Vijay Venkatesh wins prize in Seattle piano competition

Vijay Venkatesh (BM ’17, piano performance), currently a student in the USC Thornton Keyboard Studies program under Norman Krieger, has won second prize in the Seattle Symphony Piano Competition, earning $5000 and the opportunity to perform in concert with the symphony.

Venkatesh will next perform in a chamber music recital with clarinetist Micah Wright at USC Thornton’s MacDonald Recital Hall on Sunday, Nov 22 from 4-6:00 p.m.