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Applications Closing for Barbash J.S. Bach String Competition

Now offering a $10,000 first prize, the Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition's applications are open until June 15, 2025

Open to string players worldwide, ages 16-30, the annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach String Competition focuses on Bach’s repertoire for unaccompanied bowed string instruments.

Applications are open until June 15, 2025. . To apply, click here.

The Grand Prize will also include performance engagements with Presenting Partners, Washington Bach ConsortThe Bach Choir of BethlehemGotham Early Music SceneAmor Artis, and the Island Symphony Orchestra. The second prize winner will be awarded $2,500.

The 2025 jurors are violist Kim Kashkashian, cellist Colin Carr, violinist Renée Jolles, harpsichordist Arthur Haas, and cellist Kenneth Slowik.

The finalists will be announced on July 30, 2025

Past winners include violinists Rachell Ellen Wong, Lun Li, Tianyou Ma, and Emmanuel Coppey, double bassist Nina Bernat, and cellist Maxime Quennesson.

This competition honors Lillian and Maurice Barbash for their lifelong support of the arts.

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june 2025

14junAll Day29Sendai International Piano Competition(All Day) Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai (Sendai City Youth Cultural Center), 3-27-5, Asahigaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Pref., 981-0904, JapanEvent Type :competitions Event Tagscompetition,piano

july 2025

11julAll Day25Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition(All Day) Harbin Grand Theatre, China, Heilongjiang, Harbin, Songbei District, 滨水大道 邮政编码: 150010Event Type :competitions Event TagsAlice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition,competition

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