Tag: The Sacred Journey’

NTD International Piano Competition ‘Pushed Me to My Limits’: Finalist Yung-Yi Chen

In 2020, Yung-Yi Chen turned 20, and then the pandemic hit. The young pianist realized this could be a pause in his career—if he let it. Chen searched for ways to challenge himself and happened upon the sixth NTD International Piano Competition. “If one day my goal is performing, then this is the path I need…


Interpreting Freedom and the ‘Unique Language’ of Composers: NIPC Finalist Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua

It can be considered bad luck to enter a competition twice, but Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua had no qualms about entering the 6th NTD International Piano Competition (NIPC) after having made it to the semi-finals round in the 5th NIPC. An alum of the renowned Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Delizonas-Khukhua had heard positive things about the competition from Russian…


Interpreting Freedom and the ‘Unique Language’ of Composers: NTD International Piano Competition Finalist Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua

It can be considered bad luck to enter a competition twice, but Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua had no qualms about entering the 6th NTD International Piano Competition (NIPC) after having made it to the semi-finals round in the 5th NIPC. An alum of the renowned Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Delizonas-Khukhua had heard positive things about the competition from Russian…