VC LIVE | 2022 Honens International Piano Competition

Tune in here on October 27-28 at 9:30PM ET for the Final Rounds

We're coming to you from Calgary, Canada for the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition.

Three pianists have advanced to the Final Round, and will compete for $100,000 CAD and a comprehensive, three-year artistic and career development program valued at half-million dollars.

This year's finalists are Rachel Breen (United States / age 26), Sasha Kasman Laude (United States / age 27), and Illia Ovcharenko (Ukraine / age 21).

The members of the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition Second Jury are Michel Béroff (France), Earl Blackburn (United States), Katherine Chi (Canada / United States), Imogen Cooper (United Kingdom), Stewart Goodyear (Canada), IckChoo Moon (Korea), and Orli Shaham (Israel / United States).

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27 | 9:30PM (ET)

FINALS I | 2022 HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

CALGARY, CANADA

On the first night of Finals, the three finalists will each perform a chamber music recital that includes a Mozart concerto with The Viano String Quartet + Sam Loeck (bass) and a selection of Schubert lieder with mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28 | 9:30PM (ET)

FINALS II | 2022 HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

CALGARY, CANADA

On the second night of Finals, each finalist performs a concerto (composed after 1791) with Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and guest conductor Jeffrey Kahane.