Ukraine's Illia Ovcharenko wins the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Illia Ovcharenko wins $100,000 (CAD) and an artist development programme
The 21-year-old Ukrainian pianist Illia Ovcharenko triumphed at the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition last night with a sensational performance of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.
He wins $100,000 (CAD) and a comprehensive, three-year artistic and career development programme. The other competing finalists were Rachel Breen (United States / age 26) and Sasha Kasman Laude (United States / age 27), who each received $10,000 (CAD).
Other awards went to Ádám Balogh for the best performance of a commissioned work ($2500 CAD), and Angie Zhang for the Best Performance of a Beethoven Violin Sonata ($2500 CAD) and the Audience Choice Award ($2500 CAD).
You can watch the full live stream of the final and awards show below, and also on Honens’s website and IDAGIO’s Global Concert Hall.