“Jiale Li of China won the gold medal of the 2020 Gurwitz International Piano Competition in San Antonio on Saturday night after his performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the San Antonio Symphony conducted by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing,” writes David Hendricks in Monday’s (2/3) San Antonio Express News (TX). “The silver medal went to Yedam Kim of South Korea…. The bronze medal was awarded to Leonardo Colafelice of Italy…. Jiale receives the gold-medal award of $25,000. As silver medalist, Yedam receives $15,000 and Colafelice $10,000 as bronze medalist. But these winners also gain boosts to their careers [including] future performances with orchestras, recitals and possible recordings. Lang-Lessing doubled as the competition’s jury chairman.… A $5,000 Audience Favorite Award went to Colafelice…. The orchestra, under Lang-Lessing, proved its high level of professionalism with warm, spirited and sharp performances…. Begun in 1984 and held every four years, the piano competition expanded this year, for the first time under the management of Musical Bridges Around the World and adding the Gurwitz name, after a founder of the original San Antonio International Piano Competition, Ruth Jean Gurwitz, who died in 2015. It also was the first time that the San Antonio Symphony participated.”
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