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String Quartet performing at the Banff Centre (taken by Jessica Wittman)

14th Banff International String Quartet Competition

By Zenith Wolfe on 3 June 2022 Music Competition, Strings

Ten quartets will compete for more than half a million dollars at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC), the 14th edition since the competition’s establishment in 1983. Between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, the contestants will participate in a series of intense performances. In addition to the cash prize, the winner will receive several residencies, including one whose $200,000 value will be fully paid. All three finalists will be given Banff Centre residency offers; the seven remaining quartets will take home $5,000. BISQC’s triennial occurrence makes it one of the most highly regarded chamber music events in the…

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Newswire | 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Performance Order Announced

By Newswire on 1 June 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Newswire, Piano, Technology

Fort Worth, Texas (May 31, 2022)—The Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition welcomed 30 young pianists from around the world to the Opening Dinner & Draw Party Tuesday evening, May 31, 2022, at the Historic Hilton Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. The competitors, members of the Jury, and host families received warm welcomes from Cliburn staff and patrons, and past Cliburn Board Chairman Susan Bagby Tilley was honored with a tribute delivered by Jury Chairman Emeritus John Giordano. Other speakers included Cliburn President and CEO Jacques Marquis, Chairman of the Board Jeffrey B. King, and 2017 Gold Medalist Yekwon Sunwoo. After dinner,…

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Newswire | 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition to Be Streamed Live Online

By Newswire on 30 May 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Newswire, Piano, Technology

Fort Worth, Texas (May 30, 2022) – As it has been since 2001, the entire sixteenth edition of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (June 2–18, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas USA) will be streamed live online from the first note to the announcement of the new 2022 gold medalist. The Cliburn was a pioneer in the early days of webcasting, and it continues to innovate and expand this vital program as a global leader in the field; this year becoming the first classical music competition in the world to broadcast in 4K. The 2022 Competition webcast promises an even higher level of quality of…

The Shean Piano Competition Finalist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko playing piano (first day)

Newswire | BC Pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko Wins 2022 Shean Piano Competition

By Newswire on 22 May 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

Edmonton, AB (May 21, 2022) – After two days of amazing and very high calibre competition, pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (23 years old), from Salmon Arm, British Columbia, who is currently pursuing a Master’s of Music at the University of British Columbia with Dr. Corey Hamm, was awarded the $8,000 top prize in The Shean Piano Competition. Mr. Izik-Dzurko has also won the opportunity to play with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at a future date. Mr. Izik- Dzurko was one of 6 finalists chosen from the 10 submitted entries to compete in The 2022 Shean Piano Competition on May 20 and…

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Canadian Kevin Chen is among the 40 pianists selected for the 76th Geneva Competition

By Newswire on 11 April 2022 Music Competition, Newswire, Piano

40 pianists aged 16 to 29 years old from 14 countries have been selected, from 182 applicants, to take part in the 76th Concours de Genève, section piano. Pianists born after September 1st, 1992, had until 15 March to register for the 76th Concours de Genève; 182 candidates aged 16 to 29 years old from 28 nationalities (76 women and 106 men) applied for this year’s Piano Competition. Applicants included a large percentage of Asian countries (59%), followed by Europe (26%) and America (9%). The Preselection Jury, chaired by Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska, met in Geneva from 5-8 April 2022…

CMIM 2022: our predictions

By Justin Bernard on 11 April 2022 Music Competition

With Wah Keung Chan, Vivianne Jeanson-Delorme and Adrian Rodriguez In order to better guide you through the 2022 edition of the Montreal International Music Competition (CMIM), the team at La Scena Musicale has listened to the 32 participants and made the following predictions. As in 2018, the competition will be divided into two divisions, Aria and Art Song. On the one hand, there are singers who will shine in the operatic repertoire with orchestra and, on the other, those who will excel in recital, in a more intimate format with piano. Keonwoo Kim in 2015, Mario Bagh in 2018—South Korean…

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Adrianne Pieczonka: The soprano and CMIM jurist is ‘very pro-competition’

By Gianmarco Segato on 11 April 2022 Interviews, Music Competition

The 2022 vocal edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal has assembled a distinguished international jury drawn from the crème de la crème of top name singers, administrators and voice teachers. The panel will be chaired by Zarin Mehta, former Managing Director of Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. The other jury members are British baritone Sir Thomas Allen, former Chair of the Juillliard Voice Department Edith Bers, German bass-baritone Robert Holl, German collaborative pianist Hartmut Höll, Artistic Director of the Festival de Lanaudière Renaud Loranger, former Metropolitan Opera Artistic Administrator Richard Rodzinski and German soprano Christine Schäfer. But the jurist…

John Brancy: Life after CMIM

By Adrian Rodriguez on 8 April 2022 Music Competition

Back in 2018, American baritone John Brancy left everyone in awe at CMIM after winning first prize in the Song Division, as well as advancing to the Aria Division finals, a feat perhaps comparable to that of a marathoner who also competes in the 100-metre. Nonetheless, his vocal marathon was just beginning. Since then, the velvet-voiced baritone has made debuts with several significant opera companies. At Oper Frankfurt in 2018 he sang Peter in Olga Neuwirth’s Lost Highway, based on the David Lynch film. Then in early 2020 at Pacific Opera of Victoria, he was the Steward in the…

Newswire: Canadian Jacques Forestier Amongst 8 Semi-Finalists of Irving M. Klein International String Competition

By Newswire on 6 April 2022 Music Competition, Newswire

SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 4, 2022 – Celebrating 37 years of helping the world’s top young string musicians gain prominence in the competitive world of classical music, the Irving M. Klein International String Competition returns to in-person competition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, our presenting partner. Produced by the California Music Center, the Klein will also stream on the Violin Channel, starting 10AM Sat June 4th and 3PM Sun June 5th. Audiences worldwide will be able to view all contestants as they compete for cash prizes and performance contracts, as a distinguished jury of seven convenes to determine this…

CMIM 2022: Profiles

By Andréanne Venne on 6 April 2022 Classical Music, Music Competition, Vocal

Australia Alexandra Flood (1990) soprano | Art song Professor(s): Neil Semer, 2014-present KS Prof Andreas Schmidt, 2014-2017 Anna Connolly, 2011-2013 Vivien Hamilton, 2004-2011 Prizes: 2015 & 2017 2nd Prize, Richard Strauss Competition, Munich, Germany 2015 Winner, Australian Music Foundation Award, London, UK 2014 Awardee – Acclaim Opera Awards Teatro alla Scala Fellowship, Italy 2014 Winner, Opera Foundation for Young Australians AIMS Award, Australia Canada | Bulgary Adanya Dunn (1990) mezzo-soprano | ARIA Professor(s): Don Marrazzo, 2018-present Edith Bers, 2014-2018 Lorna MacDonald, 2008-2014 Prizes: 2021 Winner of three prizes, Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques, Montréal 2021 Award Winner, Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award,…

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