VC LIVE | 2023 Barbash Bach String Competition

Tune in on October 20, 2023 at 3 PM (ET) for the Final Round of the competition

We're coming to you LIVE from Stony Brook, NY for the Final Round of the 2023 Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach String Competition.

Open to international string players between 16 and 30 years of age, the competition is focused entirely on the unaccompanied string Partitas, Sonatas, and Suites of J.S. Bach.

As the 2023 finalists, violinists Karisa Chiu, Emmanuel Coppey, Sory Park, and Youjin Lee will compete on Friday, October 20, at Staller Center Recital Hall.

The 2023 Grand Prize Winner will receive $5,000, plus several performance invitations. They will be the featured soloist at the Island Symphony Bach Festival which will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at St. Peter’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Bay Shore, New York. The winner will receive an additional fee of $1,000 for this performance. The first prize winner will also be the featured soloist at a concert presented by the Amor Artis chamber chorus in New York City.

PROGRAM:

Karisa Chiu (Violin)

• Bach Sonata No.1 in G Minor BWV 1001
  • Adagio
  • Fuga (Allegro)
  • Siciliana
  • Presto 

Sory Park (Violin)

• Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002
  • Allemanda / Double
  • Corrente / Double
  • Sarabande / Double
  • Tempo di Borea / Double 

– Intermission – 

Youjin Lee (Violin)

• Bach Sonata No.1 in G Minor BWV 1001
  • Adagio
  • Fuga (Allegro)
  • Siciliana
  • Presto 

Emmanuel Coppey (Violin)

• Bach Partita No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
  • Allemanda
  • Corrente
  • Sarabanda
  • Gigue
  • Ciaconna