Concerto Competition Final Round 1

Competition Coordinator Dr. Robert Rust Jury Raymond Gniewek, violin (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, retired Scott Hartman, trombone (Yale University) Marina Lomazov, piano (University of South Carolina, Southeastern Music Festival) Piano Accompanists Joshua Cessna Feruza Dadabaeva Guzal Isametdinova Olga Konovalova Sheng-Yuan Kuan Darren Matias Kristine Mezines Marina Radiushina Canvasser Roberta Burns Finalists Emilio Rutllant (flute) - Nielsen, Flute Concerto (Sheng-Yuan Kuan) Erika Andersen (bassoon) - Mozart, Bassoon Concerto (Marina Radiushina) Tamas Markovics (trombone) - Thom Ritter George, Concerto for Bass Trombone (Sheng-Yuan Kuan) Sergei Skobin (piano) - Schnittke, Concerto for Piano and Strings (Kristine Mezines) Yingpeng Wang (piano) Ravel, Concerto for Left Hand Alone (Feruza Dadabaeva

Concerto Competition Final Round

Competition Coordinator Dr. Robert Rust Jury Cynthia Phelps, viola (Principal, New York Philharmonic) Leonard Hindell, bassoon (Former member, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & New York Philharmonic) Robert Ward, piano (Director, Concerto Fest Austria) Piano Accompanists Dr. John Tu (Concerto Competition Accompanying Resident) Mr. Tao Lin (Collaborative Piano Faculty) Dr. Yang Shen (Collaborative Piano Faculty) Canvassers Roberta Burns Jack Kracke Finalists Hsin-Hui Liu, piano - Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major (Tu) Giorgi Chkhikvadze, piano - Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 16 (Tu) Dotan Nitzberg, piano - Liszt, Totentanz (Tu) Aneliya Novikova, piano - Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 30 (Tu) Jesse Yukimura, viola - Martinu, Rhapsody Concerto, H, 337 (Lin) LUNCH BREAK Yaroslava Poletaeva, violin - Saint-Saens, Havanaise (Lin) Marina Lenau, violin - Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35 (Lin) Robert Harrover, trombone - David, Concertino for Trombone in E-flat Major, op. 4 (Tu) John Hong, clarinet - Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 (Tu) Fabiola Porras, clarinet - Nielsen, Clarinet Concerto (Tu

Concerto Competition Final Round 1

Competition Coordinator Dr. Roberta Rust Jury Sheila Browne, viola (University of North Carolina School of the Arts) Uriel Tsachor, piano (University of Iowa) Graham Ashton, trumpet (Conservatory of Music, Purchase College) Piano Accompanists Carina Inoue (Collaborative Piano Student) Olga Kim (Collaborative Piano Student) Sheng-Yuan Kuan (Lynn University) Tatiana Lokhina (Collaborative Piano Student) Darren Matias (Collaborative Piano Student) Ricardo Pozenatto (Collaborative Piano Student) Dr. Marina Radiushina (Guest Accompanist) Anastasiya Timofeeva (Collaborative Piano Student) Canvassers Roberta Burns Jack Kracke Final Round Alla Sorokoletova, flute and Anastasia Tonia, flute - Franz Doppler, Concerto for Two Flutes (Matias) Zongxi Li, trombone - Lars Erik Larsson, Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra (Kuan) Chen Liang, piano - George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (Kim) Matthew Calderon, piano - Edward Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor (Pozenatto) Munkhshur Enkhbold, piano - Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto in G Major (Inoue

Concerto Competition Final Round

Competition Coordinator Dr. Roberta Rust Jury Sarah Johnson, violin (Converse College) David Jackson, trombone (University of Michigan) Baruch Meir, piano (Arizona State University & President of the Bosendorfer/Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition) Piano Accompanists Feruza Dadabaeva Guzal Isametdinova Dr. Sheng-Yuan Kuan Marina Radiushina Sharon Villega

Concerto Competition Final Round

Competition Coordinator Dr. Roberta Rust Jury Sarah Johnson, violin (Converse College) David Jackson, trombone (University of Michigan) Baruch Meir, piano (Arizona State University & President of the Bosendorfer/Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition) Piano Accompanists Feruza Dadabaeva Guzal Isametdinova Dr. Sheng-Yuan Kuan Marina Radiushina Sharon Villega

Concerto Competition Final Round

Competition Coordinator Dr. Roberta Rust Jury Ralph Fielding, viola (Lynn University) Christina Burr, flute (Lynn University) Greg Miller, horn (Lynn University) Piano Accompanists Tao Lin Yang Shen Preliminary Round 23 students performed in the preliminary round on Saturday, October 21. Finalists Elena Chernova, violin - Barber, Violin Concerto Oksana Rusina, cello - Dvorak, Cello Concerto in B Minor Amanda Albert, piano - Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor Piero Alves Guimaraes, marimba - Rosauro, Concerto for Marimba Valentin Mansurov, violin - Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 2 Charles Swan, oboe - Gossens, Concerto en un Mouvement Girard Moses Villanueva, clarinet - Mozart, Clarinet Concerto Aziz Sapaev, cello - Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations, op. 3

Concerto Competition Final Round

Competition Coordinator Dr. Roberta Rust Jury Julian Martin, piano (The Juilliard School) Eric Ruske, horn (Boston University) Ilya Kaler, violin (DePaul University) Piano Accompanists Heqing Huang (Piano Performance Student) Carina Inoue (Collaborative Piano Student) Olga Kim (Collaborative Piano Student) Sheng-Yuan Kuan (Lynn University) Hsin-Hui Liu (Piano Performance Student) Dr. Marina Radiushina (Guest Accompanist) Jihong Park (Collaborative Piano Student) Ricardo Pozenatto (Collaborative Piano Student) Canvassers Roberta Burns Jack Kracke Final Round Delcho Tenev, violin - Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 (Kuan) Vijeta Sathyaraj, violin - Ravle, Tzigane (Kuan) Evgenia Zharzhavskaya, violin & Felicia Besan, viola - Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 (Kuan) Jesse Yukimura, viola - Hindemith, Der schwanendreher (Kuan) Brenton Caldwell, viola - Walton, Viola Concerto (Kuan) LUNCH BREAK Doniyor Zuparov, cello - Elgar, Cello Concerto, op. 85 (Kuan) Vladislav Kosminov, piano - Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kim) Giorgi Chkhikvadze, piano - Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 (Radiushina) Anna Brumbaugh, clarinet - Bassi, Fantasy Based on Themes from Rigoletto (Kuan) Josue Jimenez-Morales, tuba - Gregson, Tuba Concert