Aimi Sugo wins Salieri competition
Aimi Sugo, a Japanese Master's student from Patricia Pagny's piano class at Bern University of the Arts (HKB), has won first prize at the 4° Concorso Internazionale Giovani Musicisti Premio Antonio Salieri in Legnago (Italy).
According to an announcement by the HKB, Aimi Sugo has been awarded the "Musica '900" special prize for the best interpretation of 20th century repertoire in addition to the main prize.
The Salieri Competition is organized by the Associazione Scuola d'Istrumenti ad Arco "Antonio Salieri" in the composer's home town. Previous winners are Yamashita Teira (violin 2011) and Akuzawa Masayuki (piano 2012).
Aimi Sugo's teacher Patricia Pagny is a student of Nikita Magaloff, Maria Joâo Pires and Paul Badura-Skoda, winner of the Alessandro Casagrande Competition in Terni and prizewinner of the Concours Clara Haskil in Vevey.
