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Three contestants, two works, one winner. This was the story of the BBC Young Musician 2024 Final, which saw pianist Ryan Wang lift the coveted trophy following a thrilling performance of Rachmaninov<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Second Piano Concerto<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p> Wang\u2019s rendition was the second outing for the Rachmaninov at a sparkling evening at Bristol Beacon<\/a><\/strong>, as it was also played by fellow finalist Jacky Zhang. In between them, Shlomi Shahaf\u2019s performance of Tchaikovsky<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Violin Concerto<\/a><\/strong> completed an all-Russian line-up.<\/p> For the 17-year-old Ryan Wang, the sixth pianist to win BBC Young Musician in the competition\u2019s 46-year history, the triumph caps a remarkable couple of years. <\/p> Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, but currently at school in the UK, he has also enjoyed recent wins in the Jeune Chopin International Piano Competition in Switzerland, Cleveland International Piano Competition and 2024 Prix du Piano Bern, among various others. <\/p> Already something of a veteran of the concert stage, he gave his first recital at a mere six years old, is a Young Steinway Artist and last year was the youngest performer named in Classic FM radio\u2019s list of 30 rising stars under the age of 30.\u00a0<\/p>Who is Ryan Wang?<\/h2>