A hunt is underway for Canada’s most talented amateur pianists.
CBCMusic.ca is inviting amateur classical pianists to enter the second annual Piano Hero. The contest received 300 submissions its inaugural year and more than 86,000 votes. The winner was Thomas Yu from Calgary.
This year’s winner will receive a Steinway-designed Boston professional upright piano and a trip for two this spring to Montreal, where the winner will get private lessons with pianist David Jalbert and an opportunity to perform a pre-concert solo piece during the Orchestre Metropolitian concert.
Contestants must submit videos of themselves performing a piece of classical music from the selection list provided on the CBCMusic website.
Submissions are being accepted Jan. 11-21.Public voting is Jan. 21-28 and the winner is announced Feb. 2.
For more information, please go to http://music.cbc.ca/pianohero.
