{"id":36601,"date":"2026-05-31T15:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stauffer.org\/?p=36601"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:30:52","slug":"ettore-pagano-triumphs-at-the-2026-queen-elisabeth-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stauffer.org\/en\/ettore-pagano-triumphs-at-the-2026-queen-elisabeth-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ettore Pagano triumphs at the 2026 Queen Elisabeth Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36601\" class=\"elementor elementor-36601 elementor-36559\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac42111 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ac42111\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1e5178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e1e5178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Warmest congratulations to Ettore Pagano on his extraordinary victory at the 2026 Queen Elizabeth Competition!<\/b><\/p><p>A Stauffer student in the class of Maestro Antonio Meneses, Ettore was awarded First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, one of the world\u2019s most prestigious and demanding music competitions. In the final round at Bozar in Brussels, he performed Prokofiev\u2019s Symphony-Concerto Op. 125 and Fang Man\u2019s <i>Four Odes to the Tidings of Flowers<\/i>, a work composed especially for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>With this achievement, Ettore became the first Italian ever to win the Queen Elisabeth Competition, writing a historic chapter in one of the world\u2019s most prestigious music competitions.<\/p>\n<p>We are happy and proud to see, once again, his unique artistic voice, boundless energy and musical sensitivity recognised by one of the world\u2019s most prestigious competitions!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a3dcd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9a3dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stauffer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pagano-Ettore_2026-FInal-c-Thomas-Leonard_hd-3-1024x683-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-36575\" alt=\"Ettore-Pagano-Queen-Elisabeth-Competition-\u00a9Thomas-Leonard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stauffer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pagano-Ettore_2026-FInal-c-Thomas-Leonard_hd-3-1024x683-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.stauffer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pagano-Ettore_2026-FInal-c-Thomas-Leonard_hd-3-1024x683-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.stauffer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pagano-Ettore_2026-FInal-c-Thomas-Leonard_hd-3-1024x683-1-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ettore Pagano  \u00a9Thomas-Leonard<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warmest congratulations to Ettore Pagano on his extraordinary victory at the 2026 Queen Elizabeth Competition! 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