Manoush Ruken Toth honored in Murten
The pianist Manoush Ruken Toth won the Valiant Forum Soloist Competition on August 27, 2024.
At the final of the Valiant Forum Soloist Competition as part of the festival Murten Classics Swiss pianist Manoush Ruken Toth (born 2006) won first prize with the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13. The second prize went to Simon Popp (born 1999, Switzerland) and the third to Joanna Goranko (born 2001, Poland).
Students from Swiss music academies were admitted to the competition. The Boho Strings chamber orchestra accompanied them under the direction of Izabelė Jankauskaitė.
The winner of the prize awarded by the Valiant Bank will perform as a soloist at Murten Classics in 2025. Together with her Siblings Anatol and Anouk is Manoush Ruken Thot at the end of August in Zurich, Bern and Rheinfelden.