Per Tengstrand
Настоящее имя: Per Tengstrand
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Swedish pianist, born 1968 in Växjö. He started to play the piano at age 6, being taught by his mother. He entered the Malmö Academy of Music at age 16, in the class of Hans Pålsson. In 1985, he was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris in the class of Dominique Merlet. Three years later, he obtained a Premier Prix, Premier nommé, and Prix Special du Jury at the Paris Conservatory. He continued private studies with Dominique Weber and Romuald Sztern to prepare for international piano competitions. In 1995 he attained the Long-Thibaud Competition's 4th prize. He subsequently was awarded the 1996 Geneva Competition's 2nd prize (1st prize void) and won the 1997 Cleveland International Piano Competition. He has been internationally active as a concert pianist since. He is an internationally active concert pianist, living in Princeton, New Jersey with his wife Shan-shan Sun.