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The biennial competition that counts Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Nicola Benedetti as previous victors was won by the 17-year-old Canadian for his performance of Rachmaninov’s second piano concertoThe 2024 BBC Young Musician competition has been won tonight by 17-year-old pianist, Ryan Wang.Three musicians competed in the final, in which each played a concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Ben Gernon before an audience at Bristol Beacon. Joining Wang was another pianist, Jacky Zhang (also a category finalist in 2022’s competition), and violinist Shlomi Shahaf. Shahaf performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto; both pianists chose Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto –

Shooting at Albany State University is one of two at the weekend that shattered homecoming-related activitiesA mass shooting during homecoming weekend at Georgia’s Albany State University left one person dead and five others wounded on Saturday night, according to school officials.Earlier Saturday in Mississippi, authorities said three people were killed and eight others were injured near Lexington, Mississippi, when at least two people fired guns at a group of several hundred people who were at an outdoor trail celebrating a high school football team’s homecoming game victory.The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/20/shooting-georgia-albany-state-university Author : Guardian

Formal identification has yet to take place but family of missing man have been informed, say Surrey policeA body has been pulled from the River Thames during a search for a man who went missing after a rowing boat capsized.A man in his 60s was the only person who was not accounted for after the vessel capsized at Sunbury Lock in Surrey on 11 October, which sent six people into the water. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/20/body-found-search-man-missing-thames-boat-capsized-sunbury-surrey Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-10-20 18:18:49 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Democratic nominee campaigns on 60th birthday as Trump acolytes try to defend vulgar remarks about Arnold PalmerDemocratic governors from three states in the so-called blue wall that is key to their party’s aspirations for an electoral college victory delivered closing pitches for Kamala Harris on Sunday as their presidential nominee celebrated her 60th birthday with a visit to church.Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Tony Evers of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer barnstormed the Sunday morning political shows to talk up the vice-president’s policy agenda – and highlight differences with Republican candidate Donald Trump, 16 days before an election that polls suggest