Naxos Records ‘World Violin Day’ CD Prize Pack Winner Announced!

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 18, 2018

And the winner is in! The following lucky VC member will be receiving at special ‘World Violin Day’ CD prize...

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CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS

21-Year-Old Cellist Oliver Herbert to Join Opus 3 Management Roster

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 18, 2018

It has been announced that 21-year-old American cellist Oliver Herbert will join the roster of Opus 3 Artists New York...

VC Artists Attacca Quartet Join London’s Polyarts Management Roster

December 18, 2018

SAD NEWS | Acclaimed Broadway Composer Galt MacDermot Has Died – Aged 89

December 18, 2018

Boston’s Handel & Haydn Period Ensemble Announces New Principal Double Bassist

December 18, 2018

Germany’s Philharmonie Südwestfalen Announces New Music Director

December 18, 2018

French Cellist Paul Tortelier Died On This Day In 1990 – Aged 76 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 18, 2018

French Violin Pedagogue Lucien Capet Died On This Day in 1928 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 18, 2018

Italian Luthier Antonio Stradivari Died On This Day in 1737 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 18, 2018

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Candidates Announced for New Zealand’s 2019 Michael Hill Competition

December 18, 2018

Hannover’s NDR Radio Philharmonic Announces New 2nd Violinist

December 17, 2018

Today is Russian Pedagogue Zakhar Bron‘s 71st Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 17, 2018

Today is VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi’s 25th Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 17, 2018

Violin Virtuoso Leonid Kogan Died On This Day in 1982 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 17, 2018

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Diana Adamyan, 18 – 2018 Menuhin Competition 1st Prize

December 17, 2018

VC MASTERCLASS | Violinist Klaidi Sahatci – Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 [LEARN]

December 16, 2018

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VC WEB BLOG | Violinist VC Artist Augustin Hadelich – ‘Composing Your Own Original Cadenzas’ [INSIGHT]

December 16, 2018

Today is Cellist VC Young Artist Brannon Cho’s 24th Birthday! [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 16, 2018

NEW TO YOUTUBE | Violinist Nemanja Radulovic – Khachaturian Violin Concerto [2018]

December 16, 2018

NEW TO YOUTUBE | Violinist Vadim Repin – Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 [2018]

December 16, 2018

Hungarian Composer Kodály Born On This Day in 1882 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 16, 2018

Today is Dutch Violin Virtuoso Isabelle van Keulen’s Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 16, 2018

Polish Violin Virtuoso Karol Lipiński Died On This Day in 1861 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 16, 2018

French Composer Camille Saint-Saëns Died On This Day in 1921 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 16, 2018

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Vienna Symphony Announces New Principal 2nd Violinist

December 16, 2018

Today is Violin Virtuoso Ida Haendel’s 90th Birthday [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 15, 2018

Former Opera Australia Tenor Jailed for Assaulting an Underaged Cast Member

December 14, 2018

Bulgarian Violin Virtuoso Vasco Abadjiev Died On This Day in 1978 [ON-THIS-DAY]

December 14, 2018

Cello Finalists Announced for 2019 ‘Getting to Carnegie Hall’ Competition

December 14, 2018

VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu Awarded 2019 Lincoln Center Emerging Artists Prize

December 13, 2018

VC INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

VC INSTA TAKEOVER | Violinist Renaud Capuçon – Live from Paris’ Olympia Hall [INSIDER]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - November 30, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with violinist Renaud Capuçon for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover – direct from Paris’ Olympia Hall. View this post on Instagram RENAUD CAPUÇON...

VC INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

VC INSTA TAKEOVER | Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival [INSIDER]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - October 11, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing and Chinese conductor Tan Dun for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover – direct from this...

VC INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

VC INSTA TAKEOVER | Violinist Nicola Benedetti – Live from the Edinburgh Festival [INSIDER]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - September 19, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with violinist Nicola Benedetti for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover – direct from this year's Edinburgh Festival. View this post...

CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS

VC INSTA TAKEOVER | Bravo! Vail Music Festival – Live from Vail, Colorado [INSIDER]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 7, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with the Bravo! Vail Music Festival for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover – direct from Vail, Colorado, United States, with industry...

VC ARTISTS

VC YOUNG ARTISTS

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Diana Adamyan, 18 – 2018 Menuhin Competition 1st Prize

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 17, 2018

18-year-old Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan is quickly building an international reputation as one of the new generation's most promising and gifted young concert soloists. A graduate of the Tchaikovsky...

VC YOUNG ARTISTS

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Stephen Kim, 23 – Sendai, Menuhin, Seoul & Paganini Comp Major Prizes

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 11, 2018

23-year-old American violinist Stephen Kim is quickly building an international reputation as a rising young virtuoso of outstanding potential. A graduate of the Curtis Institute where he studied...

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Luke Hsu, 28 – Indianapolis, Michael Hill, Paganini & Wieniawski Comp Major Prizes

December 3, 2018

VC YOUNG ARTIST | William Hagen, 26 – Kreisler & Queen Elisabeth Comp Major Prizes

November 26, 2018

VC YOUNG ARTISTS | LGT Young Soloists – ‘Highly Gifted Young International String Soloists’

November 19, 2018

VC ARTIST | Tessa Lark – 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Recipient

November 4, 2018

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Ioana Cristina Goicea, 25 – Michael Hill Competition 1st Prize Winner

October 29, 2018

VC ARTIST | Richard Lin – 2018 Indianapolis International Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner

October 22, 2018

VC INSIDER

VC INSIDER | “What Are the Common Mistakes You See On DVD Audition Applications?”

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - October 19, 2018

VC INSIDER | “Should A Student Take a Lesson With a Prospective Teacher Before a Conservatory Audition?”

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 6, 2018

VC INSIDER | “What Should Be Considered When Choosing Repertoire for a Competition?”

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - June 19, 2018

VC INSIGHT

VC INSIGHT | VC Artist Stefan Jackiw – ‘Physically & Mentally Recovering from an Injury’ [ADVICE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 3, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with American violin virtuoso, VC Artist Stefan Jackiw. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, Stefan talks us through his personal experience physically and mentally recovering from a potentially...

VC INSIGHT | Violist Helen Callus – ‘Preparing for a Recording is Like Preparing For a Marathon’ [LEARN]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 19, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Bienen School of Music Viola Professor, Helen Callus. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, Helen talks us through the trials and tribulations of recording an album. "Preparing for...

VC WEB BLOGS

VC WEB BLOG | Violinist VC Artist Augustin Hadelich – ‘Composing Your Own Original Cadenzas’ [INSIGHT]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 16, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Italian-born German-American violinist, VC Artist Augustin Hadelich - in New York City. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, the 34-year-old virtuoso shares his thoughts...

VC WEB BLOG | VC Young Artist Santiago Cañón Valencia – ‘Gisborne Comp: Amazing Overall Experience’ [BLOG]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - November 30, 2018

With the 2018 Gisborne International Music Competition drawing to a dramatic climax this weekend, VC recently caught up with a number of former 1st prize winners, to get a better understanding...

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | VC Artist Noah Bendix-Balgley – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - November 26, 2018

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Violinist Sarah Chang – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - November 19, 2018

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Violinist Guy Braunstein – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 20, 2018

VC MASTERCLASS

VC MASTERCLASS | Violinist Klaidi Sahatci – Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 [LEARN]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 16, 2018

Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich 1st Concertmaster Klaidi Sahatci works us through the 1st movement of Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in...

VC MASTERCLASS | Violinist Vera Tsu – Mozart Violin Sonata No. 27 in G Major [LEARN]

December 2, 2018

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Evangeline Benedetti – Paganini’s ‘Moses Variations’ [LEARN]

July 17, 2018

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Denis Zhdanov – Schubert’s ‘Arpeggione’ Cello Sonata [LEARN]

June 22, 2018

VC MASTERCLASS | Violin Pedagogue Virginie Robilliard – Beethoven Violin Concerto, 1st Mvt [LEARN]

June 5, 2018

VC INTERVIEWS

VC INTERVIEW | Violinist Chee-Yun – ‘Career Turning Points and Critical Moments’ [ADVICE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 16, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Southern Methodist University Artist-in-Residence, South Korean-born violinist Chee-Yun. We sat her down to discuss the turning points and major influences in her career...

VC INTERVIEW | Rockport Music Festival Artistic Director, Violinist Barry Shiffman

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - June 15, 2018

The Violin Channel recently caught up with the newly-appointed Rockport Chamber Music Festival Artistic Director, former long time St. Lawrence String Quartet violinist, Mr Barry Shiffman. The Rockport Music Festival will run from...

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ASK THE PROS | Attacca Quartet’s Andrew Yee – ‘How Does the Rehearsal Process Change with Different Styles of Music?’ [ADVICE]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 21, 2018

The Violin Channel member Mimi Lee from the United States was keen to know: “How does your rehearsal process change...

ASK THE PROS | Violinist Lucie Robert – “What Qualities Should Every Young Aspiring Professional String Player Possess?” [ADVICE]

January 16, 2018

VC ARTIST OF THE WEEK

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Diana Adamyan, 18 – 2018 Menuhin Competition 1st Prize

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 17, 2018

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VC GIVEAWAY | Enter Now to Win an International ‘World Violin Day’ CD Prize Pack [ENTER]

December 11, 2018

VC CONCERTHALL

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you from Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center this evening for the New York recital debut of the American-based Omer Quartet | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program featuring Haydn's Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Debussy's Quartet in G Minor, American composer Chris Rogerson’s String Quartet No. 1 - and Beethoven’s 'Grosse Fuge' Op. 133
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you from Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center this evening for the New York recital debut of the American-based Omer Quartet | Presented by Young Concert Artists, tonight’s program featuring Haydn's Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Debussy's Quartet in G Minor, American composer Chris Rogerson’s String Quartet No. 1 - and Beethoven’s 'Grosse Fuge' Op. 133
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 9 | We’re coming to you from Brooklyn Public Library today - with violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz | Presented by Carnegie Hall, today’s Citywide series program featuring Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Milica Paranosic’s arrangement of the traditional Macedonian circle dance ‘Čoček', Martin Kennedy’s spectacularly virtuosic and wildly raucous ‘Czardashian Rhapsody’
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 9 | We’re coming to you from Brooklyn Public Library today - with violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz | Presented by Carnegie Hall, today’s Citywide series program featuring Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Milica Paranosic’s arrangement of the traditional Macedonian circle dance ‘Čoček', Martin Kennedy’s spectacularly virtuosic and wildly raucous ‘Czardashian Rhapsody’
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | We’re at The Juilliard School in New York City this afternoon for a Cello Masterclass with British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis | Juilliard students Sterling Elliott, Aaron Wolff and Marí Coetzee working on Schumann’s Concerto, Thomas Ades’ ‘Lieux retrouves’ - and Faure’s 1st Cello Sonata
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | We’re at The Juilliard School in New York City this afternoon for a Cello Masterclass with British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis | Juilliard students Sterling Elliott, Aaron Wolff and Marí Coetzee working on Schumann’s Concerto, Thomas Ades’ ‘Lieux retrouves’ - and Faure’s 1st Cello Sonata
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | We’re at The Juilliard School in New York City this afternoon for a Cello Masterclass with British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis | Juilliard students Sterling Elliott, Aaron Wolff and Marí Coetzee working on Schumann’s Concerto, Thomas Ades’ ‘Lieux retrouves’ - and Faure’s 1st Cello Sonata
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6 | We’re at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall this evening with 19-year-old VC Young Artist Zlatomir Fung and The Juilliard School Orchestra | Tonight’s performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ conducted by the one-and-only …. Maestro Itzhak Perlman
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6 | We’re at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall this evening with 19-year-old VC Young Artist Zlatomir Fung and The Juilliard School Orchestra | Tonight’s performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ conducted by the one-and-only …. Maestro Itzhak Perlman
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 6 | We’re at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall this evening with 19-year-old VC Young Artist Zlatomir Fung and The Juilliard School Orchestra | Tonight’s performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ conducted by the one-and-only …. Maestro Itzhak Perlman
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 29 | We're coming to you live from from the The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City this evening | Tonight’s program featuring violist, VC Young Artist Matthew Lipman and acclaimed American pianist Henry Kramer performing Schumann’s ‘Märchenbilder’, selections from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Bloch’s ‘Suite Hébraïque’, Bowen’s ‘Phantasy’, Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasie’ - plus the world premiere performance of Clarice Assad’s ‘Metamorfose for Viola and Piano’
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 29 | We're coming to you live from from the The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City this evening | Tonight’s program featuring violist, VC Young Artist Matthew Lipman and acclaimed American pianist Henry Kramer performing Schumann’s ‘Märchenbilder’, selections from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Bloch’s ‘Suite Hébraïque’, Bowen’s ‘Phantasy’, Waxman’s ‘Carmen Fantasie’ - plus the world premiere performance of Clarice Assad’s ‘Metamorfose for Viola and Piano’
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | We’re here at Cadogan Hall in London this evening with violinist, VC Young Artist Esther Yoo and Michele Mariotti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Tonight’s program features ‘Prelude and Liebestod’ from ‘Tristan and Isolde’, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony | This evening’s ‘Legacy Giving Concert’, entitled ‘From Darkness to Light’ aims to create awareness around the value of giving
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | We’re here at Cadogan Hall in London this evening with violinist, VC Young Artist Esther Yoo and conductor Michele Mariotti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Tonight’s program features ‘Prelude and Liebestod’ from ‘Tristan and Isolde’, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony | This evening’s ‘Legacy Giving Concert’, entitled ‘From Darkness to Light’ aims to create awareness around the value of giving
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | We’re at London’s Wigmore Hall this evening with the evergreen Artemis Quartett | Tonight’s program featuring Haydn’s G Minor ‘Rider’ String Quartet, Eduard Demetz’s String Quartet No. 2 and Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 in A Minor
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 18-year-old South Korean violist Haesue Lee just completing her audition program with pianist Elena Jivaeva - featuring excerpts from Brahms’ 2nd Viola Sonata, Bach’s D Minor Cello Suite and the Walton Concerto
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 17-year-old Japanese phenom Risa Hokamura and pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera this morning - performing excerpts from Bach’s G Minor Solo Sonata, Prokofiev’s 1st Sonata and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 6 | We’re at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall this evening with VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, conductor ShaoChia Lü 呂紹嘉 and the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO | Tonight’s program featuring the Barber Violin Concerto, Brahms’ 2nd Symphony - and the premiere of Taiwanese composer Gordon Shi-Wen Chin’s ‘Dancing Song’ from ‘Three Aboriginal Songs for Orchestra’
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 6 | We’re at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall this evening with VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, conductor ShaoChia Lü 呂紹嘉 and the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO | Tonight’s program featuring the Barber Violin Concerto, Brahms’ 2nd Symphony - and the premiere of Taiwanese composer Gordon Shi-Wen Chin’s ‘Dancing Song’ from ‘Three Aboriginal Songs for Orchestra’
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 5 | Conductor, Maestro Shao-Chia Lü admiring Co-Concertmaster’s 1734 Seraphin & 1706 Joseph Guarneri violins - on generous loan from Taiwan’s Chi Mei Culture Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 5 | We’re coming to you from San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall today for the dress rehearsal with the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO, 24-year-old Taiwanese violin virtuoso VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng and conductor ShaoChia Lü
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 5 | We’re coming to you from San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall today for the dress rehearsal with the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO, 24-year-old Taiwanese violin virtuoso VC Young Artist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng and conductor ShaoChia Lü
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 4 | We’re here at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco this evening for a solo recital with acclaimed American violinist Hilary Hahn | Tonight’s up-close-and-personal recital featuring J.S. Bach’s Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Solo Partita No. 1 in B Minor and Solo Partita No. 2 in D Minor
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 4 | We’re here at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco this evening for a solo recital with acclaimed American violinist Hilary Hahn

VC BACKSTAGE

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 7 | Backstage this evening at New York’s Alice Tully Hall with 19-year-old VC Young Artist, cellist Zlatomir Fung and the one-and-only Itzhak Perlman | Tonight’s program with the Juilliard School Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Perlman, featuring Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 4 | We’re here at Boffi SoHo in downtown Manhattan this evening for a holiday concert extravaganza | Tonight’s eclectic program, presented by Concert Artists Guild, featuring harpist Bridget Kibbey, trumpet virtuoso Brandon Ridenour and the evergreen Argus Quartet includes works by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi, Garth Knox, Brandon Ridenour and ... the Beatles!!
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | Backstage at London’s Wigmore Hall this evening with the evergreen Artemis Quartett | Tonight’s program featuring Haydn’s G Minor ‘Rider’ String Quartet, Eduard Demetz’s String Quartet No. 2 and Schumann’s Quartet No. 1 in A Minor
LONDON - NOVEMBER 14 | Backstage at London’s Cadogan Hall this evening with VC Young Artist Esther Yoo. This evening’s concert with conductor Michele Mariotti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring ‘Prelude and Liebestod’ from ‘Tristan and Isolde’, Mendelssohn VIolin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 21-year-old cellist Jonathan Swensen from Denmark/United States just completing his audition program with pianist Carlos Avila - including selections from Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, Bach’s C Minor Cello Suite
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 26-year-old tenor Ian Koziara from the United States just completing his audition program with pianist Nate Raskin - featuring selections from works by Dowland, Schubert, Wagner, Grieg and Leoncavallo
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 15-year-old piano prodigy, Maxim Lando - performing ‘Allegro Agitato’ from Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Sonata, the 1st movement from Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E Major and the ‘Variations on a Theme from Bizet’s Carmen’ by Vladimir Horowitz
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 23-year-old VC Young Artist Aurélien Pascal - with pianist Carlos Avila | Challenging program featuring selections from Bach’s C Major Solo Suite, Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Beethoven’s A Major Sonata
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 22-year-old Chinese pianist Aristo Sham just completing his audition program - featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Elliott Carter
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 22-year-old The Juilliard School violinist Randall Goosby - with pianist Jun Cho | Expressive program featuring excerpts from Korngold’s Violin Concerto, Bach’s C Major Solo Sonata and Heifetz's arrangement of Gershwin’s ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 18-year-old South Korean violist Haesue Lee just completing her audition program with pianist Elena Jivaeva - featuring excerpts from Brahms’ 2nd Viola Sonata, Bach’s D Minor Cello Suite and the Walton Concerto
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 23-year-old South Korean pianist Sae Yoon Chon just completing his audition program - featuring works by Brahms & Liszt
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 24-year-old trumpeter Simon Höfele from Germany just completing his audition program with pianist Kelly Lin - featuring excerpts from works by Haydn, Gruber and Pilss
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | Impressive performance by 17-year-old Japanese phenom Risa Hokamura - 外村理紗 and pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera this morning - performing excerpts from Bach’s G Minor Solo Sonata, Prokofiev’s 1st Sonata and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | 26-year-old Nicholas Ho from Singapore just completing his audition program
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11 | We’re coming to you live from New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center today for the Final Round of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions | All smiles from 25-year-old pianist Juan Pérez Floristán from Spain following his difficult program - featuring works by Bach, Ravel and Liszt
SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 6 | Triple standing ovation this evening at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall for 24-year-old VC Young Artists Yu-Chien Benny Tseng - following his stellar performance of the Barber Violin Concerto - with conductor ShaoChia Lü and the Taiwan Philharmonic NSO | An enthusiastic audience calling Benny back for two encores