1st Prize | Chopin Competition

Congratulations Akari Bastiaens for winning the 1st Prize and Ljubljana Festival Prize at the important Chopin Competition in Szafarnia, Poland for young pianists. It’s her second big win in a row, having won the Prinses Christina Competition in the Netherlands earlier this week! It is a true testament to the great work of Tatiana Abayeva and Borys Fedorov at the Davidsbundler Academy where Akari is in the ‘Gold Academist’ Program as well as Joop Celis at the Maastricht Conservatory.