Hyung-Rok Choi Wins Gold in Korea on CFX concert grand

The piano division of 39th 'JoongAng Music Concours' was held from March 18th to 20th sponsored by JoongAng Ilbo, one of Korea’s major news corporations. The competition is considered the most important national music competition in Korea, the winner selected to perform on Yamaha’s CFX concert grand piano.
Competing against 77 other pianists, 20 year old Hyung-Rok Choi was awarded the top prize. Of the top 3 prize winners, 2 played CFX including of course the gold prize winner. Last year’s gold prizewinner, So-Hyang In, also selected a CFX for her victory.

The Joongang Music Competition was established in 1975 with a goal of contributing to the development of young Korean musicians in cerebration of the 10th anniversary of the newspaper Joongang Ilbo. It is Korea's best national music competition and is considered a gateway for young talented musicians on their way to becoming world-class artists.
One of Korea’s most important pianist and professor, Dae-Jin Kim, was discovered through this competition, and winning it is considered a major step towards developing a career as a top level professional musician.

The Top Prize Winners
1st  prize:  Hyung-Rok Choi (age:20)
2nd prize:  none
3rd  prize:  Ji-Hyang Kwak (age:21)
                 Sei-Hyung Yoo (age:22)