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Piano Showdown: Sunny vs. Ryan

Classicalia is a music competition between some of the best young classical musicians in the world. Hosted by singer Pia Toscano, twelve top young musicians compete in a single elimination challenge judged by internationally-renowned musicians to determine the winners of three categories: 18-25 year-olds, 12-17 year-olds, and kids 11 and under.

Piano Showdown: Sunny vs. Ryan

Season 1 Episode 1 | 9m 21s

Sunny Ritter, a 12 year-old pianist from Austria, plays Frédéric Chopin's "Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise Brillante" in E-flat major, Opus 22.  Then, Ryan Huang, an 11 year-old pianist from Canada, performs Paraphrase on Verdi's Rigoletto by Franz Liszt. Hosts: Pia Toscano & Arabella Fenyves. Judges: Albert Frantz, Christina Petrowska Quilico & Gerald Grünbacher.

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