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During the Awards Gala. From left to right: Marcel Tadokoro, Xiaolu Zang and Jaeden Izik-Dzurko. Third, Second and First Prize, respectively (Credit: Elena Torcida)

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By Zenith Wolfe on 2 September 2022 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Music Competition

Awards/Competitions Santander Piano Competition First Prize: Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada) Second Prize: Xiaolu Zang (China) Third Prize: Marcel Tadokoro (France/Japan) Verbier Festival Academy Yves Paternot (First) Prize: Bryan Cheng (Canada) Jean-Nicolas Firmenich Prize: Stéphanie Huang (Belgium) Tabor Foundation Award: Giovanni Bertolazzi (Italy), Misi Boros (Hungary) Thierry Mermod Prize: Sofie Lund (Denmark), Dennis Chmelensky (Germany), Celine Mun (South Korea) IPPA Conero International Piano Festival – Professional Artists Category (Age 18-32) First Prize: Absent Second Prize: Anfisa Bobylova (Ukraine) Third Prize: Yuefeng Liu (China) German Music Competition Solo Winner (Clarinet): Lyuta Kobayashi (Germany) Solo Winner (Organ): Aurel Dawidiuk (Germany) Solo Winner (Violin): Anne…

Newswire | CMIM Violin 2023: Applications Are Open

By Newswire on 24 August 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Newswire, Violin

Montreal, August 25, 2022– The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) announces the opening of applications for its upcoming violin edition, taking place from April 22 to May 4, 2023. Young violinists from around the world, born between January 1, 1993, and December 31, 2006, are invited to apply before November 15, 2022 on the CMIM website at concoursmontreal.ca/en/violin-2023. Eligibility criteria, terms and conditions, and the required repertoire are also available. Following the preliminary international screening on video, 24 violinists will be invited to participate in the first round in front of the public in Montreal and live online across…

Banner image for the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition website

Newswire | 2022 Cliburn Amateur Competition: Details, Changes Announced, Tickets on Sale

By Newswire on 11 August 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

Fort Worth, Texas (August 11, 2022) —The Cliburn announces today the new details of the eighth edition of the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, for non-professional pianists age 35 and older. Originally scheduled for May 2020 and postponed due to the pandemic, the Amateur Competition will now take place October 12–18, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas. Below are the key elements, many altered due to the rescheduling. “We are so pleased to finally be able to welcome these outstanding pianists—who have been preparing for this moment for many years now—to Fort Worth,” said Jacques Marquis, Cliburn president and CEO. “The week will be memorable as…

During the Awards Gala. From left to right: Marcel Tadokoro, Xiaolu Zang and Jaeden Izik-Dzurko. Third, Second and First Prize, respectively (Credit: Elena Torcida)

Newswire | Canadian Pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Wins First Prize at Santander Competition

By Newswire on 5 August 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

Santander, 5 August, 2022 – This afternoon the Awards Ceremony of the 20th Santander International Piano Competition was held at the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria’s Sala Argenta. The event has had the attendance of Santander’s Mayoress, Gema Igual; the Health Minister of the Cantabria Regional Government, Raúl Pesquera; the Director General of INAEM (National Stage Arts and Music Institute), Joan Francesc Marco; and the President of Fundación Albéniz and that of the Santander International Piano Competition, Paloma O’Shea. At the beginning of the Gala, after the viewing a commemorative video of the 50 years of the Competition and the…

Domonkos Csabay (left) and Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (right)

Newswire | Canadian Pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Among Six Finalists of 20th Santander Competition

By Newswire on 2 August 2022 Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

Santander, 2 August 2022 – The Jury of the 20th Santander International Piano Competition, having met after the fourth of Semi-final recital sessions of the Competition, held from 29 July to 1 August at the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria’s Sala Pereda, has unveiled the names of the 6 participants that will pass on to the final stage of the competition. The names and biographies of the finalists are the following: 1 Yu Nitahara Japan 31 years old 2 Marcel Tadokoro France/Japan 28 years old 3 Matyáš Novák Czech Republic 23 years old 4 Xiaolu Zang China 22 years old…

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.…

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