Awards
- 1997: 2nd Prize, International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
- 1999: 1st Prize, Oberlin International Piano Competition
- 2001: 1st Prize, The 7th Ettlingen Piano Competition
- 2002: 1st Prize, 53rd Viotti International Music Competition
- 2004: Awardee, 1st Kumho Musician of the Year Award
- 2005: 3rd Prize, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
- 2005: Final Round (unplaced), International Chopin Piano Competition
- 2009: Silver Medal and Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music (shared with Evgeni Bozhanov), Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
- 2011: 2nd Prize, XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition
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