Anh wins silver in no-gold contest
(VOV) - Nguyen Duc Anh, a Vietnamese pianist, has won the silver prize at the Alkan–Zimmerman International Piano Contest held in Athens, Greece.
The 23-year-old pianist placed equal with Italy's Alessandro Marino, while the bronze medal went to Melina Karagianni from Greece. A first prize was not awarded.
Nguyen Duc Anh, born in 1991, had studied at the Vietnam National Academy of Music for 13 years before he was recruited to Freiburg Music Academy in Germany.
At present, the Vietnamese talented pianist is a last year student under the guidance of Professor Tibor Szasz.