Nikola Meeuwsen
(c) Foppe Schut
The Reine Elisabeth Piano Competition has announced the winners. Dutch pianist Nikola Meeuwsen (*2022) won First Prize. He is currently studying under Enrico Pace and Marlies van Gent at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola and under Frank Braley and Avedis Kouyoumdjian at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.
In 2022 he was awarded the Grachtenfestival Award, having won the Concertgebouw Young Talent Award (2019), Royal Concertgebouw Competition (2014) and Steinway Competition (2012).
Second Prize was awarded to the Japanese pianist Wataru Hisasue (*1994) and Third Prize to Valère Burnon (Belgium, 1998).
