RUBATO GOLD MEDALISTS DAZZLE AT GALA
by Brian Graves
August 19, 2024
Mayor Alton Craft was one of several hundred who attended the 2024 Rubato International Piano Competition Gala on Friday, Aug. 16, at the Oxford Performing Arts Center.
Craft spoke to the three 2023 Gold Medalists – Zhengyi Huang, Matthew Liu, and Jordan Anderson – prior to their performances, thanking them for bringing their talents to Oxford and offering an invitation to return soon.
2024 marks the first year the competition will be held biennially, alternating with a gala concert featuring past Gold Medal winners.
During the gala, it was announced that the finals of the 2025 competition will be made into a television special that will air on Alabama Public Television and be made available to PBS stations across the country. The special will be produced by the Oxford High School Jacket Media program students under the direction of OHS media instructor Candace Finley.