From The Times-Picayune
by Chris Waddington, Contributing writer, The Times-Picayune
Pianist Sean Yeh won first place and a $5,000 prize in the New Orleans International Piano Competition for Young Artists on Sunday, giving concertgoers a taste of the skills that have already earned the Illinois teen concert engagements with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the South Carolina Philharmonic.
Yeh led a field of strong players who advanced to Sunday's final round at Loyola University's Roussel Hall. They had emerged from a week of juried performances at Loyola in which 12 semifinalists each got a chance to perform twice. The dozen competitors ranged in age from 15 to 18.
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