Martin Garcia Garcia wins first prize at 2021 Cleveland Int’l Piano Competition

At the top of one of the most elite musical fields in the world emerged the youngest of the four finalists in 2021, the 24-year-old Spanish pianist Martín García García.

Martín García García also won three “special” prizes, awards that honor interpretations of a specific repertoire or of a particular genre. It won the Audience Award, the Chamber Award and the Piano Duet Award.

The Cleveland International Piano Competition is among the most intense, respected and award-winning music competitions in the world. It attracts the best talent from around the world and only a small fraction of applicants are admitted in a process that involves two opening rounds, a semi-final round, a chamber music round and a final round with the Cleveland Orchestra.

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