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< Back Previous Roma Joshi Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Roma Joshi began studying piano at the age of six and developed a deep love for classical music by age nine. She currently studies under Tzuyi Chen and has performed works by composers from the Baroque to the Romantic era, with a particular admiration for Chopin. Outside of music, Roma is a STEM-focused student whose appreciation for classical music reminds her that structure and creativity can coexist in perfect harmony.

< Back Previous Turner Guichard Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2024 WATCH VIDEO Turner Guichard, a junior at Monte Vista High School in Danville, CA, is a prizewinner of the North California Young Talents Competition. He performs as first violinist with the Berkeley Youth Orchestra, East Bay Chamber Orchestra, and his school orchestra. Turner has excelled in Certificate of Merit and ASTACAP examinations and is currently studying AP Music Theory.

< Back Application Deadline September 30, 2025 Previous Apply Next Butler Philharmonic Orchestra Selected Soloists will be presented at the colORCHESTRA concert with the Butler Philharmonic Orchestra in Hamilton, Ohio, on the banks of the Great Miami River, at the Sorg Opera House or another of the Orchestra’s venues, under the baton of the Music Director Maestro Scott Woodard. Concert Dates in 2025-26 Concert Season: March 7, 2026. Soloists - Kate Lee and Calliope Smith Concert Dates in 2026-27 Concert Season: March, 2027 Rehearsals with the Butler Philharmonic Orchestra will be scheduled 3 days prior to the concert date. The concerts are Broadcast Live by Virtual Concert Halls on various public channels on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Twitch, among other platforms. Video of the concert will be available for playbacks on the channels. Soloists will participate in interviews for media and other activities associated with the event Important dates: Application deadlines and Live Auditions dates - see announcements on the website. Broadcast on video and social platforms. Meet the Judges and the Conductors. Streaming technology seminar in preparation for Live Audition - prior to performing LIVE. No age restrictions. Any instrumental Concerto, a single movement, or Aria accepted. Concertos and Arias Meet the Orchestra The Butler Philharmonic has been entertaining audiences for over 60 years! The Butler Philharmonic performs music of every form and genre at indoor and outdoor venues across the region. Founded in 1951 as the Hamilton Symphony by Drs. Fred Baumgartner, Kurt Lande, and Joseph Bein, as well as Frances Tidings, Harry Carroll, and Al Sutphin, the Butler Philharmonic has remained dedicated to outstanding and uncommon programming. For more than 60 years, our community has thrilled to the sounds of international guest artists, the finest musical talent in the region, and renowned conductors. The 75 member professional Butler Philharmonic Orchestra typically presents 4 to 5 concerts annually to packed houses. The Butler Philharmonic Chorus, formed in 1997, made its debut at the first Ohio Mozart Festival in 1997. In 2005, the Chorus performed under the baton of noted English composer John Rutter in Carnegie Hall. In 2018 the Chorus returned to Carnegie Hall to perform Maestro Paul John Stanbery’s own Music for Mass. Meet the Conductor Previous Next Scott E. Woodard is the music director of the West Virginia State Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly known as the Charleston Chamber Orchestra) and the Butler Philharmonic Orchestra. Dr. Woodard’s primary teachers were Dr. Leonid Korchmar of the Mariinsky Theatre and the St. Petersburg Conservatory and Dr. Oleg Proskurnya, with whom he studied the methods of the Leningrad School of Conducting developed and taught by Maestro Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory from 1932-1999.In 2005 and 2011, Woodard conducted orchestras of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society and the Mariinsky Theatre in concerts throughout the former Russian capitol. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Conductor’s Guild and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity. Learn More Application and Audition Process Application form is DUE by the posted DEADLINES throughout the season. Upload video of any piece (with or without accompaniment). YouTube or Google Drive links are accepted Application fee $75 Selected musicians will be invited to audition live on a public Internet TV Broadcast* and will receive a preparation tech session with VCHS Broadcast Engineers. You will meet the Judges during Live Audition. Live Auditions are held virtually. Live Auditions are judged in real time. Judges provide participants with immediate on-air feedback. During the live audition participants will be able to speak with Judges. • The judges’ decisions are final and may not be contested. • To participate in the live online auditions, each musician must prepare required technical setup Live Audition Fee - $250 *Fee includes the Technology Preparation session with A/V and Broadcast engineers You will be notified about your acceptance into the colORCHESTRA program Fees Application and video pre-screening - $75 Live Audition - $250 Performance - NO FEE ($0) Selected soloists are expected to cover their own travel expenses. Upon request colORCHESTRA provides supporting documentation for selected soloists' visa applications. Selected soloists may request press releases, letters of recommendation, confirmations of their participation in the concert, in support of the soloist's grants applications. Apply Concertos and Arias Butler Philharmonic Orchestra's Venues Sorg Opera House Founded in 1951 as the Hamilton Symphony by Drs. Fred Baumgartner, Kurt Lande, and Joseph Bein, as well as Frances Tidings, Harry Carroll, and Al Sutphin, the Butler Philharmonic has remained dedicated to outstanding and uncommon programming. For more than 60 years, our community has thrilled to the sounds of international guest artists, the finest musical talent in the region, and renowned conductors. The 75 member professional Butler Philharmonic Orchestra typically presents 4 to 5 concerts annually to packed houses. The Butler Philharmonic Chorus, formed in 1997, made its debut at the first Ohio Mozart Festival in 1997. In 2005, the Chorus performed under the baton of noted English composer John Rutter in Carnegie Hall. In 2018 the Chorus returned to Carnegie Hall to perform Maestro Paul John Stanbery’s own Music for Mass. From 1994 until his retirement in 2019, Maestro Paul John Stanbery led the Butler Philharmonic to new heights. During his 25-year tenure as Music Director and Principle Conductor he helped transform Hamilton Symphony from a simple community orchestra, performing only once or twice a year, to the multi-faceted organization it is today. 1997 Paul became conductor of the Youth Orchestra, which was under the auspices of the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. The Youth Orchestra was transferred to the Butler Philharmonic organization in 2005. During Paul’s tenure, the Guild started – a sister support group that promotes music thru scholarships, funded by snack sales at BP concerts, and social fund-raising events such as the Party of Note and more. The historic Sorg Opera House The historic Sorg Opera House is located in the heart of revitalized downtown Middletown. The theater is within walking distance from bustling entertainment, breweries, and bars allowing you turn your trip to the Sorg Theater into a whole day of fun. SORG aims to provide programming and services that make an essential contribution to the cultural economy, economic revitalization, education, and quality of life of Middletown, Ohio and its region. Our Mission: To become a center for, and partner in, the greater cultural, historical and economic communities of Middletown and the region Check out Middletown’s daily activities, or spend the day shopping at unique, locally owned retail shops just a few streets over. Looking for a delicious meal pre-show, or a drink after a concert? The theater is complete surrounded by great spirits, dinning, and lodging.

< Back Jong-hun Bae Conductor/Orchestra Learn More Videos About Renowned for his excellence in breathing new life into the traditional repertoire, presenting new works by living composers, and charismatic stage presence, Jong-hun Bae continues to attract international attention. His conducting posts have included Guest Assistant Conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor for the Baltimore Opera Company, Resident Conductor for the Salt Lake Symphony, Associate Conductor for the Peabody Chamber Opera, Assistant Conductor for the Utah Lyric Opera, and others. Jong-hun’s concert engagements have included appearances with leading orchestras throughout Asia, Europe, and North America, among them, St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Leipziger Symphonieorchester, Orchestra Simfonica a Filarmonicii “Mihail Jora”, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Aurora Symphony. In addition, he has been invited to conduct at the important performance venues throughout the world, including Gewandhaus, Leipzig (Germany), Carnegie Hall, New York; Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia (USA), Place des Arts, Montréal; National Arts Centre, Ottawa (Canada), Auditorio Nacional, México City (México), Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze; Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli (Italy), Opéra Berlioz, Montpellier (France), and others. Jong-hun has worked with renowned conductors such as Marin Alsop, Anton Armstrong, Colin Metters, Jorma Panula. He has studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University, mentored by the legendary conducting pedagogue Gustav Meier. While studying at the Peabody, he served as a Guest Assistant Conductor to Maestro Hans Graf with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Maestro Christian Badea and Maestro Oliver von Dohananyi with the Baltimore Opera Company. In addition, Jong-hun is the winner of the 2015 International Conductors Competition in Atlanta, GA. https://maestrobae.wixsite.com/jonghunbae/biography https://maestrobae.wixsite.com/jonghunbae/repertoire https://maestrobae.wixsite.com/jonghunbae/recordings Previous Next

< Back Dr. Irene Peery-Fox Piano Learn More Videos About EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP: * Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance,Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (Leon Fleisher) * Master of Science degree; The Juilliard School, New York City, NY (Ilona Kabos, Jeaneanne Dowis) * Bachelor of Music degree; The Juilliard School; New York City, NY (Irwin Freundlich) * Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto degree (A.R.C.T.), with Gold Medal for highest marks in all of Canada; Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr. Gladys Egbert) * Associate in Music-Pianoforte Performance degree, with Gold Medal for higherst marks in all of Canada; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Dr. Gladys Egbert) * Piano Reperoire Consultant on the Music Teachers' National Association Repertoire Committee, (2001-2005) AWARDS AND HONORS: *Karl G. Maesar Award for Excellence in Teaching, Brigham Young University (2006) *National Arts and Humanities Award, for commitment and effort in behalf of the cultural arts in community, Provo Arts Council (2006) *Young Scholar Award for Teaching and Academic Achievment, Brigham Young University *Named a 'National Fellow' by the Music Teachers National Association for "contributions to the professions of teaching."*National Fellow of the Music Teachers' Natioal Association, (2003-present) *Honorary Induction into the 'Golden Key International Honour Society' "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Brigham Young University and world and local communities in the areas of service and leadership." *Listed in the Canadian Dictionary of Music and Musicians and in Outstanding Young Women of America. *Winner of CBC Talent Festival International Piano Competition, held in Toronto, Canada. RECORDINGS: * CD, Irene Peery-Fox. The Piano Series, vol.I. (Rachmaninoff, Boyle, Chopin, Schubert) * CD, Irene Peery-Fox and Christie Peery-Skousen, Duo-Pianists, vol. II. (Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Arensky, Clementi) * CD, Irene Peery-Fox. The Piano Series, vol III. (Beethoven/Liszt) PERFORMANCES: * Appearances with orchestras in: Montreal, Toronto, Salt Lake City, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Victoria, Calgary, Provo, and Lethbridge * Solo and Chamber Recitals in Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, San Francisco, and throughout United States and Europe. * Radio and Television performances on NBC, CBC, and BBC networks. TEACHING: * Professor, School of Music, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (1982-present) * Faculty Member, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, Preparatory Division, Baltimore, MD (1980-82) * Faculty Member, Young Keyboard Artists Association and University of Michigan School of Music Summer Piano Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1986-88) * Faculty Member and Performing Artist, SPAR (School of Performing Arts Research Foundation), Summer School for the Arts, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah (1986) * Students are frequent prize winners in International, National, State, and Local competitions and have performed with symphonies throughout the world, including Russia, and all across the United States. Prizes include first in the International Gina Bachauer Competition and first in the National MTNA Collegiate Young Artists' Competition in 2005, the prize being a Steinway grand piano. WORKSHOPS, MASTER CLASSES, AND PRESENTATIONS: * Has given master classes at the World Pedagogy Conference in Nashville, the MTNA National Convention, in Moscow and Samara, Russia, as well as State Conventions in Chatanooga, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Sacramento State, and others. JUDGE: * Judge for many international, national, and state competitions, including the International Gina Bachauer competitions, the International Seattle Piano Competition, the Sate MTNA Auditions in Chatanooga, Arizona, and others. PUBLICATIONS: *Clavier Companion Magazine- article on Mental Preparation in Technique *Clavier Magazine- article on George F. Boyle *Keyboard Companion Magazine-article on the use of Technology in teaching. *Groves Dictionary-contributor for an article on George F. Boyle Students in my studio receive a very competitive environment. Members of each age group frequently enter and win national and international competitions. At times, monthly classes are as tough, competitively as the competitions. Each individual willing to work is given tools and early success sufficient to proceed to the next level of commitment. 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 Previous Jihye Kim Next Korean Vocalist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall February 20, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Born in Seoul, mezzo-soprano Jihye Kim discovered her love for music at an early age. Although her initial path led her to earn a degree in Business Administration from Hongik University, followed by a successful career at Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell Computer, her enduring passion for singing eventually guided her toward a life in music. Jihye went on to major in Vocal Music at Seoul Cyber University, and later pursued graduate studies in Vocal Music and Choral Conducting at the Graduate School of Christian University in Seoul. Her artistry has been recognized in numerous international competitions, including: World Classical Music Awards – Silver Prize Progressive Musicians Online Festival Competition – Finalist Clara Schumann International Competition – Honorary Mention London Classical Music Competition – Special Mention Recognition Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Music Concours – Diploma International Performing Arts Competition “Music Prospect” – Diploma Currently based in Korea, Jihye Kim continues to perform and share her musical expertise as a lecturer, inspiring audiences and students alike with her expressive voice and deep musical insight.

< Back Maurizio Mastrini Guest Artist, Piano Learn More Videos About Maurizio Mastrini Italy PIANIST Maurizio Mastrini is one of the best pianist and uncontaminated composer of the international musical and instrumental panorama. He came to the fore these last two years because he plays famous classical masterpieces starting from the last note backward to the first. The musical result is astonishing and the audience can listen to a new piece having the same notes of the original one, but played backwards. His musical creativity has his roots in the retreat in Umbria where he lives, far away from the frantic rhythms of daily life routine. This is exactly what makes him uncontaminated in his compositions and full of emotions that he transmits through his works. He has been defined a “wild heart” for his way of living and being a little bit solitary but with a heart that, when he plays, expresses a world of emotions. His compositions are the link between the traditional standards of music and the new Contemporary Classical Music, thanks to a cultured and emotional research, that fuses itself, in some parts to dodecaphony, leaving aside the harmonic hardness of this latter. Many of his works are minimalist compositions, others show a mathematical conception, other are constituted by very few notes “… even just few notes may move a person to tears” says the maestro, other compositions have instead such abundance of sounds that they sound like an orchestra”. The most recent comments about him: “Maurizio is extraordinary” Steve Orchard, sound engineer of the Air Studios in London,winner of a Grammy Award (for a Béla Fleck album) “A little bit crazy and a little bit genius: but the genius is 80% …”Corrado Canonici, double bass player, World Concert Artists agent, London “Phenomenal pianist” Margherita Ferrandino, RAI journalist “Mastrini: madness and brilliance to its pure essence … fantastic!!” Federico Taddia, RADIORAI speaker “Maurizio Mastrini is a genius!” Michele Cucuzza, RAI journalist “Mastrini represents one of the best international music talents” Fabrizio Frizzi, RAI TV presenter Etc. “Newspaper articles published about him by: Corriere della sera, Repubblica, Il Giornale, La Nazione, Il Messaggero, Focus, l’Espresso, etc. He has been the music guest in the following channels: RAIUNO, RAIDUE, RAITRE, ITALIA 1, CANALE 5, RETE 4, DEUTSCHEWELLEENGLISH,BBC, RADIORAI, Etc. His world tour will bring him in the most important cities of the world. Maurizio Mastrini graduated at the music conservatory “F. Morlacchi” in Perugia while studying with Maestro Vincenzo Vitale. He expresses his highest artistic expression playing the piano, though he is also a composer and director. Born in Panicale, a small village in Umbria, from very young parents (his father was 18 and his mother 16). His father perceives he is a boy out-of-the-common when he discovers him, at the age of 7 or 8 years old, playing rudimentary drums built with empty paint tins used by his father for mechanic constructions. His father brings him to a music teacher, who soon understands the talent of the young boy and suggests him to go to the conservatory. Maurizio starts playing the piano and he is soon considered a child prodigy. He wins several national and international music contests. He starts touring around the world and makes CD recordings for AZZURRA label that sell incredibly well throughout the world. Particulary important is the Cd collection “Storia della Musica – Capolavori” (History of music – the masterpieces) distributed by Ricordi where Maestro Riccardo Allorto chooses to put together in the same CD A.Rubinstein and M. Mastrini, this latter playing R.Schumann Phantasiestucke in C flat. His record production includes: “I Miei Romantici, vol.1”,“Sogno D’Amore”,“Sacro & Profano”, “I miei Classici”published by “Progetti Sonori” particularly interesting because Maurizio Mastrini is the first pianist to record the first works of the classical authors such as Mozart, Beethoven, etc.; Love Music, Classic Music For Christmas, “Le Musiche dello Zodiaco”, “Love Piano”. He composes a Mass in Latin at the age of 14, an opera, an Ave Maria and many other compositions, some of which he starts playing during his concerts. His many tours bring him to Iceland, Denmark, Turkey, France, England, Netherlands, the U.S.A., Spain, The Czech Republic. He held concerts in prestigious towns such as: Dijon, Basil, Cincinnati, London, Inverness, Paris, Verona, Rome, Besancon, Perugia, Milan, Messina, Reykjavík. He made video recordings for Italian RAI, Swiss radio and television, BBC, ABC, Mediaset.The teachers that mostly influenced him are Vincenzo Vitale,Don Mario Venturi and Winjand va De Pol. Meanwhile he founds and directs one of the most valued music schools in Europe “Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Musicale” (National Academy of Musical Arts) where, alongside with the music classes, he adds courses for pre-school children so to bring them close to music in an active way with solfeggio and playing the instrument thanks to the Pentamano system, that he invented himself.He wrote several didactic books as: “La tecnica del pianista contemporaneo”, “Mastro solfeggio”, “Mastrini piano”, collections of 4-hands pieces, etc. He directs the Royal Academy of Music Art from 1994 to 2002. Starting from 1998 he puts up short operas as: Mozart’s “La finta semplice”, A. Scarlatti’s “Il trionfo dell’onore”, D. Cimarosa’s “Il marito disperato”, A. Salieri 2Falstaff”, Donizetti “Giovedi Grasso” and “Il Campanello”. He starts playing his own compositions together with pieces by Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Beethoven, Scarlatti. The reactions of the surprised public is so positive that he starts giving concerts playing only his music and obtaining a great success. The critics have defined him “a great technician with a sublime sensibility”. He then offers his creativity to the company he founds thereafter: Mastrini Production & Communication, that works in the field of musicals, tv productions, communication and marketing. Some of the best productions are: VIP MOBILE a company for phone services Canale 5, Italia 1,MTV, All Music; Dindo Mobile a company for phone services Canale 5, Italia 1, MTV, All Music. Maurizio Mastrini has conceived and implemented for the TV circuit Cinque Stelle 3 editions of the musical programme “Musica Maestro” and two editions of “Palcoscenico Aperto”,“Il Diavolo e l’Acqua Santa”. He created the tv formats “Drin Game”, “L’Autostop”, “Tutti a sCQuola”, “Un biglietto per due”. He produced the fiction “Oltre la collina” (“Beyond the hill”) chosen and awarded a special mention for merit at “Romafictionfest 2009”. He is the author of the soundtrack of “Così fan tutte” sit-com broadcasted by Mediaset. Maurizio manages anyway to find the right balance between business and private life, that he spends in his retreat in the Umbrian countryside. From 1992 he is the artistic director of the following music festivals: Piano festival in Verneuil en Halatte (France), Ross Shire Music (Scotland) and of the youth orchestra Malden Young Strings, Reykjavík Song Skolinn. He is the manager of the festival and the musical contest “Città di Folgaria Musica & Neve” from 1993 to 2003 and is the artistic director of the international festival “Euritmia Sonora”and of the international music contest “M. Petri” in Città della Pieve (PG), “Città di Marsciano” (PG) and is the founder of the music festival “Mosaico Sonoro” of Panicale. He composes several works for RAI such as theme songs, musical arrangements for the series of twenty-seven episodes “favolando Favolando” broadcasted by RAI Stereo Due. He wrote the musics for “UNO MATTINA” RAI UNO. He worked as musical consultant for the TMC tv programme “Zap Zap Tv” in 1998/1999 and 1999/2000. He was the musical consultant for “UNOMATTINA” since 1996 and from 1999 to 2003 of the programme “I FATTI VOSTRI” RAIDUE. n 2001 he composed the shortest opera in the world “Il Bacio”(the Kiss) on a text by Sergio Tasso, length 3 minutes and 20 seconds that will be inserted in the world Guinness. The opera will have its premiere in 2011. His style highlights in a very clear way the basic elements of his language cultured and complex, but emotional and immediate at the same time. His concerts raise increasing attention and enthusiasm in Italy, but the consecration as composer of international height arrives in 2009 with the album “Il Mio Mondo al Contrario” (“My world to the Reverse”) where Mastrini plays classical masterpieces and original compositions backwards,that is starting form the last note backward to the first. He is inspired by an endless research and experimentations of new musical frontiers. The musical result is surprising. He draws the attention of the media that range him among the most talented and amazing world contemporary pianists. Previous Next

< Back Previous Elena Ulyanova Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2024 WATCH VIDEO Elena Ulyanova began studying piano at age five under her mother, Larisa Ulyanova, in Saki, Crimea. She quickly distinguished herself, winning multiple first prizes in Ukrainian and Russian competitions. Her early successes earned her full scholarships to prestigious Moscow institutions, including Gnessin College of Music, Gnessin Academy, and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Shortly after entering the Conservatory, she became a prizewinner in the second Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition. She completed her Master of Music degree and pursued postgraduate studies with Victor Merzhanov, performing extensively with the Moscow Philharmonic Concert Association, and taking masterclasses with Emanuel Krasovsky, Victor Derevianko, John O’Connor, Howard Shelley, and Leslie Howard. In 2004, Elena recorded her first solo CD of Liszt works with Classica Records. After immigrating to Washington, D.C., she collaborated with Howard Shelley on Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which, along with Piano Concerto No. 2, was performed with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra and released on her 2006 Bel Air Music CD. Her performances have been featured on WFMT (Chicago), CKWR (Ontario), and WQED (Pittsburgh). Elena has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral collaborator worldwide, performing in the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain, Austria, Korea, the Netherlands, China, Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. She has played with the Vienna Musikverein Orchestra, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Crimea State Symphony, State Russian Orchestra “Boyan,” Omsk Philharmonic, and notably performed Rachmaninoff’s Second Concerto with the White Lilacs Festival Orchestra on just four hours’ notice. In 2014, she was named a Steinway Artist. As an educator, Elena has received multiple teaching awards and serves regularly as a juror and examiner for piano competitions and senior recitals, shaping the next generation of pianists.

< Back Joel Feigin Composer Learn More Videos About "This is music that demands to be heard." – David DeBoor Canfield 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 Angles, 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 Read Interview: https://newclassic.la/2015/01/05/interview-joel-feigin-twelfth-night/ Previous Next

< Back Previous Allison Li Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 25, 2025 WATCH VIDEO From her first violin lesson at age five, Allison has been deeply immersed in music, making the instrument a central part of her life. Now 14 and a freshman at Paul VI Catholic High School, she studies under the guidance of Olga Khroulevitch in Falls Church, Virginia, honing her technique and artistic expression. Allison’s dedication to her craft is reflected in her success in numerous competitions across the DMV area, where she has consistently distinguished herself among her peers. With a profound passion for music, she is committed to pursuing her dream of a lifelong career as a violinist, bringing artistry and devotion to every performance.

THIS PROGRAM IS FULL, PLEASE VISIT BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2024 TO APPLY FOR NEXT SEASON! Come to New York for three days to immerse yourself in music-making, together with an international group of musicians, under the tutelage of Teresa Laiz Monsalve, Spain. Rehearse masterpieces by the greatest composers and perform a program on the world-renowned stage of the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Receive an archival, professional-quality video of your performance at Carnegie Hall. Participate in an interview for media. Tour the most well-known conservatories in the world. Enjoy the camaraderie of fellow musicians from around the world, taking home lasting memories and friendships. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Important Dates: November 1, 2023 – Deadline for Registration Admission. November 15, 2023 – Deadline for the publication of the Semifinalists list. November 22, 2023 – Deadline to confirm participation in the Live Galas (Madrid). February 3, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. – Semifinals and Finals Gala at the Teatro Flamenco de Madrid (Teatro Alfil). February 4, 2023, at 12:30 pm – Gala Grandes Figuras de la Castañuela at the Teatro (to be confirmed) in Madrid. July 1, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. – Laureate Gala at Carnegie Hall at the Weill Recital Hall in New York. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Who can apply? There is no age restrictions. See INTERNATIONAL CASTANETS COMPETITION for more details, additional Prizes and Awards, and details about additional opportunities to perform with the Madrid Castanets Choir in Madrid, Spain Castanets Choir at Carnegie Gala June 29-July 2, 2024 < Back PROGRAM IS FULL November 2, 2023 at 3:59:00 AM FULL PROGRAM FULL Previous Next THIS PROGRAM IS FULL, PLEASE VISIT BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2024 TO APPLY FOR NEXT SEASON! Come to New York for three days to immerse yourself in music-making, together with an international group of musicians, under the tutelage of Teresa Laiz Monsalve, Spain. Rehearse masterpieces by the greatest composers and perform a program on the world-renowned stage of the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Receive an archival, professional-quality video of your performance at Carnegie Hall. Participate in an interview for media. Tour the most well-known conservatories in the world. Enjoy the camaraderie of fellow musicians from around the world, taking home lasting memories and friendships. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Important Dates: November 1, 2023 – Deadline for Registration Admission. November 15, 2023 – Deadline for the publication of the Semifinalists list. November 22, 2023 – Deadline to confirm participation in the Live Galas (Madrid). February 3, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. – Semifinals and Finals Gala at the Teatro Flamenco de Madrid (Teatro Alfil). February 4, 2023, at 12:30 pm – Gala Grandes Figuras de la Castañuela at the Teatro (to be confirmed) in Madrid. July 1, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. – Laureate Gala at Carnegie Hall at the Weill Recital Hall in New York. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Who can apply? There is no age restrictions. See INTERNATIONAL CASTANETS COMPETITION for more details, additional Prizes and Awards, and details about additional opportunities to perform with the Madrid Castanets Choir in Madrid, Spain FULL In addition to a once-in-a-life-time experience, all participants receive: Carnegie Hall Archival DIGITAL VIDEO of their performance (see Regulations for acceptable uses as per by Carnegie Hall rules) Medals, Certificates Full color Concert Program brochure (digital and printed) with their short bio and picture Complimentary Performer's ticket Group Interview for media, broadcast on social and video platforms Concert Photos Letters of recommendation and other support is provided upon request for applying for grants, colleges, other programs, competitions, auditions Tuition Cost: visit the International Castanets Competition website. Travel and accommodations are the responsibility of participant. Inquire about affordable dorm-style accommodations in Manhattan, NY If you require a US visa - we provide visa support and can send you confirmation documents for the US Consulate Application Process THIS PROGRAM IS FULL Submit an Application to the International Castanets Competition "Teresa Laiz" OPEN TO ALL TYPES OF DISCIPLINES AND ALL AGES SOLOISTS AND GROUPS Online Contest – Selection by video (it is not necessary to travel to register) Semifinals and Finals Gala at the Teatro Flamenco in Madrid CASH PRIZES, CONCERTS, PROMOTION, SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH €10,000 https://teresalaiz.com/web/i-concurso-internacional-de-castanuelas-teresa-laiz/ FULL Typical Schedule THIS PROGRAM IS FULL June 29 - Arrival, check-in, orientation June 30 - Rehearsals and workshops 10:00-1:00; Lunch; Rehearsals and workshops 2:00-5:00 July 1 - Sound check at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall at 2:30pm. Concert at 7:00pm July 2 - Depart Program to be presented at Carnegie Hall For program details write to info@teresalaiz.com Meet the Director Dancer, Teacher, Composer and Concert Castanets. Director/Founder of the International Castanets Festival. Member of the International Dance Council CID - UNESCO. Orchestra and Band Conducting Studies. Degree in English Philology. PhD Courses in Linguistics. Master in Personnel Management (ICADE). Teresa has performed on radio, TV channels (Rai TV, Canal Nord Catalunya Televisió, TV Costa Brava, Canal 4 Mancha Centro, Castilla y León TV -CyL, TVE2, Telecinco, TVE1, Telemadrid, Cuatro TV, Telebari, Antenna Sud – Canale 13), halls and theaters in Madrid, Ávila, Barcelona, Salamanca, Valladolid, Albacete, Zamora, Girona, Huelva , Malaga, Calatayud, Palencia, Seville, Murcia, Italy, France, Vienna, USA; in festivals such as the International Festival of the Porta Ferrada in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (on various occasions), Festival des Articulés in Le Cheylard (France), International Castanets Festival, Festival Catalunya Contra el Cáncer; she accompanied by different musical groups from solo, duo (piano & castanets / guitar & castanets), string quartet, municipal music band or symphony orchestra. Teresa Laiz is the founder and director of the Orquesta OIR (Orquesta de Instrumentos Raros), as well as the Coro de Castañuelas de Madrid. Watch below the pieces which Directors chose for the Laureate Ensembles at Carnegie Program Laureate Ensemble Program at Carnegie Ha... Play Video Play Video 05:35 Romanze Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Romanze · Rita D'Arcangelo Inspired by Rita D'Arcangelo ℗ 2019 Rita D'Arcangelo Released on: 2019-03-14 Auto-generated by YouTube. Play Video Play Video 03:14 Jessie Montgomery's Starburst | Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä Minnesota Orchestra audiences responded with great excitement for the music of New York-based composer Jessie Montgomery after an October performance of Strum. Now, listen to another great work by Montgomery, recorded live on New Year's Eve and conducted by Music Director Osmo Vänskä. Packed with energetic motives and layers of bright, swirling ideas, Starburst reflects the formation of new stars in a galaxy and seeks to musically represent the members of the dynamic ensemble for which the piece was written: The Sphinx Virtuosi. Watch the full performance: https://mnorch.vhx.tv/videos/vanska-conducts-a-new-year-s-celebration Play Video Play Video 10:04 Muti Conducts Saint-Georges' Overture to L'amant anonyme Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed the Overture to L’amant anonyme by Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, to open the 2021/22 concert season at Symphony Center. A champion fencer, war hero and contemporary of Mozart, Chevalier de Saint-Georges is considered the first Black European composer of note whose music, while wildly popular and influential during his lifetime, has long been overlooked. This performance was recorded on September 25, 2021. For additional videos of Riccardo Muti, visit https://www.riccardomutimusic.com. Tickets and more info: https://cso.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicagosymphony Instagram: https://instagram.com/chicagosymphony Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicagosymphony Play Video Play Video 13:53 E. GRIEG arr. BEN-MEIR - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 for flute choir E. GRIEG arr. BEN-MEIR - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 for flute choir (13’00) 00:00 I. Morning Mood 03:54 Death of Ase 07:28 Anitra's Dance 11:07 In the Hall of the Mountain King King's Flute Choir King's Flute Choir Presents: The Flutist-Composers 15 July 2023 Esplanade Recital Studio Audio: Justin Chew Video: Shao Yong Play Video Play Video 07:29 Fantasia (Arr. for Flute and Piano) Provided to YouTube by Da Vinci Classics Fantasia (Arr. for Flute and Piano) · Rita D'Arcangelo · Giuliano Mazzoccante 20th Century & 21st Century Fantasies and Romances (Arr. for Flute and Piano) ℗ Da Vinci Classics Released on: 2020-09-25 Soloist: Rita D'Arcangelo Soloist: Giuliano Mazzoccante Composer: Joseph M. Russo Auto-generated by YouTube. Play Video Play Video 02:13 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings / Petrenko · Berliner Philharmoniker Full-length concert: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/concert/53016?a=youtube&c=true Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22 / Kirill Petrenko, conductor · Berliner Philharmoniker / Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, 13 June 2020 The Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall: http://www.digitalconcerthall.com Subscribe to our newsletter: http://www.digitalconcerthall.com/newsletter Website of the Berliner Philharmoniker: http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de Play Video Play Video 03:22 Fugue in G Major (BWV 577) for Guitar Quartet Unique among Bach's works -- assuming it is by Bach -- this is a fugue in jig-time, the sort of thing one finds in Buxtehude and Pachelbel, but at a lower skill level. It begins, innocently enough, with a cheerful tune in dotted Gigue rhythm, but quickly proves to be a treacherous test of virtuosity with its rapid, four-voice writing and its especially difficult pedal part. The fugue works well if played in a low-key manner, but some performers feel that if they're going to take the trouble to master this three-minute piece, they should impress the audience with its difficulty, so with a combination of showy registration choices and fast tempo, this can also be used as a barn-burner. Source: Allmusic (http://www.allmusic.com/composition/fugue-for-organ-in-g-major-bwv-577-bc-j61-mc0002369101). Although originally composed for Organ, I created this modern interpretation of the Fugue in G Major (BWV 577) for Guitar Quartet. Sheet music made with MuseScore - https://musescore.com Play Video Play Video 02:21 Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Dance of the Reed Flutes Learn More FULL Fees Registration fee is €120 for 1st Category (Concert OR Accompaniment) – The registration fee is €150 for BOTH Categories (Concert + Accompaniment) Previous Next