Sophitcha Watcharakitipong

Sophitcha is 9 years old, living in Bangkok, Thailand. She started learning piano at the age of 4. Since the age of 5, she has been studying piano with Prof. Irina Novikova at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok City Campus.

Below are recent lists of competitions she participated, and awards received: - Vivaldi International Music Competition 2023 Season 3, Absolute First Prize, Junior Category (Age 8-10) and Excellent Technique Special Prize. - London Young Musician 2023-2024 Season 1, Gold Prize (Young Talent age 8 & under), Gold Prize (Etude Performance) and Versatile Musician Award. - The X International Piano Competition Smederevo 2023, First Prize, Laureate Absolute Winner and Special Diploma for Promising Young Artist, Piano Junior Category. - UK International Music Competition 2023 Season 2, First Prize and Artistic Expression Special Prize, Etude Category. - The 2nd Bravo Children’s Music Festival, Gold Prize, Johann Sebastian Bach Two-Part Inventions. - Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition 2023, USA, First Prize and Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner, Young Musician, 8 years old and younger and invited to perform at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York. - 2nd Premia International Young Artists Music Festival, 5th Prize and Gold Award, Piano Young Artist B. - 2022 Shanghai International Piano Competition, Thailand Preliminary, 1st Prize, Class Age 7-8. - 2022 International Music Competition Paris Grand Prize Virtuoso, First Prize and Exceptional Young Talent Special Prize Winner, 8 years and under and invited to perform at the Amphithéâtre Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris on December 12, 2022. - Tokyo International Youth Music Competition (TIYMC) 2022, Fourth Place, Category B (Born in 2015/2014) - 2022 Contemporary Music Competition, Charleston International Music Competition, South Carolina, USA, First Prize Winner, 8 years and under. - 2022 The 5th Hong Kong Pacific Piano Open Competition, 3rd Prize Winner, 8 years and under. - Red Maple Music Competition, Summer Season 2022, First Place Winner, Young Musician Category, 7-8 years old, General and invited to perform in Toronto, Canada on 8 August 2023. - London International Music Competition 2022, Third Prize, Piano Kids Prodigy. - Beethoven Young Musician Competition 2022, Vienna, Austria, Second Prize, Young Category. - 2nd International Piano Competition, Great Piano Masters, Rudolf Kehrer Edition 2022, 1st Absolute Prize, Erna Krause Award, Category A. - Orbetello International Piano Competition 2022, Italy, 1st Prize, Pre-Category. - The 1st Carl Bechstein Piano Competition for Young Pianists (Thailand) 2021, Gold Prize, The Rising Star Category – Group A - The 9th Hong Kong International Youth Performing Arts Festival (HKYPAF), Final Round, 4th Place, Piano Children Class A. - Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) 2022, United Kingdom, I+, Blue Ribbon, Piano Solo-Junior Division.

Piano Performance at Winners’ Concert - Golden Classical Music Awards, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, Winners’ Concert, 13 July 2023. - Pulsar Music Winners Recital & Award Ceremony, Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Toronto, Canada, 8 August 2023.