24-year old Martín García García from Spain has been named the Mixon First Prize Winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition. The announcement was made Saturday evening after the yearlong postponement of the CIPC, one of the leading piano competitions in the world. The reimagined presentation of the competition allowed for the First and Second Rounds to be broadcasted from 10 locations globally, with live Semi-Final and Final Rounds taking place in Cleveland. Mr. Garcia performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 at Severance Hall with the CLeveland Orchestra conducted by Jahja Ling, a concert that was broadcast live on WCLV. Here, he talks about his feelings after being named the Gold Medalist.
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CIPC Gold Medalist Martin Garcia Garcia
