Aristo Sham
Aristo Sham (Chinese: 沈靖韜) (born 12 March 1996) is a young classical pianist and child prodigy born in Hong Kong. He has won numerous prizes and awards in Hong Kong and overseas, and has performed in several countries. He has been featured in the Channel 4 programme, The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies.[1] Sham is the son of C. W. Sham, a tutor at the famous Hong Kong cram school Beacon College.
Education
Sham attended Diocesan Boys' School (Primary) in Hong Kong before attending Harrow School in London. He graduated from Harrow in 2015. He is, as of January 2016, a freshman at Harvard University.
Awards
- First Prize of the Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition in 2008;[2]
- First Prize of the 4th China National Junior Piano Competition[3]
- First Prize of Category A and the Barenreiter Urtext Special Prize of the 10th Ettlingen International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Germany in 2006 [3]
- Grand Champion of the Hong Kong Young Musician of the Year 2006;[4]
- First Prize in Group A of the 69th Steinway International Children and Youth Piano Competition in Beijing
- Gold Medal Award of Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in 2008.
- Prodigies and Masters of Tomorrow of the Miami Piano Festival in Miami.[5]
- First Prize in the 69th Steinway International Children & Youth Piano Competition Group A (China Regional final), Beijing (2005)
- Grand Prize in The Hong Kong Young Musician of the Year, Hong Kong (2006)
- First Prize in the Mozart Sonata Group of the 3rd Asian Youth Music Competition, Shanghai (2006)
- Young Artiste Award, Hong Kong (2007)
- Outstanding Teen Award, Hong Kong (2008)
- First Prize at Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition 2011
References
- ↑ "The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies". Channel 4. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ↑ "Winners of the 2008 Piano Competition" - Bachauer International Piano Foundation
- 1 2 "pianocompetition home - Archiv english". Pianocompetition.org. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ↑ "香港傑出青少年音樂家大獎2006 Hong Kong Young Musician of the Year 2006". Tomleemusic.com. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ↑ site concept created and developed by www.violawebdesign.com. "Miami Piano Festival > Meet the Artists". Miamipianofest.com. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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