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Semifinalists Orientation/Registration Page Sound Espressivo 2021 Semifinalists Chan... All Categories Play Video Play Video 10:46 Virtual Concert Halls Grey Small (USA), guitar. Age group 15-18 0:00 - Albéniz - Asturias (Leyenda), from Suite Española, Op. 47 7:02 - Alonso Mudarra - Fantasia Play Video Play Video 09:48 Virtual Concert Halls Tong Mu (USA, TX), piano. Age group: 26+ 0:00 - Bach - French Suite No.5 in G Major Play Video Play Video 09:19 Virtual Concert Halls Reuven Ben-Zeev, piano. Age group: 19-25 0:00 - Rachmaninoff - Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (I. Allegro Agitato) (1913 version) Play Video Play Video 05:59 Virtual Concert Halls Lisa Niemeier, piano. Age group: 26+ 0:00 - Granados - The Maiden and the Nightingale, from Goyescas Play Video Play Video 07:05 Virtual Concert Halls Dean Griffin, piano. Age group: 11-14 0:00 - Bach - Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 1:06 - Sergei Bortkiewicz - The Butterfly, Op. 30, No. 9 3:35 - Debussy - Arabesque No 1 Play Video Play Video 07:49 Neal Eisfeldt Lalo Symphonie Espagnole Op.21, Neal Eisfeldt Lalo, Edouard Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 I. Allegro non troppo Play Video Play Video 01:45 Virtual Concert Halls Haily Leung, voice Wallpaper (Cantonese Pop) Composer: Khalil Fong (American Chinese Cantopop singer/writer) Lyrics: Wyman Wong You won't realize from my companionship Staring at your shadows for a lifetime People laugh at me for insisting, I have to insist I like persistence Even though there is only a piece of paper separating us We have to both want it The farthest distance on earth is being together in the same room But not getting seen at all {Chorus} The wallpaper is on the door is me I fill the paper with patterns, yet I am not lying beside you I want to know with all the glamours decor in your home Have you ever admired any of it Actually I want to tell you No one will be with you forever When I fade in the coming years When you want to cherish me, it will be too late to regret I worry that if this wallpaper is torn No one will even notice You who don't feel any loss, will never find the beauty missing {Chorus} The wallpaper is on the door is me I fill the paper with patterns, yet I am not lying beside you I want to know with all the glamours decor in your home Have you ever admired any of it The wallpaper usually aspires to watch the lover pass by Staying in the back and waiting in vain Is there any chance that on one fateful day The wallpaper withers and the lover misses it He actually pained over it Play Video Play Video 06:40 Virtual Concert Halls Ria Kang, violin Haydn - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Major (1st mvt) Play Video Play Video 05:37 Virtual Concert Halls Kento Ishikawa, piano Beethoven - 6 Variations on 'Nel cor piu non mi sento', WoO 70 Play Video Play Video 03:12 Virtual Concert Halls Emanuele Nasuto (12), voice (Italy): Opera and Lieder. Age Group: 11-14 Faure - Pie Jesu Play Video Play Video 10:05 Virtual Concert Halls Iliana Rong, piano Mozart - Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459 (I. Allegro) Play Video Play Video 08:06 Krishna Pant Siddharth Pant: Beethoven, Sonata 32 in C minor, Mvt1 Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata #32 in C minor, Op 111 Movement 1 Pianist: Siddharth Pant Play Video Play Video 03:55 Gerry Cardone Piervito Cardone - Ave Maria - 12/10/21 Play Video Play Video 06:24 Hrishikesh Ram Babadjanian Piano Trio, 3rd Movement Arno Babadjanian: Piano Trio in F# Minor, III. Allegro Vivace Tre Voce Piano Trio: Leena Hocutt Duarte (violin), Tristen Johnson (cello), Hrishikesh Ram (piano) Play Video Play Video 10:39 doremei Sonata No 2, Op 36, I Rachmaninoff (1913 Original Version) Play Video Play Video 05:30 Asmik Arutyunyants Asmik Arutiuniants - Marfa's Aria Mad Scene from The Tsar's Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov Asmik Arutiuniants - Marfa's Aria, "Ivan Sergeich, khochesh', v sad poydyom" from The Tsar's Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov Play Video Play Video 08:26 Colin Chang 2021207 Chopin Nocturne Etude - Competition 2021207 Chopin Nocturne Etude - Competition Play Video Play Video 06:22 Rachel Wong Si Yin Elegie (Gabriel Fauré) | Rachel Wong Si Yin | Cello "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17 Play Video Play Video 08:37 Maria Narodytska F. Schubert: Sonata c-moll, part 1 Recorded in June 2021 Play Video Play Video 06:08 Maria Yacubovich Amol iz geveyn a mayse, yiddish lullaby. Yacobs Royz Duo (Maria Yacubovich, Alexey Rozov) Дуэт "Роза Якова" (Мария Якубович, Алексей Розов) "Жила-была сказка", еврейская колыбельная, Открытая репетиция в клубе Арт'Эрия 23 мая 2017 года. Однажды, на заре христианства у славянских народов, в Польшу забрел странствующий купец, еврей Абрам Проховник. Приняли его хлебом-солью и упросили стать королем – дескать, было у них знамение свыше, что король явится народу в виде странника. Сутки правил Абрам и остался в истории как «король на день». Наутро он был убит и брошен собакам. Жила-была сказка, Сказка несчастливая, Сказка началась С еврейского короля. Припев: Тише, моя маленькая птичка, Тише, дитя мое, Я потеряла такую любовь, О, горе мне. У короля была королева, У королевы – виноградник, В винограднике –дерево, Тише, дитя мое. У дерева – ветка, На ветке – гнездо. В гнезде жила птичка, Тише, дитя мое. Тише, моя маленькая птичка ... Король умер, Королева удалилась от мира, Ветка сломалась, Гнездо опустело, Птичка улетела. Play Video Play Video 07:43 willie lam Jade Chan (20211210) Play Video Play Video 02:17 Teresa Laiz Fandango de Don Juan - Castañuelas: Teresa Laiz www.teresalaiz.com DON JUAN (BALLET): “Fandango”, Acto II, nº 19 C. W. Gluck (1714 – 1787) - Partitura de Castañuelas: Teresa Laiz Play Video Play Video 11:36 Gabriel Wu Sound Espressivo - Preliminary Round Recording Play Video Play Video 02:16 Z C Li _Chi_Ting_T9_PASTORALE Li _Chi_Ting_T9_PASTORALE by Marcel GRANDJANY Play Video Play Video 08:55 So-Chung Shinn Derek Lee, Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, Allegro, KV 453, by W.A. Mozart Derek Lee, Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, Allegro, KV 453, by W.A. Mozart, recorded with pianist Vladimir Rumyantsev at Kaufman Music Center, New York, New York Play Video Play Video 07:31 William Yeh Violinist William YEH, violin (11 yrs) | W.A. Mozart | Violin Concerto No.2 in D major, K.211-Allegro moderato William YEH (11 yrs) | W.A. Mozart | Violin Concerto No.2 in D major, K. 211 - 1st Movement - Allegro moderato - Cadenza 1st Prize, 2022 NOMEA International Violin Competition International Online Violin Edition (Junior C Category) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SM6-3EbZKM William YEH, 11 years old on 3/4 violin Pianist: Wen-Chuan Wang Recorded 2021 (The 2022 jury comprised: Alexey Bogorad, Emily Sun, Carles Lama, Mark Messenger, and Luciano Ruotolo). Play Video Play Video 02:18 utube4u4me Sound Espressivo Music Competition / preliminary round - Kristian Cvetkovic - Beethoven: 6 Ecossaises WoO 83 in E-Flat Major Play Video Play Video 06:19 Virtual Concert Halls Colette Wiering (USA, IL), violin; Age group: 10 and under Accolay - Concerto No. 1 in A minor Play Video Play Video 01:41 Gavin Rualo Gavin Rualo Maple Leaf Rag Gavin Rualo plays Maple Leaf Rag Play Video Play Video 02:34 Virtual Concert Halls Cady Wing Tung Koo, oboe Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe from "The Mission" Play Video Play Video 10:19 Tongbai Meng Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G Minor Play Video Play Video 08:47 Lydia Chinchilla Lydia Chinchilla, Ballade Op. 288, Carl Reinecke Joel Jamison, piano. Play Video Play Video 08:33 hyojin yi Bach. French Suite III, BWV 814 Play Video Play Video 13:27 Alexey Rozov Moskver Klezmer Kapelye - close-up Play Video Play Video 03:25 sumiyuki nakadai private 20211128_Marcello_fin Play Video Play Video 06:47 Анна Шулькевич Tiziano Rosseti Competition, Viktoria Lypa, soloists cat.B Heitor Villa-Lobos — Mazurka-Choro №1 Jorge Morel — Danza in E Minor Play Video Play Video Nickita Zinkovsky Sound Espressivo Competition (Nickita Zinkovsky) Play Video Play Video 01:49 hanlu du 2021年11月29日 Play Video Play Video 12:51 Yuna Lee Kevin Lee, cello Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIBb/2 1st movement: Allegro Moderato Play Video Play Video 08:44 terri ji Barcarolle in F-sharp Major Op. 60 by Chopin Terri Ji Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this performance was streamed from a Zoom recital. Play Video Play Video 02:56 Virtual Concert Halls Cady Koo Wing Tung Alan Menken - Just Around The Riverbend, from “Pocahontas” Play Video Play Video 12:08 wanchun yang Duo concertante in F major (Joseph Fiala ) Ensemble：Curious Duo(Haonan(Daniel) Yang , Yiqi Chen) AGE：13yrs REPERTOIRE：Duo concertante in F major (Joseph Fiala ) Composer：Joseph Fiala Play Video Play Video 01:52 So-Chung Shinn Moritz Moszkowski Etude no. 2 in g minor Moritz Moszkowski Etude no. 2 in g minor Play Video Play Video 03:28 Julie B Fereol piano trio - Frank Bridge, Valse Russe Play Video Play Video 10:08 akshah753 Carmen Fantasy Ashrey Shah - Clarinet Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy arr. Baldeyrou Play Video Play Video 00:52 Matthew Brand Wrong Way Home Composition - Sound Espressivo - Matthew Brand 11/20/21 Play Video Play Video 04:44 Justin Lee_Cello Gavotte. No. 2 by David Popper, Cello, Justin Lee Gavotte. Op. 23, No. 2 by David Popper Justin Kijun Lee (Age10) Nov/26/2021 Play Video Play Video 08:56 Pat Deng Mozart Piano Sonata in C Major, K545. Play Video Play Video 08:54 AnonymousFlute SE Competition HD 720p Play Video Play Video 11:36 Gabriel Wu Sound Espressivo - Preliminary Round Recording Load More Sound Espressivo Semifinalists Channel (... All Categories Play Video Play Video 10:46 Virtual Concert Halls Grey Small (USA), guitar. Age group 15-18 0:00 - Albéniz - Asturias (Leyenda), from Suite Española, Op. 47 7:02 - Alonso Mudarra - Fantasia Play Video Play Video 09:48 Virtual Concert Halls Tong Mu (USA, TX), piano. Age group: 26+ 0:00 - Bach - French Suite No.5 in G Major Play Video Play Video 09:19 Virtual Concert Halls Reuven Ben-Zeev, piano. Age group: 19-25 0:00 - Rachmaninoff - Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (I. Allegro Agitato) (1913 version) Play Video Play Video 05:59 Virtual Concert Halls Lisa Niemeier, piano. Age group: 26+ 0:00 - Granados - The Maiden and the Nightingale, from Goyescas Play Video Play Video 07:05 Virtual Concert Halls Dean Griffin, piano. Age group: 11-14 0:00 - Bach - Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 1:06 - Sergei Bortkiewicz - The Butterfly, Op. 30, No. 9 3:35 - Debussy - Arabesque No 1 Play Video Play Video 01:58 Virtual Concert Halls Virginia Bent, voice Reflection, from Disney's “Mulan” Play Video Play Video 04:59 Virtual Concert Halls Leyna Ishikawa, piano Mozart - Sonata No.10 in C Major, K.330/300h (I. Allegro moderato) Play Video Play Video 03:53 Eric Lacour Sound Espressivo Competition 2021 Preliminary - ZhaoJun Ma Hindemith Sonata for Double Bass - mov. 1 & 2 Play Video Play Video 02:46 Virtual Concert Halls Ella Levy, piano Berkovich - Concerto, Op.44 (III. Allegro assai) Play Video Play Video 10:09 Virtual Concert Halls Aleksei Rozov, violin Improvisations on Klezmer tunes Play Video Play Video 14:22 Virtual Concert Halls Harry Chen, piano Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major, K. 175 0:00 I. Allegro 7:20 II. Andante ma un poco adagio Play Video Play Video 03:45 Virtual Concert Halls Hannah Kwok, violin Monti - Czardas Play Video Play Video Dmitry Styrkas Prelude in G Minor, Rachmaninoff Play Video Play Video 04:44 Justin Lee_Cello Gavotte. No. 2 by David Popper, Cello, Justin Lee Gavotte. Op. 23, No. 2 by David Popper Justin Kijun Lee (Age10) Nov/26/2021 Play Video Play Video Oscar Cheng Katrina Cheng - Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet Katrina Cheng - Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet Play Video Play Video 03:04 Ben Batalla Music Bad Hair Day - Ben Batalla Bad hair days can always be made better with a couple of microphones and a Bösendorfer. Enjoy this improv! Equipment Used: - Two AKG C414 XLII Condenser Microphones - Apollo Twin Pre-Amp - Sony AII Camera Thank you to St. Katharine Siena Catholic Church in Wayne, PA for the space! Play Video Play Video 08:32 Silviatessari I. Stravinsky, La semaine grasse. Silvia Tessari, Italy, piano I. Stravinsky, from Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka, III: La semaine grasse Play Video Play Video 07:28 Mary Beth Orr Bozza - En Foret For Horn and Piano (Quarantine Edition) Mary Beth Orr Mary Beth Orr - Horn Mary Jo Cox - Piano This is what you do when you can't have concerts or rehearsals. Get together with who you love, and make music however you can. Copyright held by Alphonse leduc Play Video Play Video 02:00 Virtual Concert Halls Weng Cheng Tiffany Chum Refection, from "Mulan" Play Video Play Video 02:35 Natalie Hahn Charles Mayer, Valse Mélancolique | Natalie Hahn Play Video Play Video 03:15 Vineel Mahal Faun-ing: Elaichi (Original Song) For sound espressivo global music competition Play Video Play Video 06:47 Sheri Heeb Sonata #3 - Tuur Sheri Heeb Play Video Play Video 03:06 Virtual Concert Halls Christina Au Yeung Grieg - The Princess Play Video Play Video 04:07 Esteban Alvarez Tico-Tico no fuba (piano) Mi newest version of "Tico-Tico" on piano. This is a Brazilian colorful piece that represents the true essence of this magic South American country. I hope you enjoy it. Please make your comments! Tico-tico no fubá! If you want to receive three days of FREE music from me, subscribe here! 👉🏼 https://eacmusic.lpages.co/roots-of-the-world Play Video Play Video 07:35 Virtual Concert Halls Tsz Ching (Charriess) Pun, piano. Age group: 10 and under Liszt - "Liebestraum" S.541, No. 3 in A-flat Major Prokofiev - "Mercutio" from 10 Pieces from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" Play Video Play Video 03:54 Los Corro Pianisters Cat and Mouse (Copland) Hiroshi Corro Play Video Play Video 06:37 Zoe Yost Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for Viola and Piano Zoe Yost, viola Dr. David Pasbrig, piano Recorded by Dr. David Pasbrig in June 2021 Play Video Play Video 03:16 Virtual Concert Halls Akiko Quinn, piano. Age group: 26+ Brahms - Capriccio, Op.76 No.8 Play Video Play Video 07:14 HY F Sunlight on mountain Tian Sunlight on mountain Tian Composer: Huang Huwei Pianist: Emin Mamedov flute: Shuheyu Feng Play Video Play Video 10:11 Junwen Liang Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in c-sharp minor, Liszt Recorded at Penn State Play Video Play Video 10:20 王定 sancan sonatine Play Video Play Video 04:43 Jamie N. Kim Concerto No.4 in G major Opus 65 by Goltermann 12 years old Play Video Play Video 01:52 Shiho_Ayla takeda Étude Op. 10, No. 5, Frédéric Chopin, Ayla (10) Play Video Play Video 05:05 Manuel Gomez Vanne and Wohin 2021Manuel Gomez Play Video Play Video 07:19 Virtual Concert Halls Ruoyi Qiao, piano. Age group: 10 and under Moszkowski - Étude de virtuosité in A-flat Major, op. 72 No.11 (“Per aspera”) Glinka/Balakirev - The Lark Play Video Play Video Sa Liu Taranntella by Franz Liszt - Antian Jiang -Tarantella from Venezia e napoli from the 2nd year by Franz Liszt - Antian Jiang -May 13th Play Video Play Video 07:20 Lilla Nóra Szabó Lilla Nóra Szabó, C3. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso, Op62. Program: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op62. Cello: Lilla Nóra Szabó Piano: Ágota Lénárt Play Video Play Video 05:12 Virtual Concert Halls Sathvik Subramanian, piano. Age group: 11-14 Chopin - Nocturne in F Major, Op.15 No.1 Play Video Play Video 06:09 Simona Fruscella Sound Espressivo - 2nd Online Global Music Competition - Maria Simona Fruscella, Italy J. S. Bach - Trio super “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend” BWV 655 G. Frescobaldi - Canzon dopo l’Epistola (Messa della Madonna) Play Video Play Video 01:29 Los Corro Pianisters Etude OP25-2 Play Video Play Video 02:09 Los Corro Pianisters Etude 10-4 Oliver Play Video Play Video 10:47 Virtual Concert Halls Dylan Schenker, piano. Age group: 11-14 Chopin - Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

< 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 Previous Yiqun Zhao Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2024 WATCH VIDEO Yiqun Zhao is a New York–based flutist and data scientist. She won the 2021 New York Flute Fair Competition for non-professional musicians and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Flute Club, as well as on the National Flute Association’s Performance Health Care Committee. Yiqun has performed as a soloist in prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, and plays in multiple flute choirs and orchestras. She is currently studying with Nicolas Duchamp. In addition to her musical accomplishments, Yiqun holds a master’s degree in statistics from Harvard University—where she was one of eight merit-based commencement marshals among 1,000 graduates—and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where she was valedictorian. She also studied at ETH Zurich in Switzerland and works as a data science manager at a multinational consulting firm.

Apply col ORCHESTRA connecting Soloists and Orchestras around the W orld Applications ACCEPTED for performing in 2025-26 and 2026-27 concert seasons Apply Download press kit Watch colORCHESTRA Concerts Judges Judges Sound Espressivo is thrilled to announce our 3rd season of the colORCHESTRA Open Auditions Presented in Partnership with These uniquely designed Auditions are open to musicians of all ages who are available for soloist engagements within the 2023-24 and 2024-25 concert seasons. Selected artists will be awarded an appearance opportunity to perform solo with esteemed professional orchestras from around the world. Composers are invited to submit scores for consideration. This two-tiered audition has no accompanying and no performance time limit requirements, is readily accessible by video submissions, and there is no time limit imposed on the selections that competitors choose to present—we want YOU to show us what you feel you do BEST! Audition for Upcoming Performance Dates with Orchestras Worldwide and at Carnegie Hall, and for recording opportunities with orchestras for Album publications October 1-20, 2025 - Concert Season at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Recordings with Orchestra Manhattan, Lehner Quartet. Soloists, Composers, Ensembles. January 31, 2026 - February 3, 2026. Concert Season at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Recordings with Orchestra Manhattan, Lehner Quartet. Soloists, Composers, Ensembles. March 13-16, 2026 - colORCHESTRA for performance and recordings opportunities with orchestras worldwide. Soloists, Composers. May 8-11, 2026 - Concert Season at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Recordings with Orchestra Manhattan, Lehner Quartet. Soloists, Composers, Ensembles. June 13-16, 2026 - colORCHESTRA for performance and recordings opportunities with orchestras worldwide. Soloists, Composers. Audition for Upcoming Concerto Performance Dates Regulations Paducah Symphony Orchestra 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. Concert dates in 2025-26 Season: Saturday, September 13, 2025. Soloist - Jennifer Savage Saturday, October 11, 2025. Soloist - Dina Nesterenko Saturday, November 15, 2025. Soloist - Ayla Moreno Saturday, April 18, 2026. Soloist - Anna Maria Medietta Concert dates in 2026-27 Season: September 19, 2026 October 10, 2026 November 14, 2026 December 12, 2026 January 23, 2027 February 20, 2027 March 13, 2027 April 17, 2027 May 8, 2027 Previous Seasons Concerts: Saturday, March 8, 2025. Soloist - Kate Lee Learn More About PSO Apply Orquesta Filarmónica Municipal de Guayaquil Important dates: Application deadline - see dates on the website. October 2024, January 2025 - Live Auditions Finals. 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. INSTRUMENTAL REPERTORY ONLY – No singers. Learn More Apply Cairo Opera Orchestra at Cairo Opera House in Cairo, Egypt Important dates: Application deadline - see dates on the website. October 2024, January 2025 - Live Auditions Finals. Broadcast on video and social platforms. Meet the Judges and the Conductors. Streaming technology seminar in preparation for Live Audition - prior to performing LIVE. Concert Dates for 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons - TBD ~~~~~~~~~~~ Learn More Regulations Apply Butler Philharmonic Orchestra 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. 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 No age restrictions. Any instrumental Concerto, a single movement, or Aria accepted. Any instrumental Concerto, a single movement, or Aria accepted. Learn More Apply Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Selected Soloists will be offered a PAY-TO-PLAY opportunity to benefit their musicianship and career through a COMPREHENSIVE RECORDING and Performance PACKAGE with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world’s most prestigious ensembles, under the baton of the RPO’s Permanent Associate Conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak. Learn More Apply Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine Important dates: Application deadline - see dates on the website. October 2024, January 2025 - Live Auditions Finals. Broadcast on video and social platforms. Meet the Judges and the Conductors. Streaming technology seminar in preparation for Live Audition - prior to performing LIVE. Broadcast on video and social platforms. Meet the Judges and the Music Director Theodore Kuchar. Concert dates available in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 concert seasons. Learn More Apply Fond du Lac Philharmonique (FdLPe) Important dates: Application deadline - see dates on the website. October 2024, January 2025 - Live Auditions Finals. Broadcast on video and social platforms. Meet the Judges and the Conductors. Streaming technology seminar in preparation for Live Audition - prior to performing LIVE. Concert Dates available: March/April 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~ No age restrictions. All Instruments and Voice For sample of accepted Concertos, Arias and other vocal works - click below "Repertory" button Learn More Apply Georgian Sinfonietta IImportant dates: Application deadline - see dates on the website. October 2024, January 2025 - Live Auditions Finals. 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 suitable for the Sinfonietta, a single movement, or Aria accepted. BAROQUE compositions ACCEPTED, for possibility to present on authentic instruments. Two harpsichords are available for performance. Learn More Apply Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra Important dates: Application deadline - see dates on the website. October 2024, January 2025 - Live Auditions Finals. 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. Learn More Apply

< Back Previous Noema Erba Next Czech Soprano Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall February 20, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Noema Erba — Sought-After Czech Soprano. Angelic. Passionate. Radiant. These are just a few of the words used to describe Noema Erba, the acclaimed Czech soprano celebrated for her flawless tessitura, expressive artistry, and powerful lyric soprano voice. Noema has portrayed a wide range of operatic roles, including Tosca (Tosca), Micaëla (Carmen), Mimì and Musetta (La Bohème), Violetta, Annina, and Flora Bervoix (La Traviata), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), Dama di Lady (Macbeth), Anna (Nabucco), Ines (Il Trovatore), Contessa di Ceprano and Giovanna (Rigoletto), Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Clotilde (Norma), and Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor). She has appeared in opera productions at leading venues and festivals across Europe and beyond, including the State Opera Banská Bystrica (Slovakia), Teatro Verdi Pisa, Teatro Ariston Sanremo, Teatro San Babila Milano, Teatro dell’Unione Viterbo, Schloßbergbühne Kasematten Graz, Rudolfinum Prague, Palác Žofín Prague, Kongresové centrum Prague, and the Amman Opera Festival (Jordan), among many others throughout Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Chile, and the Czech Republic. As a concert soloist, Noema has been featured in numerous international performances, including: “Masters of Classics”, Hollywood in Prague, and Celebrating the Music of Ennio Morricone (Prague, 2008–2024) “Temporada Internacional 2017” (Santiago, Chile) “Night in the Opera” (Manila, Philippines, 2013) “Jewels of the European Opera” (Manila, Philippines, 2012) “Art for Life” Beneficiary Concert (Anti-AIDS/HIV, Prague, 2012) Noema Erba earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Opera Performance (both completed Magna cum Laude) from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Faculty of Music, and is an alumna of the Conservatory of Pardubice, where she specialized in opera voice under Prof. Jana Hamplová. She also pursued international studies at the Hochschule für Musik “Carl Maria von Weber” in Dresden, where she trained in opera voice with Prof. Gisely Burkhardt-Mühlbach and studied opera dramatic art with Prof. Andreas Baumann. Her artistic development has been further enriched through collaborations with Prof. Irene Berlin and Prof. Rolf Schinzl (piano accompaniment).

< Back Previous Paolo Scibilia Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2024 WATCH VIDEO As Artistic Director of several leading Italian concert series—including A.Gi.Mus Naples, Società dei Concerti di Cosenza, and the International Festival in Sorrento (Sorrento Classica)—he plays a central role in presenting and promoting prestigious orchestras and international artists. He has performed in more than 500 concerts as a conductor and chamber pianist, collaborating with ensembles and institutions such as Moldova Radio–TV, Tirana Radio–TV, the Moscow Conservatory, and the Chernivtsi Philharmonic in Ukraine. An accomplished accompanist, he has worked with renowned opera singers including Vincenzo Costanzo (First Prize, Lirica 2014), Antonia Emanuela Maria Palazzo, and Federico Parisi (of the celebrated “Four Tenors”). He is also a frequent host of masterclasses on the Scuola Pianistica Napoletana, contributing to the preservation and promotion of this important musical tradition.

< Back Previous Jin Uk Lee Next Vocalist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall April 30, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Dr. JinUk Lee has established an extensive and distinguished career as a baritone soloist, with performances in both Korea and the United States. He is especially recognized for his interpretations of oratorio repertoire, including the baritone solos in Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s The Creation . His early vocal training was with Professor InSoo Park in South Korea, followed by advanced studies with Andreas Poulimenos and Carol Vaness at Indiana University. At Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, Dr. Lee appeared in numerous leading roles, including Germont in La Traviata under David Effron and director Tito Capobianco. He also performed as Zurga in The Pearl Fishers , Silvio in Pagliacci , and the Count in Le nozze di Figaro under the mentorship of Carol Vaness. His versatility extended to lighter and modern repertoire, where he portrayed Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and Tiger Brown in The Threepenny Opera . His artistry was recognized with showcase recital honors and the Outstanding Performance Award in Ohio’s Honors Assembly. Dr. Lee is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships. His distinctions include first prize at the National Artistic Vocal Competition in Korea, second prize at the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition, and first place at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition. He was a finalist in the Mario Lanza International Singing Competition in Italy, received the Sweet Adelines International Award from the Young Singers Foundation, the Albert Rees Davis Scholarship from the S. Livingston Mather Competition in Cleveland, and the Merit Award Scholarship at Indiana University. He also served for three years as opera assistant at the University of Illinois Lyric Theatre, performing roles such as Ford in Falstaff , the Street Singer in The Threepenny Opera , and Riolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas . Currently, Dr. Lee is Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Worship (Korean Track) at Northern Seminary in Chicago, IL, and serves as music director of four choirs in the Chicagoland area. He holds degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (DMA), Ohio University (MA), Indiana University at Bloomington (PD), and Kyungpook National University (BA). His teaching career began at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, and he continues to be represented professionally by Vocal Artists Management as a baritone soloist. In addition to his academic and performance career, Dr. Lee actively engages with media to share his artistry. He has been featured in broadcasts and interviews with Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) in Seoul and Daejeon, MCTV-Chicago Win Media, and GOODTV in Korea. Looking ahead, his performance schedule includes collaborations with distinguished artists in both the United States and Korea, with upcoming engagements at the Chicago Korean Cultural Center and FEBC in Seoul and Daejeon. Dr. JinUk Lee’s distinguished career as performer, teacher, and leader reflects his exceptional artistry and dedication to advancing music on the stage, in the classroom, and within the community.

< Back Previous Ethan Liao Next Composer/pianist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall February 17, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Ethan Min Liao is a jazz pianist and composer from San Francisco, California, and a freshman at University High School. He studies composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and continues his training in classical piano, jazz piano, and violin. Ethan has written works for solo piano, chamber ensembles, big band, and chorus. In 2025, Ethan was named the sole winner of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 13th Annual Essentially Ellington Composition and Arranging Contest. He is also a three-time winner of DownBeat Magazine’s 47th Annual Student Music Awards, where he was featured in a special profile. His original composition He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven was recognized as a National Winner by the Laureate Gala Competition. Ethan has participated in leading summer programs including Tanglewood, Interlochen, and Stanford Jazz. Outside of music, he enjoys reading history, playing tennis, and crafting clever puns and wordplay.

Michael Kim < Back Michael Kim Previous Next Michael Kim 🇨🇦 Canada VIOLINIST Michael Kim is 7 years old. He first began learning to play the violin online during the pandemic. After a year and a half he switched to in-person lessons and now studies at the Toronto School for Strings. Michael is a member of the Mooredale Orchestra and received Honorable Mention for his performance at the 2022 Irvine Conservatory International Competition.

< Back Fred Karpoff Piano Learn More Videos About After recovering from a career-threatening injury, Fred Karpoff continues to develop his multi-dimensional approach to piano teaching and technique through a wide range of experience. Initial mentoring by Yoheved Kaplinsky helped him rethink his approach to piano playing–which now combines elements of Tai chi, the Alexander Technique, and the Feldenkrais Method® with the work of many piano pedagogues, past and present. A master clinician, Fred is highly sought-after for workshops throughout the world. He guides teachers and students toward more efficient, healthful, and expressive piano playing as Artistic Producer of Entrada Piano. An international Steinway Artist, Fred has performed as both soloist and collaborative pianist in China, India, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and throughout North America and Europe. As guest artist at major music festivals in the U.S. and Europe, he has collaborated with many of America’s foremost musicians. With a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Peabody Conservatory, he has been fortunate to study with Ann Schein, Leon Fleisher, and Robert Weirich, and to have had extensive coachings with Karl Ulrich Schnabel and Richard Goode. A former USIA Artistic Ambassador, Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music, and current Professor of Piano at Syracuse University, he was named the winner of MTNA’s Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award for 3-D Piano: The Three-Dimensional Pianist. Fred’s Story More than thirty years ago, I was a graduate student at the Peabody Conservatory. At the end of a grueling academic year, without papers to write or students to teach, I greedily devoured big repertoire like it was going out of style, practicing for six or more hours a day. After two weeks, I began to feel fatigued at night. My arms felt hot and sore. But this was still the era of “ No pain, no gain ,” so I figured this had to be a sign that my hard work was paying off! Then one morning, after only fifteen minutes at the piano, I felt a sharp, searing pain on the underside of my arm, and stopped playing right away. I rested for a few days and tried practicing again, but the pain immediately returned. The same thing happened each time I rested and tried to resume my work. A specialist at Johns Hopkins Hospital gave me the bad news: I had tendonitis, synovitis, and myositis in my arms and, later, bursitis in my shoulder. He prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs and recommended that I take up swimming. I took two blue pills and swam a half-mile a day for two weeks. This helped some but the pain returned as soon I resumed practicing. I stopped again. This time I was really down. Was this the end of my music career? Fred Karpoff Presenting a teacher’s workshop in Mumbai, India, 2017 A few weeks later, during a routine vision exam, my eye doctor asserted that postural problems tend to precede vision problems. He suggested I meet with a Feldenkrais® practitioner to deal with these issues. The Feldenkrais Method® helps clients develop their sensory skills and promote more efficient, agile body movement. Indeed, this helped me improve my posture and the quality of movement throughout my body. Around the same time I met a new instructor at Peabody, Julian Martin, who had been reexamining his own piano technique under the guidance of Dorothy Taubman. Over the course of a month, Julian patiently tutored me on very basic pianistic movements. My progress was steady but slow; I still worried that I might reinjure myself. And focusing repeatedly on the C Major scale and simple rotary movements was pretty dull–I yearned to play real music again, without pain or fear. After a few more months of working on my own, Julian introduced me to Yoheved (“Veda”) Kaplinsky, who showed me a systematic way of understanding the faults in my technique. Time and again, Veda demonstrated why I experienced specific pains. She offered alternatives that dramatically changed my approach to the piano, including new ways of listening and responding to music. I was grateful to return to inspired artistic study with Ann Schein and Leon Fleisher and soon began playing professionally. Veda accepted a position at Peabody and I completed my final semester at Peabody with her as my major teacher, and it was my great good fortune to study with Karl Ulrich Schnabel in the lead-up to my doctoral comprehensive and oral exams, incorporating new input on balancing resonance and clarity with artistic pedaling and a wide range of other artistic insights. Emerging from those dark days at Peabody, I not only became healthy again, but also grew as a musician. I learned to explore new sound possibilities and express myself more fully. In many ways, however, my journey as an artist and teacher was just beginning. Fred Karpoff performing the Brahms D Minor Concerto with Leon Fleisher conducting, 2015. As a young university professor, I encountered a wide range of challenges in helping students of many levels to play better. Whether it was the beginning student in piano class or the piano major working on virtuoso repertoire, the concept of three-dimensional movement quickly emerged as a constant theme to address the challenges I and my students faced together. Though my developing views were at odds with many of the prevailing teaching paradigms of the past two hundred years, the results for students at all levels were consistently positive. My studies of Tai Chi and the Alexander Technique inspired more insights on integrating three-dimensional principles at the piano, including mobility in the hips, and the cycling motion of the vibrato technique and trills. Over several years, I was privileged to have a series of extensive lessons with Richard Goode, whose artistic insights into music of Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and Mozart were revelatory; Mr. Goode’s powerful imagination combined with penetrating demonstrations produced new technical tools to express myself more deeply. Later still I resumed lessons with Leon Fleisher, which ultimately led to a rich collaboration with him conducting me and my university’s orchestra in a performance of the Brahms D Minor Concerto. Mr. Fleisher’s approach to technique, sound, and pedaling had evolved tremendously from my student days, and he generously and enthusiastically shared his latest discoveries, with the same sharply-attuned ears as ever. Around the same time, Seymour Bernstein agreed to work with me and fired my imagination in new and exciting ways, particularly by enlightening me on the true meaning of hairpins as well as Chopin’s pedal markings. Fred Karpoff With Seymour Bernstein after Ann Schein’s recital, 2015. As I reflect, I am increasingly aware of my good fortune to work with, and learn from, many musicians who have influenced me. Private and masterclass sessions with prominent pianists, singers, and string players, including Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, Lazar Berman, Carol Webber, Janos Starker, Michael Tree, Franco Gulli, and Earl Carlyss provided invaluable insights which have been synthesized into my pedagogy. Playing professionally with many outstanding partners has infused a chamber-music ethos into my life’s work that is central to my playing and teaching of solo piano as well. There is an inseparable link between artistry and technique that I espouse at every moment: although we often need to isolate technical gestures to fully understand whole-body movement, it’s only through a profound integration of movement and artistry–grounded in rich and varied piano sound–that the study of technique holds true meaning. Entrada Piano is not a one-size-fits-all method. Pianists apply these concepts to fit their hand size, body, technical level and playing style. In Skills videos featuring students, note that each one applies Entrada concepts in their own way. Summary reviews, musical examples, and marked scores that accompany Masterclasses help guide your experience and invite you to adapt these principles to your work at the piano in everything you play, so that your music flows effortlessly with your enhanced coordination. And Insights provide targeted instruction on problem spots in repertoire and other responses to members’ questions. I hope Entrada will bring you what three-dimensional playing has given me – the means to discover new and rich pathways of expression while enjoying a physical approach that promotes freedom, longevity, and health in the body. Previous Next

< Back Previous Logan Law Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2024 WATCH VIDEO Logan Law, a junior at Stevenson School in Monterey, CA, balances academics, soccer, and violin. He has participated in Certificate of Merit examinations, won prizes in the Baroque Festival, and performed with the East Bay Chamber Orchestra as well as in numerous solo recitals.

< Back Kelly Hall-Tompkins Violin Learn More Videos About Acclaimed by the New York Times as “the versatile violinist who makes the music come alive” and as a 2017 New York Times “New Yorker of the Year,” for her “tonal mastery” (BBC Music Magazine) and “Groundbreaking” recording projects (STRINGS Magazine), and featured in the Smithsonian Museum of African- American History, violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is trailblazing an innovative, creative and entrepreneurial career as a soloist and chamber musician. Winner of a Naumburg International Violin Competition Honorarium Prize, Concert Artists Guild Career Grant, and Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Ms. Hall-Tompkins has appeared as soloist as the Inaugural Artist in Residence with the Cincinnati Symphony and with orchestras including the Dallas Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic, Greenville Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of New York, Gateways Music Festival, for the Manhattan School Centennial Gala at Carnegie Hall with co-soloist Glenn Dicterow, under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, and a Brevard Festival Orchestra under the baton of Keith Lockhart. Additional concerts and recitals include the cities of Kiev, Ukraine; New York, Washington, Cleveland, Toronto, Chicago, Baltimore, and Greenville, South Carolina, and at festivals in France, Germany and Italy. For thirteen months on Broadway, Ms. Hall-Tompkins was the “Fiddler,” violin soloist, for the Bartlett Sher production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” with numerous solos written especially for her. The New York Times hailed her in a feature article as holding the title role, together with dancer Jesse Kovarsky. Featured as soloist in over 400 Broadway performances, plus a Grammy-nominated cast album alongside a bonus track by Itzhak Perlman, Ms. Hall-Tompkins has been the featured subject on NBC’s Today Show with Harry Smith, NBC 4 New York with Janice Huff, NBC 4 at 5, Playbill.com, BroadwayWorld.com, WWFM radio Princeton and Strings Magazine among numerous other major press outlets for her role in Fiddler. Kelly Hall-Tompkins interviews and Kiev performances are also featured in the new documentary on the 50-year history of Fiddler on the Roof, “Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles.” A significant collaborating partner with violinist/composer Mark O’Connor for five years, Ms. Hall-Tompkins performed his Double Violin Concerto with O’Connor in concerts across the United States. As a passionate chamber musician, Ms. Hall-Tompkins was first violinist of the O’Connor String Quartet, which performed concerts nationally, including Tanglewood, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Lincoln Center’s Great Performer’s Circle, and a member of the Florida-based Ritz Chamber Players, including concerts in residence at Jacksonville’s Times Union Center for the Performing Arts, the Ravinia Festival’s “Rising Stars Series,” New York at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room, and include an upcoming appearance on the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society series. Ms. Hall-Tompkins will perform on Bruce Adolphe’s Off the Hook Festival and has performed at the Garth Newel Music Center, Chamber Music South Dakota, New York City’s Bargemusic, live on WNYC’s “Soundcheck”, at Miami’s Deering Estate Series and for the Raleigh Chamber Music Guild. Additional performance highlights include as soloist in the 2018 Joyce Theater Ballet Festival with principal dancers of the New York City Ballet, 2016 at the US Supreme Court, and in 2007 Benefit for the Victims of Darfur at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Hall-Tompkins was invited by actress Mia Farrow and conductor George Matthew to perform as soloist before an orchestra comprised of musicians from every major orchestra in the world. In 2002 Hall-Tompkins commissioned a new work for violin and percussion from the German composer Siegfried Matthus, which was premiered at Michigan’s Pine Mountain Music Festival and gave in 2016 with the Oakland East Bay Symphony the US Premiere of Professor Matthus’s newest Violin Concerto. Ms. Hall-Tompkins’ performances have been broadcast nationally as co-host of NPR’s Performance Today, in New York by WQXR, by Chicago’s WFMT and live on the BBC. Ms. Hall-Tompkins’ newest recording project is The Fiddler: Expanding Tradition , featuring for the first time ever a full album of newly commissioned and original Fiddler-inspired works. The full recording was released on Broadway Records in 2018 and acclaimed as “Vital, life-enhancing, glorious…mesmerizing…magnificent” in 3 reviews, a feature article and cover spot in Fanfare Magazine; Two pre-release music videos from the project have already garnered nearly 400,000 views on You Tube. This follows the success of her recent Imagination recording, a double video release of the Ysaÿe sonata No. 6 and her own jazz arrangement of “Pure Imagination” from the original film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The videos, released online and on Collector’s Edition DVD in early 2014, now enjoy over 1,000,000 You Tube views, were featured in Strings Magazine and hailed as “ground-breaking...sumptuous... a potent package” and by Chamber Music America in a public presentation on creating music videos. She released her debut CD recording in 2002, featuring the Kodaly duo, Brahms D minor Sonata and the Ravel Tzigane. Ms. Hall-Tompkins released her second CD, entitled In My Own Voice, in 2008, featuring music by Kreisler, Saint-Saëns, William Grant, and David Baker. The album was praised by Fanfare for its “opulent intensity,” by The Strad, which described Hall-Tompkins’ “winning way,” noting her “mercurial charms [and] genial touch...impressive,” and is featured in the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History. Regularly tapped as concertmaster, Ms. Hall-Tompkins’ distinguished orchestral career includes a performance on the BBC Proms leading the Chineke! Orchestra, the 2016 Lincoln Center Benefit for the 10 year Anniversary of “Light in the Piazza,” the Biennial Gateways Music Festival, and a 2016 PBS Live from Lincoln Center Broadcast with Lang Lang. Ms. Hall-Tompkins’ orchestral career also includes extensive touring in the United States and internationally with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, including performances in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Japan, Singapore, Scotland and a recording with countertenor Andreas Scholl. She also performed over 150 performances with the New York Philharmonic, under conductors including Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Andre Previn, Charles Dutoit and Valery Gergiev. Ms. Hall-Tompkins has also lead numerous Carnegie Hall concerts with the New York Pops and as founding member of the Chamber Orchestra of New York, which performed its debut concert in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in the Fall ’07 with Ms. Hall-Tompkins also as soloist. For 13 seasons, she was a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s first violin section. A dedicated humanitarian and social justice in the arts pioneer, Ms. Hall-Tompkins founded and directs Music Kitchen-Food for the Soul, which has, to date, brought over 100 chamber music performances to an estimated 18,000 homeless shelter clients in New York City, Los Angeles,nationwide and in Paris, France, with nearly 200 artists including Emanuel Ax, Glenn Dicterow, Albrecht Mayer, Jeff Ziegler and Rene Marie. Music Kitchen with present a newly commissioned song cycle Forgotten Voices World Premiere in Association with Carnegie Hall May 21,2020. Kelly and Music Kitchen have been featured on the NBC TODAY Show, in The New York Times, on CBSNews.com and ABCNews.com, plus Strings Magazine, Chamber Music America Magazine, Spirituality and Health Magazine, Columbia University Radio and cable’s Hallmark Channel. Ms. Hall Tompkins received an Honorary Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, her alma mater, in 2016, and also delivered the Commencement address. She is also one of three 2017 recipients of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, which was presented at the US Supreme Court by Justice Sotomayor. She earned a Master’s degree from the Manhattan School under the mentorship of Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. While there, she was concertmaster of both of the school’s orchestras. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor of Music degree with honors in violin performance with a minor in French from the Eastman School of Music studying with Charles Castleman. While at Eastman she won the school’s prestigious Performer’s Certificate Competition, several scholarship awards from the New York Philharmonic, and was invited to perform chamber music on the school’s Kilbourn Concert Series with members of the faculty. An avid polyglot, Ms. Hall-Tompkins studies and speaks eight languages. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, where in 2018 she was inducted into the School District Hall of Fame, Ms. Hall-Tompkins began her violin studies at age nine. She lives in New York City with her husband Joe. http://www.kellyhall-tompkins.com/bio.html Music Kitchen Previous Next