The 21-year-old Ukrainian pianist Illia Ovcharenko triumphed at the 2022 Honens International Piano Competition last night with a sensational performance of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.

He wins $100,000 (CAD) and a comprehensive, three-year artistic and career development programme. The other competing finalists were Rachel Breen (United States / age 26) and Sasha Kasman Laude (United States / age 27), who each received $10,000 (CAD).

Other awards went to Ádám Balogh for the best performance of a commissioned work ($2500 CAD), and Angie Zhang for the Best Performance of a Beethoven Violin Sonata ($2500 CAD) and the Audience Choice Award ($2500 CAD).

You can watch the full live stream of the final and awards show below, and also on Honens’s website and IDAGIO’s Global Concert Hall.