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< Back CARLA AULD Flutist Learn More Videos About CARLA AULDwww.CarlaAuld.com Carla Auld continues to distinguish herself as both a performer and one of the foremost proponents of the flute in the world today. Constantly in demand as a concert artist and teacher, she has also been hailed for her work as a founder and artistic director of organizations specifically related to music and arts administration. Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, Ms. Auld attended Temple University, having studied with Julius Baker, whom she credits with having helped her form the artistic perspective readily apparent in her approach to repertoire, performance, and interpretation, which continues to bring her accolades from critics and audiences alike. She has also coached with such distinguished artists as Michael Parloff, Robert Dick, Bernard Goldberg, Gerardo Levy and Julius Baker. Jerry Dubins of Fanfare Magazine describes Ms. Auld as “beguiling” with a “smooth balanced tone throughout the registers of her instrument,” as well as “marvelous breath control, and [a] technical command distinguishing all of her performances,” while Roger Hits of Highlight Hollywood has proclaimed her “ absurdly talented, creating her own atmosphere with her ethereal flute work.” Auld’s solo performances exist along a broad spectrum of both venues and collaborators, and include engagements with Sante Fe’s Flute Immersion, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Mexico, the Verdi School of Music, Italy, the Saint Paul Festival of the Arts, and the Festival of Strings in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. She has been invited to perform for numerous flute organizations throughout the United States of America. Well-known for her interest in new music as well as the promotion of works by living composers, she has personally commissioned works from James Cohn and Allen Cohn, while also having had works written especially for her, including "Voyage to a New Land” for flute and orchestra by Steve Giammarino, recorded on the MSR label. Ms. Auld has also commissioned works along with her flute colleagues as a member of the award-winning flute octet, UpTown Flutes. She was featured as both piccolo and flute performer on three of the ensemble’s CDs. As Founder and Artistic Director of From Bach to Broadway, a classical music services company, Auld was responsible for giving audiences the opportunity to engage professional artists on demand for events, combining specific instrumentalists to accommodate the need for solo and chamber ensembles of both new and traditional works to audiences. She is also founder of two other chamber groups, the Auld flute and piano ensemble and the London Trio with cellist Lanny Paykin and violinist Gabriel Schaff. -2- Constantly in demand for her work as an advisor and adjudicator, Auld has served on the boards of both the New York Flute Club, and the New Jersey Flute Society, and has served as an international judge for the Magalif Flute Competition. Previous Next

< Back Modern Classics Vol. 2 The Lehner Quartet brings vibrant energy and impeccable precision to our 2nd New Classics album, a bold collection of brand-new string quartets that redefine the boundaries of chamber music. Each composition, meticulously crafted by rising contemporary composers, offers a fresh perspective on the timeless string quartet format. From the hauntingly beautiful to the explosively rhythmic, these pieces explore a wide range of emotions and soundscapes, showcasing the Lehner Quartet’s mastery and versatility. This album is a thrilling testament to the future of classical music, where tradition meets innovation in every note. Listen The Lehner Quartet brings vibrant energy and impeccable precision to our 2nd New Classics album, a bold collection of brand-new string quartets that redefine the boundaries of chamber music. Each composition, meticulously crafted by rising contemporary composers, offers a fresh perspective on the timeless string quartet format. From the hauntingly beautiful to the explosively rhythmic, these pieces explore a wide range of emotions and soundscapes, showcasing the Lehner Quartet’s mastery and versatility. This album is a thrilling testament to the future of classical music, where tradition meets innovation in every note. Featured Works: Joel Feigin: Mosaic in Two Panels Panel I Panel II Jana Skarecky: Australian Images I. Kata Tjuta II. Uluru III. Ubirr IV. Karrimurra Waterfall MOSAIC IN TWO PANELS for String Quartet Joel Feigin (1997) In this work, the elements of a classical string quartet are fragmented like the polished stones of a mosaic. The piece is in two large movements (or panels) separated by a pause, but fragments of a lively and playful “sonata movement”, a lyrical slow movement and a fast, energetic rondo constantly interrupt each other, creating a mercurial and unexpected sequence of events. Two short movements occur in both panels: a mysterious introduction, and a fast fragment that introduces crucial joints of the form. I am deeply grateful for the dedication and devotion that the members of the Lehner String Quartet have brought to this performance. Mosaic in Two Panels is dedicated to my wife, Severine Neff. — Joel Feigin Joel Feigin's bio Joel Feigin is an internationally performed composer, whose operas, chamber, orchestral, and piano works have been widely praised for their "very strong impact, as logical in musical design as they are charged with emotion and drama." (Opera Magazine) Feigin’s first opera, Mysteries of Eleusis, written on a Guggenheim Fellowship, commissioned and premiered by Theatre Cornell, was later featured at the Moscow Conservatory (Russia), and a year later repeated at the Russian American Operatic Festival. A second opera, Twelfth Night , commissioned by Long Leaf Opera, has been seen in three productions, in North Carolina, Chicago, and southern California. It has been praised for “many striking passages, hushed and shimmering for lovers, sparkling and cheeky for the comic figures." The recent California production “brought the audience spontaneously to their feet. Feigin’s magical score is key to that exuberant response…. It’s a sleeper that deserves to be in the repertory of major opera houses.” (Bravo California). Excerpts from Twelfth Night have also been presented in the New Works Sampler at the Opera America Conference, 2006, and on New York City Opera’s VOX 2003 Showcase. Feigin’s current opera-in-progress, Outcast at the Gate, has had two highly successful workshops, at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, featuring the Brightwork Ensemble and the vocal ensemble HEX, and in New York by The Center for Contemporary Opera. After seeing the New York workshop, critic James Grant termed it a “wonderful new opera… contemporary, but with echoes of the distant past...a closely observed mirror of our time”. Instrumental commissions include orchestral, chamber and piano works such as Aviv: Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra , written for Yael Weiss on a Fromm Commission, and heard on Feigin’s widely praised, latest CD, Music for Chamber Orchestra (Toccata Classics). David DeBoor Canfield writes that “regardless of the style in which he is writing, Feigin retains his unique compositional voice. This music demands to be heard”, and Ken Meltzer finds it “an immensely gratifying experience…. It’s wonderful to hear a contemporary composer who embraces varying styles and modes of expression without a hint of pastiche, and in a totally convincing and communicative fashion.” (Fanfare Magazine) The CD Lament Amid Silence (MSR) presents a large-scale work for solo viola, a consort of six violas, and solo piano, written for violist Helen Callus and her studio at the University of California, and which Ms. Callus has termed “one of the most beautiful and dramatic pieces in the literature for the viola”. The recording contains two piano pieces played by Feigin, one of which, Meditation I, has been termed “an as yet unrecognized masterpiece of contemporary piano literature...Feigin is an excellent and most sensitive pianist”( Mark Greenfest, SoundWord Sight). Feigin’s work is also heard on the two-CD set, Transience (Albany), which has been termed as a “comprehensive survey of Feigin’s sincere, communicative, and deeply felt music” by critic Hubert Culot. Pianist Margaret Mills commissioned Feigin’s Variations on Empty Space , and included it, in addition to Feigin’s Four Meditations from Dogen, on her Cambria CD , Meditations and Overtones. Concerts devoted solely to Feigin’s music have been given in Russia and Armenia, and in New York at Merkin Hall and Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. Two all-Feigin concerts were presented in Moscow during Feigin’s year on a Senior Fulbright Fellowship at Moscow Conservatory, at the Conservatory, and at the Scriabin Museum. Dr. Feigin studied with Nadia Boulanger at Fontainebleau and with Roger Sessions at The Juilliard School. His many honors include a Mellon Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Senior Fulbright Fellowship, and the Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Joel Feigin Collection at the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center opened in 2011. Feigin is Professor Emeritus of Composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A long-time student of Zen Buddhist, Feigin studied for many years with the late Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi. His website is http://www.joelfeigin.com Australian Images by Jana Skarecky Jana Skarecky’s string quartet Australian Images is in memory of Peter Sculthorpe, her teacher and friend. It is inspired by the majestic and mysterious Australian land, where she lived for a year and later visited again. The four movements evoke Jana’s own experiences of four special places. These land formations are culturally and spiritually important to the Australian Aboriginal people who have been their caretakers for millennia, and who have their own traditions associated with them. I. Kata Tjuta The piece begins in the desert of central Australia – a place of dry heat, red earth, and rock… The first movement is Kata Tjuta – which means “many heads” – a group of 36 red dome-shaped mountains, formed hundreds of millions of years ago, sacred to the Anangu people. Walking along the hiking trail of the Walpa Gorge, one of the areas where visitors are allowed, the giant red domes tower on either side of you, and you are asked to “Walk quietly, tread lightly… hold in your heart the knowledge that this is a special place.” II. Uluru The second movement is Uluru - the great red sandstone monolith, 348 meters high, over 9 km around, also sacred to the Anangu… the rock marked with fissures, ravines, caves, even ancient paintings. It glowed red at sunrise, but there was lightning in the dark sky above it in the evening – a thunderstorm being a very rare event in the desert – the next day the water holes had water levels two meters higher than normal, and the frog chorus was going crazy… III. Ubirr The third movement is Ubirr, a rock formation in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. It includes a group of rock outcrops on the edge of the Nadab floodplain with natural shelters containing Aboriginal rock paintings thousands of years old. The art depicts creation ancestors as well as animals from the area. This movement opens with a quotation from one of the Chorale movements of Peter Sculthorpe’s 10th String Quartet , and contains material from the piano Elegy which Jana composed when he passed away in 2014. IV. Karrimurra Waterfall The fourth movement is Karrimurra Waterfall (also known as Florence Falls) – this is in Litchfield Park near Darwin, in the Northern Territory. The segmented double waterfall cascades about thirty meters down a cliff into a clear, cool, shady plunge-pool, surrounded by lush monsoon forest. The traditional caretakers of the area, the Wangait people, say that “because of the rapids and currents it doesn’t matter how close you are to others, you won’t hear them… it’s a place exclusive to the individual… a spiritual place… which brings peace of mind... it feeds your mind and soul.” Jana Skarecky's bio Jana Skarecky is a Canadian contemporary classical composer of vocal and instrumental music – for solo instruments, chamber groups, solo voice, choir, and orchestra. Jana was born in Prague, in the Czech Republic, on November 11, 1957. She came to Canada with her family in 1968. In 1980 she received a Bachelor of Music degree in Honours Composition from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where her primary composition teacher was Barrie Cabena. She also studied piano with Erhard Schlenker, French horn with Felix Acevedo, and organ with Nixon McMillan and Jan Overduin. She is an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, in piano performance. In 1987 she received a Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Sydney, Australia, where she studied with Peter Sculthorpe. Jana's compositions cover a wide spectrum of instrumental and vocal resources. Her music has an expressive lyricism, and integrates a variety of influences from Gregorian chant to Czech folk song. Her compositions have been performed in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. The Lehner String Quartet of Washington DC previously performed her Australian Images in 2021. The piece, composed in homage to her former composition teacher Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, evokes Jana’s responses to several iconic landmarks of the Australian landscape. Mezzo-soprano Maria Soulis premiered Jana’s composition Presences in Toronto in 2022 and New Year Carol in 2024. In 2020 soprano Clarisse Tonigussi premiered the monodrama The Path before Me (with text and music by Jana Skarecky) in Waterloo and online. In celebration of Jana’s 60th birthday in 2017 a concert of her compositions and an exhibition of her art took place in Toronto – Time Tributaries, Music and Art by Jana Skarecky . The premiere of The Land Sings for two bass clarinets, percussion & organ, commissioned by NUMUS , premiered in 2017 in Waterloo, Ontario. Her orchestral work Streams opened Hammerson Hall of the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. She loves writing for the voice, both solo and choral works, and setting poetry to music — for example, Green and Gold for soprano and piano (settings of poetry by P.K. Page, toured across Canada in 2017 by Clarisse Tonigussi), commissioned for the Wider Boundaries of Daring poetry conference (Windsor), and the choral work Song of Life , commissioned for Then, Now, & Beyond… a Festival of Music by Women (Ottawa). Jana's choral setting of the poem Back to Babylon by Viggo Mortensen was premiered in New Zealand in 2012. Her one-woman opera Emily, the Way You Are was well received by audiences. Some of her choral music is published by Alliance Publications (Wisconsin) and available from Hal Leonard . Jana Skarecky is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre. She has been Chair of the Association of Canadian Women Composers, and has served on the National Council of the Canadian League of Composers. Featured Performers: Vladimir Dyo, violin I Yevgeniy Dyo, violin II Joseph Kauffman, viola Igor Zubkovsky, cello Performers' bios: Vladimir Dyo Since his debut with the Kazakh State Symphony Orchestra at age 12, Vladimir Dyo has toured and performed at prestigious venues of the former USSR, Europe, Asia, and the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Rachmaninoff Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall, Column Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, KBS Hall, UNESCO, United Nations General Headquarters etc. His individual tone and personal approach to phrasing set him apart from his peers. Critics write: "His mystic contour merged with the instrument and hypnotized the audience....Subtlety and flawlessness of Rachmaninoff's endlessly versatile music created such an emotional reaction with the audience that many had tears in their eyes..." (N. Zemlyakova, musicologist). "Dyo's Sarasate was dazzling..." (Michael Church, BBC World Service). "Vladimir Dyo is a violinist who plays with incredible energy and electricity. His rendition of my LEX was spectacular. He is a major talent who has a very bright future ahead!" (Michael Daugherty, Grammy winner composer). He has received numerous awards from foundations, politicians, and national and international competitions including Grand Prize at the Michelangelo Abbado International Competition in Milan, Italy, 2nd prize at the International Yampolsky Violin Competition in Moscow, Russia, Grand prizes at the top National and International Competitions in Kazakhstan. In 2015, he was invited to perform as guest soloist with Ulsan Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium) and at the Peace Concert at the United Nations General Headquarters in NY dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of UN and 65th Anniversary of Korean War, along with legendary coloratura soprano Sumi Jo under the baton of maestro Hong-Jae Kim. As soloist and chamber musician, Vladimir Dyo performed at the international music festivals including the Graduates of Moscow Conservatory (Russia), Ost-West-Musikfest, Prague-Vienna-Budapest, and Mozarteum (Austria). The Cliburn Institute (USA), Seoul International Music Camp Festival, GwangJu International Classic Festival (Korea), the iPalpiti International Laureates Festival (Los Angeles, USA), and served as faculty member and assistant conductor at the 20th Summit Music Festival in New York. In 2017, Vladimir Dyo was featured soloist at the Namdo International Classical Music Festival in Gwangju, South Korea, where he performed with the Festival Orchestra comprised of musicians of world's leading orchestras, including Vienna Philharmonic, Baltimore, Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra etc. In addition, he has collaborated and performed works of living composers including Daugherty's "Lex", Tsontakis' 2nd Violin Concerto, and premiered works by David Carpenter, Allen Krantz, Kareem Roustom, Paul Moravec and others. In 2019, he was featured on the cover of Strad Korea Magazine including a cover story about his activities as soloist, educator and artistic director of the Global Music Partnership. Yevgeniy Dyo Since his debut with the Kazakh State Orchestra at the age of nine, Yevgeniy Dyo has performed at prestigious venues in the former Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, Canada, and the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kimmel Center, Tchaikovsky Hall, Mozarteum Wiener Saal, Meyerson Hall, Astana Philharmonic Society Presidential Hall, Embassies of the Vatican and South Korea, and the United Nations General Headquarters. He has won numerous awards from foundations and national and international competitions, including the grand prize at the Shabyt International Chamber Music Competition, Astana, Kazakhstan, and the International Organization "New Names" Award, Moscow, Russia. Yevgeniy Dyo was featured in the KBS Overseas Compatriot Award recipient Ten Chu documentary, South Korea; the WWFM program "Celebrating Our Musical Future" hosted by David Osenberg in Princeton, New Jersey; and in a number of interviews and performances on Kazakhstan National Radio and Television. He was featured in the Washington Post's coverage of the regional premiere and second-ever performance of Bernstein's "Music for String Quartet" in Washington, D.C.; other U.S. publications include Korea Phila Times, Korea Week, Kazakhstan's national newspaper Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, Koryo Ilbo, and other international publications. As a chamber musician and soloist, Dr. Yevgeniy Dyo was a founding member of the Musica D'Accordo Astana, the premier chamber ensemble at the Astana State Philharmonic Society, comprised of six of Kazakhstan's most distinguished musicians, performing a regular season at the Presidential Hall and touring nationally. He has performed in the inaugural concert of the Bridge International concert series (currently Vancouver Chamber Music Society) in Vancouver, Canada; he co-founded the Solo and Chamber Music Series in Ewing, New Jersey; and he has performed at international festivals, including Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. His orchestral performances include the world premiere of Karl Jenkins' Requiem in London, England, conducted by the composer; a guest concertmaster appearance with the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic Orchestra; and the assistant concertmaster position with Camerata Kazakhstan. As a member of Trio Fontes, he frequently performs in the tri-state region. Dr. Dyo has taught violin and chamber music at institutions including Temple University, where he coached alongside Philadelphia Orchestra principal harpist Elizabeth Hainen, and The Peddie School. He has also given master classes at institutions including the Mongolian State Conservatory, Flint School of Performing Arts and The Music School of Delaware, among others. He served as a judge for the GMP International Violin Competition in New York. Since 2015, he has also served as a regular judge at the New Jersey All-State auditions. Dr. Dyo has served as vice-president and president of the Philadelphia Korean Musicians Association, one of the nation's oldest and most respected Korean arts organizations. Under his leadership, the organization participated in numerous events, including The First Korean Congress Centennial Celebration, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Korean liberation movement, and "Korea in Philly" Korean Cultural Week, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia. During his tenure, he oversaw the organization of two competitions that served more than one hundred young Korean musicians in the region. He has been named the competition's permanent artistic director. As Artistic Director of the GMP International Violin Ensemble of the multifaceted music organization Global Music Partnership, Dr. Dyo directed the ensemble's Carnegie Hall performance. In addition, he served as an artistic advisor in collaboration with the Association of Modern Georgian Artists to present the world premiere of five compositions by contemporary Georgian composers at the DiMenna Center in New York. Joseph Kauffman Violinist/Violist Joseph Kauffman has studied with Yayoi Numazawa of the Philadelphia Orchestra, James Lyon and Max Zorin of The Pennsylvania State University, and Dr. Eduard Schmieder of Temple University. Kauffman holds violin performance degrees from Penn State (BM) University and Temple University (MM). He is currently a DMA candidate at Temple University. Kauffman has performed in many of the most prestigious concert halls throughout the world including Tchaikovsky Hall, Disney Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kimmel Center, the Mariinsky Theatre, and the Kennedy Center amongst others. Kauffman received 1st Prize in the MTNA chamber music competition, and was the winner of the Beene, Kroulik, and Brewster solo competitions. He was awarded the Albert Tashjian and Max Aronoff Prizes by Temple University for excellence in performance and teaching, and the creative achievement award by Penn State University for his memorable performances. He has performed as a soloist with the PSU Philharmonic, Williamsport Chamber Orchestra, Temple Symphony Orchestra, and others. In 2010, Kauffman joined iPalpiti Artists International, an organization that helps young musicians begin their careers. He has performed chamber music live on the radio in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Kauffman performs regularly with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Princeton Symphony, iPalpiti Artists International, Symphony in C, AVA Opera, and the Philadelphia Virtuosi. During this past year, Kauffman performed chamber concerts with Branford Marsalis, and even had the opportunity to perform for Pope Francis during his visit to Philadelphia in the fall of 2015. Kauffman teaches a talented class of violin and viola students who have gone on to win competitions and college scholarships. He also teaches chamber music at Temple University. Kauffman recorded for the television series documentary, “Philadelphia the Great Experiment,” and is participating in other upcoming television recording projects. Kauffman is the Co-founder and Co-artistic director of the “Music Transforms” concert series in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Igor Zubkovsky Igor Zubkovsky started playing cello in his native Russia. He first appeared as a soloist with the Minsk State Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of twelve, performing the Haydn C Major Cello Concerto. Later, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Natalia Shakhovskaya, the Gold Medalist of the 1962 Tchaikovsky Competition. Mr. Zubkovsky won top prizes at international competitions, including the International Cello Competition in Minsk, Belarus (II prize), and the Tansman Competition in Lodz, Poland (Grand Prix). As a member of “The Brahms Trio” in Moscow, he won Second Prize at the Trapani, Italy and First Prize at the Weimar, Germany International Chamber Music Competitions. With a remarkable record of performances, awards and academic distinctions, Mr. Zubkovsky was awarded a full scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he earned a Graduate Performance Diploma. Since 2003, Mr. Zubkovsky has been a member of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and continues to perform extensively as a soloist and chamber musician. He has appeared at Merkin Concert Hall in New York, at the prestigious Newport Music Festival, and has performed recitals in Massachusetts and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Live recordings of those concerts are frequently broadcast on TV and over the Internet. Recent engagements include performances of the Brahms Double Concerto with the West Chester University Orchestra and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Altoona Symphony. He has performed in a series of chamber music concerts in Paris with the Marquis Ensemble as well as performances at the Moscow Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. Trio concerts with Anna Ouspenskaya and Elisabeth Adkins (as part of the “Levine Presents” performance series) were aired on WETA, Washington’s Classical Music Radio station. Mr. Zubkovsky is the author of numerous arrangements and transcriptions of duets and trios featuring the cello. He premiered the Cello Sonata by Isaac Mikhnovsky and has several CD recordings to his credit. 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< Back Vera Danchenko - Stern Piano/Vocal Coach Learn More Videos About Vera Danchenko-Stern is an internationally acclaimed artist, chamber player, and teacher who has gained recognition as one of the foremost coaches and pianists in her field. She has received great praise from conservatories and universities, endearing herself to her students and colleagues for her professionalism, dependability, and caring. Ms Danchenko-Stern is the FOUNDER OF THE RUSSIAN CHAMBER ART SOCIETY. Born in Russia, she was both a graduate and faculty member of the esteemed Gnessin Institute of Music in Moscow. Her artistic and teaching career in the former Soviet Union has qualified her as a soloist and accompanist for singers and instrumentalists, and as a piano teacher. Ms. Danchenko-Stern lived in Toronto for 13 years and was on the faculty of piano, Royal Conservatory of Music, where she taught piano and the art of piano accompaniment for voice and instruments. There she became an experienced vocal coach. Now living in the United States, she specializes in coaching singers in Russian Art ongs and operatic repertoire. F or 30 years, Ms Danchenko-Stern was teaching "Singing in Russian" course at the prestigious Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. Since 1996 she is a Russian diction coach for Washington National Opera, as well as coaching the singers for its Cafritz Young Artists Program. Ms. Danchenko-Stern's vast experience and knowledge have been exhibited on her numerous tours performing as an accompanist throughout Russia, Europe, the United States, and the Far East. She and her brother, noted violinist Victor Danchenko, have toured extensively throughout North America and Europe performing to sold-out houses. She has also accompanied such renowned artists as Ilya Kaler, Triple Gold Medalist, and exquisite American soprano, Carmen Balthrop, among others. Previous Next

< Back Julio Reyes Guitar Learn More Videos About Julio was born in Oakland, CA and started the guitar at the age of 5 with his father, a former musical diplomat in Paraguay, South America who studied with a student of Agustin Barrios. He gave his first recital at 12 and at 17 performed the "Concierto de Aranjuez" with Richard Buckley and the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. Julio has performed in Europe, South America, and the Caribbean. At 9 he started his studies on cello and eventually became a member of the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra under the direction of Kent Nagano. After being principle cellist for 2 years, he became Maestro Nagano's Assistant Conductor. He has enjoyed being an educator for many years conducting youth orchestras in the US, Cuba, and Paraguay since the late 80's, giving lectures on the life and music of Agustin Barrios at conservatories of music, college music departments, and guitar societies here and abroad, teaching guitar, and teaching music at Holy Names High School in Oakland, CA for 3 years. Currently, he continues teaching guitar privately, gives lectures, recitals, and freelance conducts whenever possible. In addition to directing our Laureate Guitar ensemble this season, Julio is a three time winner in Progressive Musicians and Sound Espressivo events, Julio Reyes. In addition to his fabulous playing he is also an educator, composer and conductor Previous Next

< Back Pierre Beaudry Guitar / Baroque Learn More Videos About Guitarist Pierre Beaudry performs through the world. His extensive concert career takes him to Europe, North America, China and South East Asia, where his solo performances are acclaimed both by the public and the press. The critics have rewarded him for his interpretations of Baroque, Modern and Avant-garde music. In addition to being a laureate of the International Music Competition of Finale Ligure in Italy, he received numerous grants from the Quebec Arts Council, and is a DAAD alumni (German Academic Exchange Service). He studied in Germany at the Cologne Music Academy (Artist Diploma, with Honors), in France at the Paris Conservatory of Music (1st Prize) and at the Nice Conservatory of Music (1st Prize). His most important teachers have been Alexandre Lagoya, Ako Ito and pianist Marc Durand. His interpretations are also marked by long-term studies of musicology and performance practice. Since 2001, due to a major mechanical disorder in the spine, Pierre Beaudry is forced all the time to play guitar in an orthostatic position, i.e. standing up. This position is absolutely unusual in modern classical guitar. He never stopped giving concerts and gave his first performance standing up, in solo, in France on May 18th, 2006. In the period from 1993 to 2006, he has been on the music faculties of three universities in Quebec, Canada (Concordia, Bishop’s and Sherbrooke). He is currently professor of guitar at the Tiziano Rossetti International Music Academy in Lugano, Switzerland. He also is on the faculty of Aeyons Classical , the Australian international teaching platform. He plays a Philip Woodfield Moore guitar. Previous Next

< Back James Adler Pianist, Composer, Board Member Learn More Videos About James Adler AdlerOaks Music Library James Adler is a pianist who “can create whatever type of music he wants at the keyboard” (Chicago Sun- Times) and a composer who writes “with uncommon imagination” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). The Curtis Institute of Music commissioned a new work from Mr. Adler as part of their Centenary Commissioning Initiative “100x100.” He presented the world premiere of A Curtis Reflection for piano solo in recital at the Yamaha Artist Services Studio NY in November for broadcast at Curtis during their Centenary Celebrations in 2024. In April, he appears in recital on the “Salon Concerts at Klavierhaus” series in New York, and also performs on the Arts on Bergen midday concert series at Saint Peter’s University. His Suite Moderne for Strings is featured at Virtual Concert Hall’s Laureate Gala on April 4 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2023, the Global Music Awards selected Mr. Adler as a Silver Medal Winner – Outstanding Achievement in the Composer category for his album That Star in the Picture. The album also landed on the 2023 Top 20 Classical (Vocal) recording list of textura. Luciano Feliciani (Kathodik) calls this “a disc of great value, to be savored slowly,” while Judith Clurman (Conductor, Essential Voices USA) notes that “James Adler writes beautiful melodies.” This “exquisite” (David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare), “lovely collection of lighter songs” (Henry Fogel, Fanfare) features performances by cabaret artists Shana Farr and Michael Buchanan; Broadway performer Kennedy Kanagawa; Perry Sook and Elizaveta Ulakhovich; and Metropolitan Opera mezzosoprano Victoria Livengood in a new chamber version of Pie Jesu from Memento mori: An AIDS Requiem. Mr. Adler is honored to serve on the Sound Espressivo Advisory Board. Sound Espressivo - Virtual Classical/Jazz music is known for the competitions and events it hosts. In 2023-2024, performers will compete for in-person concerto appearances at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, as well as with other orchestras throughout the world. The “James Adler Audience Favorite Award” is presented during the Laureates Gala, and Mr. Adler, a known interpreter of Rachmaninoff’s music, serves as a judge for a special competition celebrating the life and music of Sergei Rachmaninoff. Mr. Adler made his orchestral performing debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and has appeared in recital on the Orchestra’s Allied Arts Piano Series, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Series. His appearances have brought him from Chicago’s Grant Park, to London’s Royal Albert Hall (broadcast by the BBC), to Thesseloniki, Greece, to New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space, and the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden. His extensive list of compositions is headed by Memento mori: An AIDS Requiem. Performed worldwide, recorded by AmorArtis Chorale and Orchestra, and published by Alfred Music, Memento mori features a “range of expression [that] is expansive” and is “a unique, well-crafted, emotionally rich piece” (American Record Guide). Other compositions include Reflections upon a September morn (poetry by Walt Whitman); Songs of Innocence and of Experience (poetry by William Blake); A Winter Triptych (Albany Records); Monday’s Child, performed at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carols of Splendour, premiered at Carnegie Hall (“A cheerful, splashy tour de force, skillfully constructed and full of clever ideas,” The Choral Journal); It’s Gotta Be America, commissioned for the Centennial Celebration of the Statue of Liberty; and Canticle For Peace, written for the opening of the 43rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (published by Colla Voce Music). Mr. Adler is also the composer of Concerto in G for Piano and Orchestra (published by Alfred Music), the children’s “pOpera” Herbie and Carnie: A Dinosaga, the Classic Rag-time Suite for orchestra, numerous solo, chamber, and choral works, and the award-winning film score for The Hat Act. As performer and composer, Mr. Adler can be heard on recordings from Albany Records, Capstone, Navona, and Ravello Records. He is a member of the Arts Department at Saint Peter’s University, a National Arts Associate in the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, a recipient of the 2017 Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2018 was selected for membership in the SAI Composer’s Bureau. In 2023, he was invited to join the Music Publishers Association of the United States. Mr. Adler is a Yamaha Artist. Elegy Artist Management • elegyartistmanagement.com www.adleroaksmusic.com February 2024 Previous Next

SoundCloud < Back Ante Božić-Kudrić, Young Composer-in-Residence Ante Božić-Kudrić is a Croatian composer and pianist. His music for an animated short film "From the Depths" won the Award for Best Animated Short Film of the children's jury in the Olympia International Film Festival. Western Dances from Suite for Two Violins and Piano Ante Božić-Kudrić, Young Composer-in-Residence 00:00 / 06:12 SoundCloud Ante Božić-Kudrić is a Croatian composer and pianist. He gained elementary and secondary music education in the music school "Josip Hatze" in Split in the class of professor Valentina Štrbac-Čičerić. Ante earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Academy of Music of the University of Zagreb in the class of Ante Milić in 2012. Mr. Božić-Kudrić has won awards at several competitions for young pianists in Croatia. Ante has performed at numerous recitals and masterclasses with renowned and distinguished pedagogues such as Valdma, Kämmerling, Simone, Bogino, Krpan, Inđić. From 2014 Ante is actively engaged in composition. He composed music for the animated short film "Out from the Deep" in 2014. It won the award for Best Animated Short Film of the children's jury in 2014 at the Olympia International Film Festival. In 2024 Ante made his debut at Carnegie Hall performing his composition Oblak (Cloud) with countertenor Marin Vitas Carnegie Hall April 1, 2024. Oblak (The Cloud) by Ante Božić-Kudrić Marin Vitas, countertenor Ante Božić-Kudrić, piano In addition to composing after his studies, Ante performed on numerous concerts and worked as a piano accompanist in the ballet studio, with singers, and for the National Theatre in Split for operas and musicals, also performing with the orchestra. He also works as a piano teacher both in school and in private. He composed his first major work in 2014 "Suite for two Violins and Piano" which had its premiere in the small Lisinski Hall in Zagreb in 2015. With the commission from the Dutch Grieg Piano Duo in 2018 he composed his "Rhapsody for Piano Duet" which was premiered by the Grieg Piano Duo at the Piano Loop Festival in 2019 in Split. Of his smaller works there is a song "Oblak" for tenor or soprano on the text of Dobriša Cesarić, two colorful vocalizes for soprano, Serenade and Minuet for the double bass. In 2019 he composed Album for the Young which consists of 72 progressive pieces of difficulty intended for young piano players as well as players that are on intermediate and advanced level of playing. The Press Dalmatinski Portal: Dvojica Splićana uspjeli su nešto što brojnim svjetskim glazbenicima nikada neće poći za rukom Slobodna Dalmacija Bio im je to koncert života! Dvojica Splićana još su pod dojmovima: Osjetiti atmosferu Carnegie Halla, to je zbilja čast Please visit Ante Božić-Kudrić YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@anteb.k.composer1837 Previous Next

< Back Michelle Lynne Piano Learn More Videos About Canadian pianist Michelle Lynne is known for her dynamic and exciting performances, connecting with audiences in a personal and touching way. Based in the Netherlands, she has performed across Canada and Europe. A frequent chamber musician, she is also in demand as a collaborative pianist and festival adjudicator. She is regularly invited to give masterclasses in International Schools across Europe with violist Deanna Petre as part of the Juilliard Global program. As Artistic Director of the concert series Opus 16 Concerten , she creates concert programs with other young professionals to connect and inspire audiences. She is the Co-Founder of The Fearless Artist Mastermind , a coaching program for professional musicians with co-facilitator Deanna Petre, where they work with musicians to equip them with skills needed to build successful careers as classical musicians. The recipient of numerous awards, she is a laureate of the Prix d’Europe, the Helene Roberge Competition (ARAM), the Canadian Music Competition, the Kiwanis Competition, the Shean Competition. Michelle has attended summer festivals across Europe, studying with renowned professors such as Julian Martin (Julliard), Claudio Martinez Mehner (Basel), Dominique Weber (Geneva), Klaus Hellwig (Berlin), Ferenc Rados, Marian Hahn (Peabody) and André Laplante (Conservatoire de Montréal). She received a Professional Studies Diploma and a Masters degree in piano performance from the Université de Montréal, studying with Dr. Jean Saulnier. She is inspired by new ideas, good conversation, travel and long walks with her cyprus poodle. Canadees pianiste Michelle Lynne is bekend vanwege haar dynamische en opwindende optredens. Ze verbindt zich met haar publiek op een persoonlijke en ontroerende manier. Ze ontving talrijke prijzen en is gelauwerd als winnares van Prix d’Europe , de Helene Roberge Competition (ARAM) , de Canadian Music Competition , de Kiwanis Competition , de Shean Competition en de University of Alberta Concerto Competition . Mevrouw Lynne trad op door heel Canada en eveneens in Nederland, Zwitserland, Duitsland, Kroatië, Spanje, Italië en Frankrijk. Michelle nam deel aan zomerprogramma’s in Italië, Banff, Spanje, Duitsland, en het Orford Arts Center, waar ze studeerde met befaamde professoren als Julian Martin (Julliard), Claudio Martinez Mehner (Bazel), Dominique Weber (Geneve), Klaus Hellwig (Berlijn), Ferenc Rados, Marian Hahn (Peabody) en André Laplante (Conservatorium van Montreal). Ze speelt regelmatig als kamermuzikant. Als veelgevraagd samenwerkend pianiste en jurylid, werd ze uitgenodigd om samen met violiste Deanna Petre masterclasses te geven in Zwitserland. Daarnaast is ze samenwerkend pianiste in de zangstudio van de vermaarde Gemma Visser (Eijsden). Michelle ontving een Professional Studies Diploma en een mastertitel in Piano Performance van de Universiteit van Montreal, waar zij studeerde met Jean Saulnier. Daarvoor studeerde ze aan de Universiteit van Alberta. Ze kreeg een LCCM (masterdiploma) van het Conservatorium van Canada en de Performers ARCT van de Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Ze is de artistiek directrice van Opus 16 Concerten , in Limburg, Nederland. Previous Next

< Back Kabalevsky Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major The Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major , Op. 50 (subtitled Youth ) by Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky is one of three concertos (the others are for violin and cello) written for and dedicated to young performers within the Soviet Union in 1952, and is sometimes performed as a student's first piano concerto. This sunny and tuneful piece manages to combine effective apparent pianistic pyrotechnics whilst keeping it within the range of ability of a keen student. Listen Dmitri Kabalevsky - The Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 50 I. Allegro molto II. Andante con moto III. Presto Kate Yunseo Lee (Piano soloist) Kate Yunseo Lee , a fifth-grade student at St. Leo the Great Catholic School in Fairfax, VA, began her piano journey at the age of 4 under the tutelage of Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya, alongside music theory lessons from Fedor Ouspensky. Kate performed Yuri Polunin's Piano Concerto in A minor with the New York Chambers Players Orchestra and maestro Giacomo Franci at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, in November 2022. Kate has had the privilege of performing multiple times at Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, including as an American Protégé Judges’ Distinction Award winner in 2019 and a First- Place winner in the American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music in the same year. In 2024, she achieved second place at the Piano Concerto Festival hosted by the Northern Virginia Music Teacher Association. Additionally, she won first place in the American Fine Arts Festival Concerto Competition in 2023, participating in the winner’s recital at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, the same year. Gevorg Sargsyan (Conductor) Hailed as "... one of the most inspiring artists of his generation." Gevorg Sargsyan is a Singapore based conductor and music director from Armenia. Recipient of Sir Georg Solti Award, he has been guest conductor in various venues around the world with different orchestras including Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Armenian National Opera as well as ballet productions, Jayakarta Symphonic Orchestra, Orquesta Carlos Chavez, among others. Gevorg studied in his native Armenia at the Yerevan State Conservatory and later continued in Vienna Conservatory (Austria) and Goldsmiths College of Music (London - UK). After moving to Asia, he is combining his career between conducting and running masterclasses and lectures. He is a visiting professor of the University of Philippines College of Music and is regularly guest-lecturing in various educational establishments across South East Asia. Gevorg is also a member of adjudication panels of various festivals and music competitions. He worked as a music director of Madison Academy of Music and SCGS String Orchestra in Singapore. He has recently been appointed an Artistic Director of Saudi Music Hub with the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia. Published by Cicerone Music and Art (CiMA) Previous Next

< Back Soo Bae Cello Learn More Videos About Canadian Korean cellist Soo Bae , was recently praised by The New Yorker as “superb” and by The Strad, for being “rich and romantic with crisp incisive technique” She has performed across the world from HongKong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Spain, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada and the US, including a sold-out debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C , Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan. In addition, she was featured soloist for the closing ceremony of the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, where she performed on Casals’ own instrument. As a concert soloist, she was recently honored as the musician of the month in Musical America Magazine. Ms. Bae is also a winner of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. In 2006, the Canada Council of the Arts awarded her First Prize in its Instrument Bank Competition, resulting in a three-year loan of the ca. 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello. Earlier that same year, she became the first Canadian ever to win a prize at the Adam International Cello Festival & Competition in New Zealand. In 2009, she was awarded the McGraw-Hills Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach from the Juilliard School. Her recent CD for the Naxos label featuring all of the solo cello works by Alfredo Piatti has been praised for the ‘staggering display of technical brilliance and outstanding range of expression transforming these works, often thought of as nothing more than etudes, into fulfilling musical jewels’. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Bae has collaborated with celebrated artists such as Richard Goode, Charles Neidich, Lynn Harrell, Joel Smirnoff, Michael Tree, Mitsuko Uchida, Arnold Steinhardt, David Soyer and Peter Wiley among others. She has also toured with “Musicians from Marlboro” and "Curtis on tour" appearing in numerous chamber music festivals including Marlboro, Yellow Barn, Amelia Island Music Festival, Sarasota, and Verbier. As a supporter of new music, Ms. Bae has premiered new solo cello works written especially for her by such renowned composers as Huang Ruo, David Ludwig and Shinuh Lee. Soo Bae received her Bachelor of Music from The Curtis Institute of Music under Orlando Cole and her Master of Music Degree and the prestigious Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School where she also served as assistant faculty under Joel Krosnick. Intensely involved in teaching, Ms. Bae has given master classes around the globe and has been asked to judge for various competitions including the recent Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition. Ms. Bae is the director and founder of Angelos Mission Ensemble Chamber Music Program in New Jersey which is dedicated to training and empowering young musicians to serve and love the community through music. She also teaches at the Curtis Summerfest in Philadelphia as a faculty to Young Artist Summer Program and Chamber Music and Orchestra for Adults Program. Ms. Bae uses the Ivashkin Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae of Cremona cello dated 1710 and resides in New Jersey with her husband and three children. https://www.soobae.com/ https://www.youtube.com/soobaecello Previous Next

< Back Diego Imperiale Voice (Countertenor) Learn More Videos About Diego Gabriel Imperiale, born in Buenos Aires Argentina. Singer, actor, voice coach and musician. Since he was young, around 2005, he began writing songs and performing on stages in Argentina. In 2010 he founded his band “Absurda Atracción” and in addition to playing in several legendary places in the city, he began to appear on the musical theater scene as a vocal coach, composer and assistant director of local musicals. As an actor, he was the face of “Coca Cola” for the celebration of 125 years as a lead role for Spain and several places in Europe. He was selected by Oscar winner Armando Bo for this role. He is also in the movie “Christmas In Miami” on Amazon Prime. Between 2010 and 2020 he portrayed Paul McCartney in different bands of the Latin American Beatle scene, participating in Beatle Week festivals in Latin America and also in different cities in Brazil. In 2014, he celebrated a successful tour with the band Quantica, a Pop Art Discos and Sony Music signed project, as a backup vocalist, keyboardist and sequencer. He is an Estill Voice Training certified singing teacher (Estill Voice Master Trainer) at Estill Voice International. He studied with Kim Steinhauer, the president of the method, and assisted her in some of her international courses. He was certified by Alejandro Saorín Martínez (renowned opera voice teacher from Italy) and is also an assistant for his international courses in Spanish. He is one of the few Latin American Master Trainers in the world. In 2018, he directed, headlined and produced “Avenida Broadway”, a musical theater concert series in Buenos Aires that ran for a year and a half and had two shows in Columbus, Ohio, United States. He participated in shows at Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, as a singer and musician with his former pop/rock band “Absurda Atracción” under the production company Club Media Networks, awarded by YouTube as one of the most important influencers’ agents in Latin America. “Avenida Broadway” had its new installment at the end of 2022 as “A Night At Broadway” in Fort Lauderdale. Diego is a former counter tenor opera singer, cross-trained to sing tenor roles as well. In 2019 he played Jesus as a counter tenor lead in a baroque opera version of Jesus Christ Superstar and Marius in Les Miserables. He also starred in the Opera Gianni Schicchi in the role of Rinuccio, the lead tenor, in California. In mid-2023. At the end of 2023, he returned to the musical theater stage in South Florida with West Side Story, where he performed two different roles singing, acting and dancing in a professional cast for the Wynmoor Theater. Previous Next

What kind of prizes can you win? Learn more here about Sound Espressivo, the first online LIVE streaming Competition for classical musicians of all ages. Contestants and judges focus on unique artistry of every performer, awarding prizes offered by music management companies. Be discovered! Get promoted! Prizes are offered by companies which advance careers and present performance opportunities to classical musicians of all ages, instruments, and voice!* *Prizes are awarded at the sole discretion of the companies and are not guaranteed by the organizers of the Competition SEC-2021 does not offer cash awards Virtual Concert Halls is an online producer specializing in live broadcasting, streaming, and distance recording of musicians and music events. We produce and stream over the Internet individual artists' programs, concerts, festivals, recitals, presentations Virtual Concert Halls sponsors Performance Awards: Each Laureate will perform a solo recital. Each Winner will participate in concerts. Scholarship to attend the Seminar For Advanced Pianists* *(in person or virtually as circumstances permit) Two Scholarship for any instrumentalists to take part in immersive cultural tour in Europe June 4-14 2022 Munich-Fussen-Insbruck-Liechtenstein-Zurich Details TBC Two Scholarships for Pianists Masterclasses with professors in one of the leading music institutions in Germany Performance opportunity in one of the castles/venues (again, details TBC) Dedicated cultural tour/itinerary that involves visits to various cultural sites, concerts and/or opera theatres For a glimpse of how it was in 2019, visit this link Fifteen Minutes of Fame is 15 one-minute works by different composers written for a specific performer or ensemble. Fifteen Minutes of Fame gives a variety of new music by living composers to audiences hungry to hear what is being created in today's music scene. " ...the 15 Minutes of Fame project of Vox Novus is a godsend. It organizes competitions whereby ensembles commission worldwide calls for submissions of approximately one-minute pieces, and then select their 15 favorites for premieres. The players, themselves emerging and without the funds for a traditional commission fee, get original works to present, while the likewise emerging composers get a chance for exposure and a premiere..." - Seth Gilman, NY Music Culture Examiner Proudly offering a scholarship to a promising cellist, to attend masterclasses with Dr. Anzél Gerber at the Wiener Musikseminar in Vienna, Austria WIENER MUSIKSEMINAR -International master classes in Vienna, Austria. The Wiener Musikseminar has, since its founding in 1970, committed itself to convey a piece of music history to young artists from around the world Vienna as the cultural centre of classical music is a fertile ground for this purpose. Apart from the international master classes, participants will have the opportunity to perform in a concert. 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The Next Festival is an extraordinary home for new music and I encourage all open minded students to come and explore what the future holds!” –Jeffrey Zeigler, cellist “An ideal wellspring for artistic collaboration.” –Derek Bermel, composer “A sheer joy!” –Jennifer Koh, violinist Vox Novus is awarding a winning musician its services to organize and administer its Fifteen Minutes of Fame project for an online performance and interview in conjunction with Virtual Concert Halls. Bel Cantanti, an opera company, under the direction of Dr. Katerina Souvorova, was formed in 2003 with the express purpose of giving performance opportunities to local, operatic talent. Its members consist of young opera professionals, whose collective performance experiences include fully staged operatic productions in different venues around the country and abroad. The Fearless Artist Mastermind Full Scholarship for the 6-months Career development program Learn to manage your own success! 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Virtual Concert Halls and American Fine Arts Festival Performance Awards Best Instrumental Performer : Appearance with a European Orchestra (TBD) during summer-fall season of 2021 (one prize will be awarded to the most overall qualified winner) Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall Awards Four awards : Performance at American Arts Festival Winners Recitals Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall in June, 2022 Best Voice : Performance at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall in the Fall 2022, presented at the Golden Voice concert Scholarship Award $500 For participation in summer programs presented by American Fine Arts Festival in Europe during summer 2022 Professional Engagement Award The winner will be offered an opportunity to be featured in GROUPMUSE exclusive Virtual Spotlight Concert Advertised throughout the entire Groupmuse network Winner will receive free live-streaming technical training and musician onboarding assistance via the Groupmuse platform and beyond Groupmuse is an online classical music platform and community of over 150,000 people that has facilitated 6,000+ chamber music house concerts, and over 300 virtual concerts since the COVID era Music2Meeting the first international artist management agency dedicated to bringing world-class musicians directly into the virtual workplace Lena Khandros Music Business Entrepreneur, Producer, Founder & CEO at Momentum Artists Management and Music2Meeting.com Scholarships to study in Madrid