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Đặng Thái Sơn
Vietnamese classical pianist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Đặng, but is often simplified to Dang in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Son.
Đặng Thái Sơn (born July 2, 1958, in Hanoi, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-Canadian classical pianist. In 1980, he won the X International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, becoming the first pianist from Asia to do so.[1][2] He has received particular acclaim for the sonority and poetry in his interpretations of Chopin and the French repertoire.[3][4][5]
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Born | (1958-07-02) July 2, 1958 (age 66) |
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Alma mater | Pyotr Tchaikovsky Conservatory |
Occupation | Pianist |
Years active | 1976–present |
Title | People's Artist |
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Awards | ![]() 10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (1980) |
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