Israeli-Russian pianist Vitaly Starikov won the silver medal and American pianist Evren Ozel the bronze at the Fort Worth competition.

Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham Ching-tao, 29, won the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the US state of ...

Pianist Aristo Sham will have his homecoming performance in Hong Kong this August after making history at the Van Cliburn ...

Aristo Sham, 29, becomes first Hong Kong winner of international competition held in Texas, setting him on road to classical music stardom.

Throughout the competition, 29-year-old Aristo Sham played hours of music from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninov and others. A pair of concertos, one Brahms and the other Mendelssohn, lifted him to ...

Cash prizes up to $100,000, plus three years of concert management and bookings for top winners, attracted 340 applicants for the 2025 competition. In advance video and live auditions, 30 pianists ...

Aristo Sham, 29, from Hong Kong, took the top prize in the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano competition in Fort Worth. He was also voted the audience favorite, as determined by more than ...

Hong Kong-born pianist Aristo Sham has been named the Gold Medalist of the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, following his compelling performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No 2. Sham, ...

Hong Kong musician Aristo Sham has become the city’s first pianist to win the top prize at the prestigious Cliburn competition in the United States. The 29-year-old won the gold medal and a cash ...

Aristo Sham, 29, won the competition Saturday, following his final concert performance of MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25 on Tuesday and BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat ...

Pianist Aristo Sham, 20 and a student at Harvard, isn’t sure whether he’ll go into music or economics, but his recital Sunday at the Phillips Collection made a strong case for the former.