All Competitions articles – Page 30
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BlogsVideo: Sergei Dogadin's winning Shostakovich performance at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
Sergei Dogadin gives his winning performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover.The 27-year-old Russian, who won first prize the Paganini International Violin Competition in 2005 and second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011, receives a cash prize of ...
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BlogsAmalia Hall performs at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall, one of six finalists currently taking part in the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, performs Mozart's Fifth Concerto in the semi final.Appearing with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the twelve semi-finalists both directed and performed their Mozart concerto.The violinists are competing for ...
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BlogsDiana Tishchenko performs at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
Diana Tishchenko, one of 12 remaining candidates currently taking part in the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, performs Mozart's First Concerto in the semi final.Appearing with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the twelve candidates have to demonstrate that they are able to lead and direct an ensemble ...
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Richard Lin performs at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
Richard Lin, one of 12 semi-finalists currently taking part in the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, performs Ysaÿe's Sonata, op. 27 no. 4, Bach's Partita no. 2 and Joachim's Romance, op. 2 no. 1 in the competition's preliminary round.
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Article8-year-old Leia Zhu gives winning Mendelssohn Violin Concerto performance
British violinist Leia Zhu has won the International Russian Rotary Music Competition in Moscow, open to children aged between 8 and 12, in string, wind, piano and harp disciplines. Zhu is the youngest prize winner in the competition's 13-year history, receiving a prize of $3000. In the ...
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ArticleJi Young Lim performs Mozart at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 2015
Ji Young Lim performs Mozart's Fourth Violin Concerto at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels - where she took home the €25,000 first prize.Ji Young Lim is one of five recent winners of international string competitions who talk about their strategies for success in The ...
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BlogsListening to my idols makes me a better violinist, says Alexandra Conunova
Listening to recordings is a valuable part of practice, the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition finalist tells Pauline Harding
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BlogsWhy no Gold Medal violinist at this year’s Tchaikovsky Competition?
For those witnessing the violin finals, the results of the 2015 competition were an anti-climax. But, writes Charlotte Smith, perhaps they were inevitable.
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Alexandra Conunova performs in the final
Violinist Alexandra Conunova, one of three Bronze Medal winners in the violin category of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition last week, performs both Sibelius and Tchaikovsky concertos in the final of the competition. All competition performances can be viewed through Tch15.medici.tv. Read The Strad's blog ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: cellist Andrei Ionuț Ioniță performs Stravinsky
Cellist Andrei Ionuț Ioniță, who won the cello category of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition this week, performs Stravinsky's Suite Italienne arranged for cello by Gregor Piatigorsky in the first live round of the competition. His full performance can be viewed through Tch15.medici.tv, which broadcast ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Yu-Chien Tseng performs in the final
Violinist Yu-Chien Tseng, the highest ranked competitor in the violin category of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition this week - achieving second place - performs both Sibelius and Tchaikovsky concertos in the final of the competition. All competition performances can be viewed through Tch15.medici.tv. Subscribe ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: Pablo Ferrández-Castro performs Bach
Cellist Pablo Ferrández-Castro, Onyx recording artist and 2015 winner of the Rheingau Music Festival award, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. Ferrández-Castro is one of six cello finalists competing for the top prize this week. ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: Alexandra Conunova performs Kreisler
Violinist Alexandra Conunova, winner of the 2012 International Josef Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, performs Kreisler's Gypsy capriccio at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. Conunova is one of six violin finalists competing for the top prize this week. Her full performance can be ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Clara-Jumi Kang performs Chausson
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang, winner of the 2010 Indianapolis International Violin Competition, performs Chausson's Poème at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. Kang is one of six violin finalists who will compete for the top prize next week. Her full performance can be ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Yu-Chien Tseng performs Valse-Scherzo
Violinist Yu-Chien 'Benny' Tseng, winner of this year's inaugural Singapore International Violin Competition, performs Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. The names of those violin and cello candidates progressing to the final will be revealed this evening. Tseng's full performance can ...
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ArticleJi Young Lim performs Brahms's Violin Concerto
Ji Young Lim performs the first movement of Brahms's Violin Concerto in the finals of the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in which she came third.The violinist has just been named the winner of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium, after performing the same work in ...
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen performs Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata no.6
Violinist Ray Chen performs Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 - which he later won.Read about the 12 violin finalists who are competing at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition this week.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleSuliman Tekalli performs Bartók at the Seoul International Music Competition
27-year-old Suliman Tekalli performs Bartók's Violin Concerto no.2 with the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra in the final of the 2015 Seoul International Music Competition. Tekalli shared second prize with 17-year-old Ayana Tsuji; no first prize was awarded.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleLeia Zhu, aged 8, gives winning performance of Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto
British violinist Leia Zhu, aged 8, has been named the youngest ever winner of the International Competition ‘Young Virtuosos’ in Sophia, Bulgaria. The competition's 2015 edition included violin, viola, cello and percussion categories, each divided into four age groups.Zhu won her violin category (up to the age of ...
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ArticleFinalists perform Mozart at the Singapore International Violin Competition
The three Grand Finalists of the Singapore International Violin Competition have now been announced: Sirena Huang, USA; Richad Lin, Taiwan; and Yu-Chien Tseng, Taiwan.The three will perform Romantic concertos with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Verbitsky on 21 January and compete for a top prize of ...
