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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada

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By Zenith Wolfe on 26 July 2022 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Music Competition

Awards/Competitions Order of Canada On June 29, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced 89 new appointments. The following are related to music and the arts: Officers: Robert Charles Davidson, François Girard and Sandra Oh. Members: Suzanne Aubry, Michel Beaulac, Bernard Brault, Marilyn Caroline Brooks-Coles, James Thomas Byrnes, Geneviève Cadieux, Sheldon John Currie, Reginald Lester Davidson, Michael Terry Harris, Eva-Marie Kröller, Alexander Mair, Ben Mink, Donald James Mowat, Fred Pellerin, Sandra Pitblado, Guy Jacques Pratte, Ronald Julien Tremblay, Guylaine Tremblay, Michelle Catherine Valberg, James Malcolm West, Margie Wolfe and Jan Zwicky. Honens Jan and Larry Fichtner are the 2022 recipients of the…

Jan and Larry Fichtner (banner image for the Honens website)

Newswire | Jan and Larry Fichtner Receive 2022 Honens Honours

By Newswire on 28 June 2022 Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

Calgary, AB (June 28, 2022) — The Honens International Piano Competition is pleased to announce Jan and Larry Fichtner as its 2022 Honens Honours recipients. Honens Honours pays tribute to individuals and organisations whose dedication to the arts, like Esther Honens, has made an extraordinary contribution to arts and culture in Calgary. “Jan and Larry Fichtner are the true embodiment of the very purpose behind Honens Honours. Their generosity of time, resource, and spirit are both outstanding and inspiring on local, provincial, and national levels. We are absolutely delighted to be able to honour them in this way,” says Neil…

Yunchan Lim receives applause after performing a concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop (Photo by Richard Rodriguez)

Yuncham Lim Wins The 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

By Paul E. Robinson on 18 June 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Piano

As I write this final report on the Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, celebrations are underway in Sundance Square, the heart of this great Texas city. Thousands are gathering to share the excitement at the outcome of one of the cities’ most important international events. And the winner? It came as no surprise to me that Yunchan Lim, the 18-year-old young man from South Korea was given the highest award. I think most people in the audience on Friday night who heard him play Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 knew that they were hearing something special. This was artistry…

Bass Performance Hall (Photo by Ralph Lauer)

The Cliburn Competition June 18 Report | The Final Round Final Concert – And No Clear Winner!

By Paul E. Robinson on 18 June 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Piano

After weeks of grueling practice and performance three of the six finalists got their last chance to impress the judges. And no doubt about it: Dmytro Choni (Ukraine), Uladzislau Khandohi (Belarus) and Anna Geniushene (Russia) gave of their very best. They all played well. A broadcast of the June 18 performances Choni created a sensation with his performance of the Prokofiev Third on Wednesday night, and today he gave us a mature and well-considered Beethoven Third. Khandohi had played the Rachmaninov Second Concerto on Wednesday but now brought the volume down a few notches with an elegant if meandering rendering…

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at the Finals of the Sixteenth Cliburn International Piano Competition (Photo by Ralph Lauer)

The Cliburn Competition June 17 Report | Rachmaninov 3 for the Third Time – And Wow!

By Paul E. Robinson on 18 June 2022 Music Competition, Piano

The six finalists had dozens of concertos to choose from, yet three of them picked the same concerto: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Tuesday night Ilya Shmukler gave us his version, and last night (Friday) we heard two more performances from Clayton Stephenson and Yunchan Lim. Stephenson was wonderful but to my ears Lim was not only better but among the best pianists I have ever heard play the piece. A broadcast of the June 17 performances As the only American left in the competition Stephenson clearly had the audience on his side. He has a very likeable stage personality.…

Screening of “An Evening With Kenny Brauberg” during the Finals festival (Photo by Ralph Lauer)

The Cliburn Competition June 15 Report | And Now We Have Heard Them All – But Wait! There’s More

By Paul E. Robinson on 16 June 2022 Music Competition, Piano

The Cliburn Competition Final Round continued last night (June 15) with each of the last three finalists getting a chance to play a concerto with the Ft. Worth Symphony. There was music by Rachmaninov, Beethoven and Prokofiev and the performance quality was just remarkable. Let’s face it, these guys are good. Very good. In fact, they are very, very good. If it were up to me I’d be handing out awards to everyone I heard last night. But how would I rank them? That is a different matter. Each of the six finalists has now been heard playing a concerto…

Arseniy Gusev from Russia performs during a Piano Lunch in the McDavid Studio during The Cliburn (Photo by Ralph Lauer)

The Cliburn Competition June 15 Report | And Then There Were Six

By Paul E. Robinson on 15 June 2022 Music Competition, Piano

The Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition “The Cliburn” has now entered its final week. The original 72 competitors accepted for a screening audition were reduced to 30 who went through a Preliminary, Quarterfinal and Semifinal Round. And then there were six. Each of the six remaining competitors will play two concertos with the Ft. Worth Symphony and the winners will be announced on Saturday. A broadcast of the first set of June 15 performances The six pianists in the finals are Dmytro Choni, 28 (Ukraine), Anna Geniushene, 31 (Russia), Uladzislau Khandohi, 20 (Belarus), Yunchan Lim, 18 (South Korea), Ilya…

Simone McIntosh

Interviews with CMIM 2022 Laureates Simone McIntosh, Meredith Wohlgemuth and Other Competitors

By Shirley Wu on 15 June 2022 Art Song, Classical Music, Interviews, Music Competition, Vocal

La Scena Musicale presents a series of interviews with the laureates, competitors, and the Jury President of the 2022 Concours musical international de Montreal (CMIM). Interviews conducted by Shirley Wu, filmed by Norman Woo of MCCRTV. Simone McIntosh, Aria First Prize Winner About Simone McIntosh (from her CMIM profile): Canadian mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh takes full advantage of her place in the opera world. She is at home in pants roles like Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, in addition to roles such as Dorabella in Così fan tutte and the title role of La…

Cliburn Finalists from left: Anna Geniushene, Ilya Shmukler, Uladzislau Khandohi, Yunchan Lim, Clayton Stephenson and Dmytro Choni (image taken by Ralph Lauer)

Newswire | Finalists Announced for 2022 Cliburn Competition

By Newswire on 13 June 2022 Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

Fort Worth, Texas (June 12, 2022) — Marin Alsop, Jury Chair for the Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (taking place June 2–18, 2022, at Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU and Bass Performance Hall) tonight announced the six pianists advancing to the Final Round. 2022 CLIBURN FINALISTS Dmytro Choni, Ukraine, 28 Anna Geniushene, Russia, 31 Uladzislau Khandohi, Belarus, 20 Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18 Ilya Shmukler, Russia, 27 Clayton Stephenson, United States, 23 Click for biographies. Click for Competition Photos. FINAL ROUND SCHEDULE TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022 Final Round Concert 1 7:30 p.m. Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18 – BEETHOVEN Piano…

Photo: Tam Photography

Newswire | Meredith Wohlgemuth and Simone McIntosh Win CMIM 2022

By Newswire on 10 June 2022 Music Competition, Newswire, Opera

Montreal, June 10, 2022 – Earlier at Maison symphonique, the audience and the international jury of Voice 2022 attended the Aria Grand Finale of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM). After the performance, the jury members met one final time to deliberate and determine the winners of the Art Song and Aria divisions of Voice 2022. CMIM – VOICE 2022 Over $220,000 CDN for the winners ARIA DIVISION FIRST PRIZE Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano (Canada) Grand cash prize of $30,000 offered by la Ville de Montréal PIERRE PÉLADEAU AND RAYMONDE CHOPIN SECOND PRIZE Sarah Dufresne, soprano (Canada) $15,000 offered by…

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