Paul Lecocq wins the Concours Clara Haskil
French pianist Paul Lecocq is the winner of the 31st edition of the Concours Clara Haskil, which is held every two years in Vevey and comes with prize money of 25,000 Swiss francs.
Of the 133 candidates, Lecocq was joined in the final by Simon Haje from Germany and Seungho Chung from South Korea. Paul Lecocq studies at the CNSMD in Paris and was already a semi-finalist at the Concours Long-Thibaud and a finalist at the Concours International de Piano Samson François at the age of 16. In 2023, the young pianist won 3rd prize and the press prize at the Euregio Piano Award in Geilenkirchen in Germany.
The International Clara Haskil Piano Competition was founded in 1963 in honor of the Romanian-Swiss pianist Clara Haskil and has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1976. It has been held every two years since 1963. Until 1969 it was held in Lucerne, since then in Vevey, where Clara Haskil lived from 1942 until her death in 1960.
