A SPIRIO WATCH SERIES: ARISTO SHAM
Spiriocast On-Demand featuring Aristo Sham, the 2025 Van Cliburn Competition Winner
6th September 2025 | 16:00 – 17:15 hrs.
Steinway Thailand is delighted to announce a Steinway Spiriocast On-Demand Event featuring acclaimed pianist Aristo Sham, winner of the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
In collaboration with Aspen Music Festival and School, this 75-minute episode of the Spirio Watch Series proudly presents Aristo Sham’s first public performance in celebration of his 2025 Van Cliburn Competition victory, featuring masterworks by Bach, transcribed by Rachmaninoff and Busoni, as well as works of Ravel, Beethoven, and Brahms.
Join us in experiencing the nuance and refinement of the pianist’s performance originally broadcasted from Colorado through the extraordinary capabilities of the Steinway Spirio|r instrument, the world’s finest high-resolution player piano — exclusively at the Steinway & Sons Showroom, Thailand.
Program
Suite from Violin Partita in E major, BWV 1006
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Transcribed by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Chaconne from Violin Partita in D minor, BWV 1004
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Gaspard de la Nuit
I. Ondine
II. Le Gibet
III. Scarbo
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major,
Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
I. Allegro
II. Scherzo: Assai vivace
III. Adagio sostenuto
IV. Largo - Allegro - Fuga: Allegro risoluto
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Intermezzo in E-flat major,
Op.117 No. 1
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
THE PERFORMER
Hailed by The New York Times as a pianist "whose playing combines clarity, elegance, and abundant technique," and by The Washington Post as a young artist with "boundless potential" who can "already hold his own with the best," pianist Aristo Sham has dazzled audiences on five continents. In 2009, Aristo was featured in the documentary 'The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies', broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK.
Aristo has also performed for royalty and dignitaries such as King Charles, the Queen of Belgium, and ex-President Hu of China, and collaborated with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Edo de Waart, English Chamber Orchestra under the late Sir Raymond Leppard, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and the Minnesota Orchestra.
Aristo first gained international recognition when he won First Prize in the Ettlingen International Piano Competition in Germany in 2006, and First Prize in the Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition in 2008. In 2023, he won the Grand Prix at the Monte-Carlo Music Masters. He is the First Prize Winner of the 2018 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, and more recently, the recipient of the top prizes at the Casagrande, Gina Bachauer, Vendome Prize at Verbier Festival, Dublin, Clara Haskil, New York, Saint-Priest, and Viotti International Piano Competitions.
Aristo holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from Harvard University and a Master’s in Piano Performance from New England Conservatory. He is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Juilliard School under Robert McDonald and Orli Shaham. His principal teachers include Eleanor Wong, Colin Stone, Victor Rosenbaum, and Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist, and he has been mentored by Gabriela Montero. In his free time, Aristo enjoys travelling, languages, gastronomy, and oenology.
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LOCATION
Steinway & Sons Showroom
#1F-04 Gaysorn Center, 1st Floor
999 Phloen Chit Rd., Lumpini, Bangkok