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Newswire | Canadian violist Emad Zolfaghari Among Nine Semifinalists at Klein International String Competition

By Newswire on 4 April 2023 Classical Music, Music Competition

SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 4, 2023 – Celebrating 38 years of championing the world’s finest young string players, the 38th Irving M. Klein International String Competition returns June 3-4 to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The semifinal round begins at 10AM Pacific Sat June 3rd and finals start at 3PM Pacific Sun June 4th. Audiences worldwide will view contestantsvia livestream on the Violin Channel compete for cash prizes and performance contracts in front of a live audience, as a distinguished jury of seven convenes to determine this year’s winners. Selected from 111 entrants, the semifinalists are: • VINCENT GARCIA-HETTINGER,…

Newswire | Canadian Pianist Carter Johnson to Compete in Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney)

By Newswire on 31 March 2023 Music Competition, Newswire

Sydney, 29th March 2023 – To coincide with World Piano Day, the Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney), today announces the 32 competitors taking part in the world-renowned competition from 5th to 22nd July, alongside the support of globally acclaimed maestro Zubin Mehta, who joins the competition as Artistic Patron for 2023. 32 of the finest young pianists from around the globe, selected from 250 applicants, will travel to Sydney to compete for top honours at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, culminating in the Finals on one of the world’s finest stages, the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, with results…

Newswire | Participants Announced For 2023 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival

By Newswire on 28 March 2023 Music Competition, Newswire

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 28, 2023–The Cliburn announces today the 24 competitors and 14 additional festival participants invited to the third edition of the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival, for 13- to 17-year-olds. The global cultural event will take place June 8–17, 2023, in Dallas, Texas, with the first three rounds at Caruth Auditorium at SMU and the Final Round performance with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valentina Peleggi at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The 38 artists of the 2023 Cliburn Junior hail from all over the world, representing 13 countries: the United States (13), China (12), South…

CMIM 2023: our predictions

By La Scena Musicale Team on 26 March 2023 Music Competition, Violin

by Béatrice M. Cadrin, Rasha Masalkhi and Andrea Rush Béatrice Cadrin has extensive experience as a freelance violinist with ensembles in Quebec, Germany and California. Rasha Masalkhi is a tenured violinist with the Ensemble Obiora. Andrea Rush lives in Toronto, is a former violist with Orchestra Toronto, and former violist with the Strings Attached Orchestra, both local community orchestras. This year, as with every iteration of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM), La Scena Musicale has called upon a team of experts to make predictions about the candidates. The 2023 edition of the competition will be dedicated to the…

Newswire | New York City Opera Announces The Winners of the Duncan Williams Voice Competition in partnership with Manhattan School of Music

By Newswire on 27 February 2023 Music Competition, Newswire

New York, February 27 – New York City Opera proudly announces the winners of the 2023 Duncan Williams Voice Competition. Hosted by J’Nai Bridges, the competition spotlights Black and Latin singers and awards over $50,000 in prize money. On February 3, 2023 at Manhattan School of Music, 11 winners were announced in 4 categories: The Emerging Artistscategory, awarding $8,000 to Cierra Byrd, Daniel Rich,and César Andrés Parreño; the Developing Artists category, awarding $5,000 to Elizabeth Hanje, Benjamin Ruiz, and Jazmine Saunders; the Encouragement Award, awarding $3,500 to Joseph Parrish; and the Black and Latin Song Presentation category, awarding $750 to…

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Newswire | Godwin Friesen is OSM Competition’s Grand Prize winner

By Newswire on 12 November 2022 Music Competition, Newswire

Montreal, November 12, 2022 ▪ The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is thrilled to announce the name of the 2022 OSM Competition’s Grand Prize winner: Godwin Friesen. He wins the Barbara Bronfman Prize ($20,000) named in memory of Barbara Bronfman – a lover of music and dear patron of the OSM. This 83rd edition dedicated to the piano was held from November 8 to 12, bringing together Canada’s most talented young artists, and representing tomorrow’s rising generation of professional musical performers. After two virtual editions, the OSM Competition made a grand return to the concert hall! Also, for the first time, the orchestra…

Newswire | Canadian Kevin Chen Wins 76th Geneva Competition in Piano

By Newswire on 9 November 2022 Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 76th CONCOURS DE GENÈVE The 76th Concours de Genève ended last Thursday with a spectacular Piano Final at Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland, with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Maržena Diakun. We are pleased to present the winners of this year’s edition, dedicated to piano and composition: PIANO PRIZEWINNERS FIRST PTRIZE Kevin Chen (17 years old, Canada) SECOND PRIZE Sergey Belyavsky (28 years old, Russia) THIRD PRIZE EX AEQUO Kaoruko Igarashi (28 years old, Japan) Zijian Wei (24 years old, China) COMPOSITION PRIZEWINNERS FIRST PRIZE Shin Kim, 27 years old, South Korea For his…

Competition Guide 2022-23

By La Scena Musicale on 8 October 2022 Guides, Music Competition

The Azrieli Music Prizes 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 900; Toronto, ON M4V 1L5 Tel: 416-322-5928 x326 music@azrielifoundation.org azrielifoundation.org/amp Dates�: October 2024 Application deadline�: May 5, 2023 Age requirement: Open to all ages Discipline�: Composers The Azrieli Music Prizes offer opportunities for the discovery, creation, performance and celebration of excellence in music composition by awarding four prize packages each valued at $200,000 CAD: Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music, Azrieli Commission for International Music, and Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music. (Dates can be modified) BADER AND OVERTON CANADIAN Piano COMPETITION and Festival Isabel Bader Centre…

Isidore String Quartet, 2022 BISQC

By Bill Rankin on 2 October 2022 Chamber Music, Classical Music, Music Competition

The Isidore, none of whose members is older than 23, has only been together since 2021 before winning the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) on Sept. 4. The Juilliard students did play together a little in 2019, before the pandemic, but violist Devin Moore said at first there was little chemistry. The musicians were still focused on their individual career directions. String quartets were not yet a priority. “We were the right people at the wrong time,” said Moore. “But when we decided to try it again, everything sort of clicked.” In the summer of 2021, the four players…

Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Contralto, 2021 OSM Competition, Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques

By Eva Stone-Barney on 2 October 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Vocal

Although she is still but poised on the precipice of a career full of promise, contralto Rose Naggar-Tremblay has been charming audiences for many years. The Montreal native began her musical studies at 12 years old, and went on to receive a degree in vocal performance from McGill before joining the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal in 2017, where she sang the role of Zora in their 2018 Opus Prize-winning production of Ana Sokolovic’s Svadba, as well as Getrude Stein in Twenty-Seven, and Gabrielle in the première of La nuit est ma femme. More recently, her work as an…

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