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

Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham says winning the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the United States was a ...

An Israeli/Russian took silver and a Minnesotan won bronze in the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition ...

Aristo Sham wins the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, earning $100,000 and a prestigious career boost.

Sham secures the top prize with Brahms’s Piano Concerto No 2, while Vitaly Starikov takes Silver and Evren Ozel earns Bronze ...

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

Throughout the competition, 29-year-old Aristo Sham played hours of music from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninov and ...

May 24, 2025. Aristo Sham, 29, of Hong Kong, China during the Quarterfinal Round performance in the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU in ...

Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham, 29, plays in the finals of the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 3, 2025. Photo: Ralph Lauer/ The Cliburn.

Chief Executive John Lee said the government will work hard to arrange for local pianist Aristo Sham to perform in Hong Kong.