Canadian competition offers top prize worth over CA$100k, combining cash, career development grant, instrument and engagements
The Concours musical international de Montréal has selected 24 candidates for its live rounds which run from 29 May to 5 June in the city’s Bourgie Hall and Maison symphonique.
They are:
- Zachary Brandon (US)
- Elina Buksha (Latvia)
- Stella Chen (US)
- Elli Choi (US)
- Maria Dueñas (Spain)
- Leonard Fu (Germany)
- Stephen Kim (US)
- Gyehee Kim (South Korea)
- William Lee (US)
- Youjin Lee (South Korea)
- Anna Lee (US/South Korea)
- Lun Li (China)
- Hyun Jae Lim (South Korea)
- Michiru Matsuyama (Japan)
- Fumika Mohri (Japan/Germany)
- Daichi Nakamura (Japan/Austria)
- Yukari Ohno (Japan)
- Fedor Rudin (France/Russia)
- Olga Šroubková (Czech Republic)
- Hannah Tarley (US)
- Coco Tomita (Japan)
- Jinyoung Yoon (South Korea)
- Vasyl Zatsikha (Ukraine)
- Hao Zhou (US)
The first prize laureate wins CA$30,000 cash, $50,000 career development grant, a new instrument, plus a residency at the Banff Centre. Second and third prize win CA$15,000 and $10,000 respectively, and there are a number of special awards.
A number of the candidates have placed highly in previous competitions, including Olga Šroubková, Fedor Rudin, Maria Dueñas, Zachary Brandon, Youjin Lee, Anna Lee, and Elli Choi.
The international jury which comprises: Pierre Amoyal, Michael Haefliger, Kim Kashkashian, Boris Kuschnir, Cho-Liang Lin, Mihaela Martin, Barry Shiffman, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and Pavel Vernikov. Zarin Mehta, former director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic, is jury president.
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