Round Two of Dubai’s Classic Piano Competition Draws to a Close

Yesterday marked the end of the second round of the prestigious Classic Piano International Competition, a Dubai-based venture jointly held between the Malta-based European Foundation for Support of Culture and SAMIT Event Group. The hotly-anticipated event — this year celebrating its second iteration — welcomes prodigious young pianists from around the world to the UAE’s most populous city for a celebration of skill, musicality and tenacity, as they compete for the top prizes of €200,000, €50,000 and €25,000. Classic Piano is particularly noteworthy for both the rigorous selection procedure it employs as well as for the prestigious members of the jury adjudicating the competition, representing world-renowned performers, musicologists and pedagogues who are working together to determine the strongest candidates who will proceed to the competition’s final two rounds, and, ultimately, be declared the winners of the event.