2018

September 16

Yekwon Sunwoo, Gold Medalist Cliburn Pianist

Yekwon Sunwoo won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, besting 29 rivals over two weeks of playing to become the prestigious contest’s first champion from South Korea. Mr. Sunwoo, 28, played Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in the final round, when each of the six remaining contestants performed first with a string quartet and then with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.