Joseph & Ken Gallwas — 1st & 2nd Place
Congratulations Joseph Gallwas (@joegallwas.piano) and Ken Gallwas (@ken.gallwas) for taking first and second place at the 2024 Aloha International Piano Competition.
Joseph and Ken are House of Ravel (Level 4) students of Jeffrey Panko (@pankopiano) and Mary Sauer (@marysauerpiano) and coached by Sean Bennett (@seanbennettpianist) at @newmusicschool.
Both Joseph Gallwas and Ken Gallwas of Chicagoland are the reigning 3rd place 2024 MTNA National Champion in Senior Piano Duet, both performing at Carnegie Hall at age 9 together. Avid 16-year-old concerto pianists, they have performed in the US and Italy, including for Joe Chopin Concerto #1, Rachmaninoff Concerto #3, Shostakovich Piano Concerto #2, and for Ken, Prokofiev Concerto #1, Ravel G Major Concerto, and many others.
Both have participated in masterclasses with the esteemed pianists Antonio Pompa-Baldi (@pompabaldipiano), Steven Osborne (@stevenosbornepiano), Dang Thai Son (@dangthaison) Jon Nakamatsu (@jonnakamatsu), and Joyce Yang (@joyceyangpiano).
