Last week, there were more than two dozen young artists vying for top honors in the 2012 William Kapell International Piano Competition at the University of Maryland. There are three now. The last hurdle for the finalists is to perform works for piano and orchestra with the Baltimore Symphony, conducted by David Lockington, Saturday night at the Clarice Smith Center.
Jin Uk Kim, 28, from South Korea, will be the soloist in Brahms' Concerto No. 2. Kim is working on his doctorate at the New England Conservatory.
American Steven Lin, 23, a graduate student at the Juilliard School, will play ...
Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini.Another 23-year-old grad student at Juilliard, South Korean-born Yekwon Sunwoo (pictured), will perform Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3.
The jury -- Santiago Rodriguez, chair, from the University of Miami; Richard Egarr, United Kingdom; Ming Qiang Li, China; Cecile Licad, Philippines; Noriko Ogawa, Japan; Peter Roesel, Germany; and Stewart Gordon, U.S. -- will deliver its decision shortly after the music-making.
The final round begins at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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