Congratulations: Six-year-old piano talent from Chemnitz successful at the Steinway Piano Competition in Hamburg

Congratulations to this young and already very successful piano pupil from Chemnitz: the Chemnitz Municipal Music School has announced that little Ben Lepetit, just six years old, is one of the successful participants in the prestigious 76th Steinway Piano Competition 2012 in Hamburg, where he won second prize!

Music school director Nancy Gibson is delighted and congratulates the young talent from the bottom of her heart: "Ben has made his family, his music teacher Michael Fröhlich and, of course, our municipal music school very proud and happy. We are all very happy about this great success!"
Ben Lepetit, who was the youngest finalist in this year's Steinway competition in Hamburg, played works by J.S. Bach and V. Kossenko for the competition.

Contact: Music school director Nancy Gibson, Städtische Musikschule Chemnitz, Gerichtsstraße 1, 09112 Chemnitz, call 0371/302289, e-mail: musikschule@stadt-chemnitz.de

Information about the competition online: www.steinway-hamburg.de/foerderung/klavier-wettbewerb