The young Cuban pianists Daniela Rivero and Eladio Hernández won first place in the Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition 2021 - in the category of chamber music, group C, 18 years of age or older - in the most recent edition held digitally in the city of New York, United States. 

The Cuban duet's participation consisted of two videos in which they performed La Malagueña, by the renowned Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, and the Sonata for piano four hands, by the French composer Francis Poulenc. 

These pieces were sent to New York City for scoring by a prestigious international jury that reviewed the work of several artists from Poland, China, the United Kingdom, United States, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, Taiwan, Malaysia, among other nations. 

"Full of emotion and joy, we share this wonderful news. It is an award that comes to us resulting from the efforts of many people, to whom we are grateful today and always," shared the new Cuban pianist Daniela Rivero on her personal Facebook profile. 

This achievement is the result of Cuba's artistic education system and the solid Piano Department in the largest archipelago of the Antilles, outstanding teachers who gave their best advice to this duo, such as maestros Mayté Aboy González, Liana Fernández, Ernesto Oliva Figueredo, and Ulises Hernández. 

According to the artists, this distinction represents a great boost to their career, motivating them to continue studying the instrument more and more each day and continue defending the best expressions of Cuban and universal music. 

As a reward for this talent, the young performers will perform at the Winners' Awards Concert of this edition of the competition, to be held in March and July 2022, at the Weil Recital Hall of the renowned Carnegie Hall in New York. 

The Golden Classical Music Awards is a music competition open to everyone of all ages, in the specialties of strings, piano, wind, and voice. Its aim is "to discover artists of outstanding personality and offer prizes that can help launch international careers."