Competitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2022
2022-01-25T23:58:00
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
COMPETITION RESULTS
At the Primrose International Viola Competition in Los Angeles, CA, US, 24-year-old American violist Natalie Loughran took the $15,000 first prize, the prize for best performance of a work by a BIPOC composer, and the audience prize. She currently studies at the Juilliard School with Roger Tapping and Misha Amory. The $10,000 second prize was awarded to American Samuel Rosenthal, 21, while third prize and $5,000 went to US–Danish violist Nicholas Swensen, 22…