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Prizes Awarded at Spain’s Agustin Aponte International Strings Competition
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Cellist Goncalo Lélis has been awarded 1st prize at the 2019 Agustin Aponte International String Competition
24-year-old Portuguese cellist Goncalo Lélis has this week been awarded 1st prize at the 2019 Agustin Aponte International String Competition – in Tenerife, Spain.
A graduate of the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, where he studied with Natalya Shakhovskaya and Ivan Monighetti, Goncalo will receive €2000.
Second prize was awarded to violinist Michael Nodel.
Joint third prizes were awarded to violist Daichi Yoshimura, cellist Yejin Kim and violinist Mio Sasaki.
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