VC LIVE | 2022 Young Concert Artists International Auditions Winner's Concert

Watch this year's first prize recipients perform at the Winners Concert at Cary Hall, Di Menna Center

25-year-old American mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, 24-year-old American bass-baritone Joseph Parrish, 24-year-old South Korean pianist Chaeyoung Park, and 21-year-old American soprano & pianist Chelsea Guo were awarded first prize at the 2022 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, in New York City.

All four winners will join the Young Concert Artists roster — granting access to a minimum of three years of management services, career engagements, publicity, and career guidance, plus coveted recital debuts in New York City and at the Washington D.C. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Throughout their tenure, all four will also benefit from YCA’s connections with the industry’s managers, concert presenters, conductors of major orchestras, and financial supporters, as well as its long-standing reputation for discovering and furthering the careers of extraordinary young artists.

The Final Round of this year’s auditions is available now here on The Violin Channel for playback.

The jury for the final round comprised: YCA President Daniel Kellogg, harpist Barbara Allen, cellist Colin Carr, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, violinist Ani Kavafian, pianist Olga Kern, flutist Demarre McGill, pianist and vocalist Ken Noda, violinist Barry Shiffman, YCA Founder Susan Wadsworth, and Carnegie Hall Projects Director Adrian Fuchs.