Local pianist Bobby van Deusen has won his second world championship in the Senior Division of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Contest.
Every year over Memorial Day weekend in Oxford, Mississippi, the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest is held to provide an opportunity for pianists to compete and learn in a stimulating atmosphere, and to educate people about old-time piano music written prior to 1940.
Through the years, the contest has provided more than $60,000 in prize money to more than 500 piano players from across the United States and from five foreign countries.Â
Bobby van Deusen also won the senior division in 2019.