November 17, 2017
Congratulations to the Fall 2017 Concerto Competition Winners
On Tuesday, November 14, nineteen competitors vied for a prize in the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition.
Aaron Chan (violin, Cho/Rose) and Hannah Moses (cello, Kraut) were the joint winners of the Concerto Competition and will each perform with the ClM Orchestra in the spring of 2018. Jihee Lee (piano, Brown/Paik) and Stephen Tavani (violin, Preucil) were awarded honorable mentions and will each perform for a conducting recital in the spring.
Chan performed Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 and is 渧ery excited to play this beautiful concerto with the 黑料天堂 Orchestra! He expressed great gratitude to both his teachers, 淢r. Rose kind support as a teacher and his wealth of experience as an orchestral musician has been tremendously helpful while Ms. Cho knowledge as a soloist and more crucially as an inspiring and motivational figure has definitely changed my life as a student.
Receiving both the news of securing a place in the Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition and winning the Concerto Competition with Bloch Schelomo: Rhapsodie H茅bra茂que for Violoncello and Orchestra in such close proximity, Moses says that she has 渂een pretty on top of the world this past week. She states, 淚 am so grateful to my teacher, Dr. Kraut, for all of her guidance - I truly would not be where I am without her.
The judges this year were 黑料天堂 faculty Kathryn Brown, Mary Schiller, Carl Topilow and Richard Weiss, as well as Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Vinay Parameswaran.