🌟 [ 49 ]   Munan Cheng – 2023 Ross McKee Piano Competition Laureate Recital (Full Performance) [ @Ross McKee Foundation ]

Full Performance of pianist Munan Cheng during the 25th Annual Ross McKee Piano Competition s Laureate Recital: MONICA CHEW (b. 1977) 00:15 - Pitter Patter (2021) FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810–1849) 04:28 - Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) 10:33 - Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, “Waldstein,” I. Allegro con brio CARL VINE (b. 1954) 19:04 - Five Bagatelles, Nos. 1-4 Munan Cheng, is a student at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California. She currently studies with Dr. Sharon Mann. She is also a member of the YCM chamber music program in the Bay Area. The Ross McKee Foundation and Piano Competition [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] The Ross McKee Piano Competition celebrates the talents of young piano virtuosi in the San Francisco Bay Area. Contestants are selected for the semifinal round from recorded performances. This year, 2022-23, the 25th Anniversary of the Competition, nine contestants between the ages of 11 and 17 advanced to the semifinals where they performed 25-minute programs in a private performance for a Competition Jury on January 8, 2023, presenting self-selected repertoire as well as the required piece “Pitter Patter” by Monica Chew. From the Semifinalists, four McKee Laureates were selected for the Competition’s final concert on January 15, 2023. At this concert, the Laureates presented their programs to the general public in the Barbro Osher Recital Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Bowes Center. The Ross McKee Piano Competition has been a signature project of the Ross McKee Foundation every year since 1997. Launched by the Foundation’s first executive director John Cron, the competition has become one of the premiere piano competitions for young artists in the Bay Area. Over the past 25 years, seven hundred teenage pianists have applied to enter the competition, and, of them, 144 young artists have emerged as Laureates. They have received $146,000 in prize money as we .

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