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The Canada Council for the Arts is delighted to announce the winners of the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting and the Virginia Parker Prize, through which the Council recognizes the highest levels of artistic merit and career achievement by artists from Canada in the performing arts and classical music.
And the winners are:
Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting ($20,000)
Jaelem Bhate, conductor, composer and Music Director of the Prince Edward Island Symphony.
Photo: Darrell Theriault
The Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting is given to a promising young conductor from Canada for their remarkable work.
Virginia Parker Prize ($30,000)
Joanne Yesol Choi, cellist and founding member of the award-winning Dior Quartet.
Photo: Stuart Lowe
The Virginia Parker Prize is awarded to a classical singer, instrumentalist or music conductor under the age of 32 who demonstrates outstanding talent, musicianship and artistic merit, and who makes a valuable contribution to artistic life in Canada and abroad.
Congratulations to the winners!
About the Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts contributes to the vibrancy of a creative and diverse arts and literary scene and supports its presence across Canada and around the world. The Council is Canada’s public arts funder.
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