Vietnam's Hoang Pham Tra Mi won the 14-year-old or under category at the Singapore International Chopin Piano tournament which ended on Dec. 5.
The competition, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, was organised for the first time by the Chopin Society ( Singapore ) and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Contestants were required to perform Chopin's works for a fixed period depending on their age.
The competition attracted 140 candidates from 15 countries and territories such as China , the Philippines , Indonesia, Vietnam and the host, Singapore.
Mi, a 13-year-old student of the Vietnam National Academy for Music, outperformed 30 competitors to take the first prize for her performance of Ballades No 1 and Etudes No 5.
She had previously won prizes in the Republic of Korea and Russia but this was her biggest./.
