5-Year-Old Joseph Cai Shines in ENKOR 8th, Securing 2nd Place with Bach’s Inventions in F Major

ByQuyen Anne

Apr 9, 2024

Joseph was born in July 2016, and is turning 5 years old in a month. He started to play piano at age 3 and passed the ABRSM grade 5 exam with Distinction at age 4. He is a music lover and has a great innate passion for playing piano. Joseph has won a few regional piano competitions in the past year, for example: – the 1st Prize, Children Class A, Singapore International Piano Competition 2020 (Final) – the 1st Place, Pre-Junior Piano Class, the 8th Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival ( Final) – the 1st Place, Kindergarten Class, Hong Kong Children and Youth Piano Contest 2021 ( Final). Besides music, Joseph enjoys sports activities such as ice skating and swimming in his spare time.

La Chevaleresque, Op.100 No.25, F. Burgmuller; 1:22
  
Invention in F major, BWV 799, No.8, J. S. Bach; 0:58
  
Sonata in C major 2nd movement, KV 545, W. A. Mozart; 3:50
  
Sonata in C major 3rd movement, KV545, W. A. Mozart; 1:38
  
Staccato Beans, Op.1 No.2, Tan Dun; 1:00

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