Golden Bauhinia" award-winning contestants were shocking. It was their honor to be able to show their talents on such a wonderful stage. dream.
This competition is the first time since the three-year epidemic to be held offline and online. The 17 international judges used open, fair and impartial rigorous judgments to create one wonderful audio-visual feast after another. Group after group of high-level piano talents have been produced, and they have also received high praise from the industry.
In this competition, nearly 10,000 young piano players from all over the world competed for the championship of 33 major categories and the highest award in the finals - the "Golden Bauhinia Young Artist" award. The "Golden Bauhinia" has received numerous praises for its open, fair and impartial competition system and comprehensive and professional award setting: no matter in terms of competition rules, competition system, jury lineup and other aspects of excellence, it can be regarded as a benchmark in the industry and is widely regarded as the benchmark for the industry. A model of fair and strict piano competition in the eyes of piano youngsters and parents!
After 12 years of continuous improvement, the dream stage has gone international
After strict selection by the "Golden Bauhinia" international professional jury, many outstanding young piano players from all over the world were finally able to enter the 12th Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia to be held in August 2023. Bauhinia International Youth Piano Competition Finals. On August 23 and 24, 2023, at the Auditorium of the Palace Museum in Hong Kong, China, the awards ceremony for this competition gathered many big names in the piano industry. Through multiple rounds of voting and careful judgment by 17 international judges from many countries, the winners were selected from Seven outstanding young piano players were born among the finalists: Chen Wanzi, Chen Jing, Liu Tengjun, Li Nai, (chamber music: Cui Haozhe, Liu Jiaxi, Parent
Ilona), Wu Dile, and Gu Zihe gathered at the awards ceremony to compete for this award. The highest award in the finals of the competition - the "Golden Bauhinia Young Artist" award.
The judging mechanism of this year's "Golden Bauhinia" competition is more humane: 11 international judges on site directly faced the LED screen to announce the results of their voting and scoring, which further reflected the fairness, openness and impartiality of the competition. After multiple rounds of voting and scoring, Liu Tengjun, an outstanding junior piano student from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, won the "Golden Bauhinia Young Artist Award" and the Most Potential Award in the Examination Group with his superb playing ability and calm stage performance. Received a “Golden Bauhinia Bonus” of RMB 5,000 and a “Golden Bauhinia Bonus” of RMB 1,000.
This competition will be launched in early April 2023, with a grand opening ceremony held at the Suzhou Poly Theater on June 30, and the finals will be held simultaneously at four venues including the Y
Theater in Chaiwan Youth Square, Hong Kong, China on August 23 , as well as the piano master class of Hong Kong young pianist Huang Weiran and Dr. Chen Jiawei, until the grand closing award ceremony held on August 24 at the Auditorium of the Palace Museum in Hong Kong, China. This competition lasted for nearly 5 months. It attracted a large number of contestants from 21 provinces and cities in mainland China, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and Macau, as well as nearly 10,000 piano teenagers from Germany, the United States, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and many other countries. The number has reached a new high.
For the first time, this competition has set up international competition areas such as the United States, Thailand, South Korea, and Malaysia.At the same time, multiple competition areas have been added to major provinces and cities in China, including Guizhou, Jiangsu, Hainan, Shaanxi, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and other competition areas. At the same time, the number of applicants for this competition has reached a new high (both online and offline). Nearly 10,000 contestants from all over the country as well as Asia, America and other countries competed all the way from the preliminary round to the semi-finals. The 33 groups passed through the screening one by one in more than 30 provincial and municipal competition areas and international competition areas across the country, and finally stood out among nearly 10,000 contestants, and finally entered the shining stage of the finals. This competition also held three award-winning contestant concerts and two awards ceremonies for the first time, setting a new record because of the large number of award-winning contestants.
At the same time, this competition also held a number of large-scale and high-level master classes, including young pianist Huang Weiran from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University piano doctor Chen Jiawei, Shanghai Conservatory of Music Feng Ye, American Chopin teenagers Krystian
Tkaczewski, chairman of the piano competition, and many artists including outstanding pianist and composer Guo Pinman from Hong Kong, China, brought exciting master classes to the majority of piano students, answered questions on the spot, and shared the beauty of music together.
Inheriting classics and opening up the future, using strength to move towards glory
The rigorous and professional competition system of the 12th China Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia International Youth Piano Competition has not only won the trust and support of the majority of contestants, but also won many prestigious international piano masters and Professor's attention. This competition invited 17 internationally renowned pianists and music artists to serve as judges. Mr. Liao Mingfei, a famous piano educator and event director of the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia International Youth Piano Competition, joined hands with Dr. Guo Jiahao, Ph.D. in piano, Wang Xiaokang, a Ph.D. in piano, and conductor Cai Haowen. , Li Weiwei, Deng Tao and many other artists have given wings to the international stage of "Golden Bauhinia"!
"I have participated in many international piano competitions, but there are not many international competitions that can reach the level of the 'Golden Bauhinia'. Their good intentions can be felt in every detail. Such a high-level international competition should Hold more events, so that we can constantly improve ourselves through high-standard stages..." said enthusiastically the parents of the contestants at the "Golden Bauhinia" finals. Lasting for 12 years, this competition has been striving for excellence in both piano technology and cultural exchanges. The strict competition system includes on-site invitations to all judges to disclose the results to the contestants. The fully transparent competition system and strict rules allow all participants to participate in the competition. The players feel very at ease. At the same time, the accurate and authoritative judgment and guidance of the judges benefited each player a lot. The competition also improved the players' aesthetic ability and self-confidence in piano art!
According to the requirements and traditions of the "Golden Bauhinia" competition system, each year the organizing committee will select different judges from different regions and music fields around the world to conduct the review work to ensure a more fair, just and open completion of the "Golden Bauhinia" competition. ” review task. The organizing committee of this competition also invited artists such as Yuan Lin, a piano doctor living in Germany, Tu Yuliang, a Kaiserburg artist, and Huang Weiyan, a young pianist from Hong Kong, China, to stand on the stage and share their joy and feelings with the "Golden Bauhinia" with the audience.
"Inheriting classics and building on the past and forging ahead into the future" is the highlight and touching aspect of this competition! The most touching scene at the awards ceremony of the 12th China Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia International Youth Piano Competition was that young pianist Wang Han (Guangzhou), winner of the 11th "Golden Bauhinia Young Artist" award, served as the awarding guest. Liu Tengjun, the winner of this year's grand prize, presented the trophy. This is a kind of inheritance and a tradition.
Teacher Liao Mingfei, the famous piano educator and event director of the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia International Youth Piano Competition, received an exclusive interview with Chief Editor Yu Jinxiang, the expert panel judge of the China Recording Golden Disc Award, the only government award in the Chinese recording industry, and sincerely thanked him for his long-term support. The judges of the "Golden Bauhinia" International Competition use rigorous academic concepts and international vision to protect the contestants, so that each contestant can gain the best piano technology and knowledge, and let the "Golden Bauhinia" stage from China Hong Kong goes global. I hope that piano students from all over the world can show themselves on the stage of "Golden Bauhinia", further improve their piano technical skills and artistic aesthetics, harvest their dreams here, and work hard for it. "Golden Bauhinia" will continue to innovate and strive with you. Forward. Finally, I would like to express my special thanks to Guangzhou Zhujiang Piano Group for its strong support.
"The stage of the Golden Bauhinia is broad and accessible. Here you can go to a larger international stage at home and abroad. This is a stage where dreams, expectations, and hopes gather. Whether it is a new face or an old partner, we all hope that they can lead With the more mature training of the instructors, we will move towards the new stage of the 2024 Golden Bauhinia without arrogance or impatience." Teacher Liao Mingfei said: "Golden Bauhinia" will definitely live up to expectations and lead countless pianists, professors, piano children, music lovers and all walks of life. Blessings and moving towards further, higher and greater goals.
This competition also invited central media including China Central Radio and Television, China Central Television CCTV, Xinhua News Agency Media, Phoenix TV, etc., as well as Fengshou Yisheng, Yuluanchun, Yuxiansheng, Xinlechengfu , Universal Music Live and other key central media’s key columns with in-depth coverage and continued attention.
