Ulaanbaatar
Mongolian students win international piano competition
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In an international piano competition "Ciudad de Huesca" that took place in Huesca (Spain) on January 23 to 29, Mongolian youngsters of Music and Dance College of Mongolia, Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture and the Children’s Palace triumphed over the contestants.
Seven-year-old pianist O.Nandin has entered the category of up to 13 years old to win first place under the guidance of her teacher S.Sayantsetseg. In the same category, “Hobby” school student E.Tsogt won the second place and “Sant” school student G.Enkhtsetseg took the third place.
On that note, the seven-year-old gold-medalist O.Nandin competed in a higher age group and championed the competition again after her win back in 2015.
Furthermore, six-year-old pianist D.Enerelt also won the first place in the category of up to 9 years old. And seventeen-year-old Bat-Amar, an eleventh-grade student of Music and Dance Collage of Mongolia took the third in his category of up to 17 years old.
The XII international piano competition "Ciudad de Huesca" first took place in 1999. Young pianists from over ten countries such as Japan, China, Republic of Korea, Canada, Poland, Russia, Italy and Spain competed this year.
