Korean cellist Kim Tae-yeon, 20, took second place at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, one of the world's most prestigious classical contests.
On the 31st (local time) in Brussels, Belgium, in the final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition cello institutional sector, Kim Tae-yeon placed second after Italy's Ettore Pagano, 23. The prize money is 20,000 euros.
The Queen Elisabeth Competition is regarded, along with the Chopin Competition and the Tchaikovsky Competition, as one of the world's three major classical competitions.
Korea continued its presence on the international stage by producing another prizewinner four years after Choi Ha-young's victory in the cello institutional sector in 2022.
Kim Tae-yeon, a graduate of Yewon School, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States at age 14 and debuted in 2020 with the Kumho Young Artist Concert. Since then, the cellist drew attention by winning the Lutosławski Competition in 2024.