Aristo Sham () (born 12 March 1996) is a

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

born in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. He has won numerous prizes and awards in Hong Kong and overseas, and has performed in several countries. He has been featured in the

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programme, The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies.

Education

Sham attended Diocesan Boys' School (Primary) in Hong Kong before attending

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

in London. He began piano lessons at the age of three, and since then, has captured an impressive array of awards on the international stage. Sham has been a laureate at the Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition,

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, PianoArts Competition, and many others. He has collaborated with numerous orchestras, including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestral at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Sham has also performed for numerous heads of state, including the Queen of Belgium and former Chinese President

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. He graduated from Harrow School in 2015. He is currently enrolled in the dual-program between

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and

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. Sham currently studies with Dr. Victor Rosenbaum.

Awards

* First Prize of the Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition in 2008; * First Prize of the 4th China National Junior Piano Competition * First Prize of Category A and the Barenreiter Urtext Special Prize of the 10th Ettlingen International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in

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in 2006 * Grand Champion of the Hong Kong Young Musician of the Year 2006; * First Prize in Group A of the 69th Steinway International Children and Youth Piano Competition in

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* Gold Medal Award of Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in 2008. * Prodigies and Masters of Tomorrow of the Miami Piano Festival in

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

. * First Prize in the 69th Steinway International Children & Youth Piano Competition Group A (China Regional final), Beijing (2005) * Grand Prize in The Hong Kong Young Musician of the Year, Hong Kong (2006) * First Prize in the Mozart Sonata Group of the 3rd Asian Youth Music Competition, Shanghai (2006) * Young Artiste Award, Hong Kong (2007) * Outstanding Teen Award, Hong Kong (2008) * First Prize, Schubert Prize, and Variations Prize at

2011 * First Prize in the inaugural Viseu International Piano Competition 2015 * First Prize in the Wideman International Piano Competition in 2015. * First Prize at PianoArts Competition 2016

References

External links

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Living people 1996 births People educated at Harrow School Hong Kong pianists 21st-century pianists {{HongKong-musician-stub