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Calvin Abdiel Tambunan has won the 2020 Ananda Sukarlan Award, the largest piano competition in Indonesia.
The Jakarta-born pianist received a scholarship from Institut Francais d Indonesie (IFI) for a summer course in France when physical restrictions have been eased.
Calvin is studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia. The 19-year-old was selected to join the school s Rising Stars program, which makes him eligible to receive scholarships and support to enter competitions in various countries.
Calvin was a soloist at St Petersburg State Capella Symphony Orchestra when he was 16, and had also appeared with Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Switzerland s Les Chambristes. He has performed in Indonesia, Germany, Denmark and Israel with those orchestras.