Intense Piano week in Seregno

The Final of the 33rd Ettore Pozzoli Competition took place at the San Rocco Theater in Seregno, Italy. At the end of an intense week of music and a very emotional Final night, where the finalists played with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under the baton of Andrea Oddone, the jury gave numerous special prizes but decided not to give the First Prize. Instead, both Vladimir Skomorokhov, who played the Schumann Concerto, and Riito Shimata, with Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2,  received the Second Prize; Zixi Chen played Rachmaninov´s third concerto and won Third Prize.