{"id":21212,"date":"2016-07-08T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=21212"},"modified":"2016-07-08T20:40:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T10:40:54","slug":"sydney-international-piano-competition-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/sydney-international-piano-competition-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney International Piano Competition Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21213\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21213\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/untitled.png\" alt=\"Sydney International Piano Competition finalists, 2016\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/untitled.png 178w, https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/untitled-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney International Piano Competition finalists, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thirty-two brilliant young pianists have gathered in Sydney to\u00a0participate in the final rounds of the\u00a0Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, to be held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Sydney Opera House from the 6th &#8211; 23rd July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists include three Australian pianists and others from countries which include Russia, China, the US, Sweden and Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place every four years, this year&#8217;s competition under Artistic Director, Piers Lane AO, and Artistic Patron Valery\u00a0Giergev, attracted 283 nominees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sydneypianocompetition.com.au\/\">Click here<\/a> for more information, live stream and tickets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-two brilliant young pianists have gathered in Sydney to\u00a0participate in the final rounds of the\u00a0Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, to be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-21212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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