Upbeat Spring 2013 - Royal College of Music

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16 Student notes Composition congratulations Arne Gieshoff’s work Stanza was performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins in Glasgow. The concert was recorded by BBC Radio 3 for their contemporary music programme Hear and Now… Adam Kornas has won the Lord Mayor’s Composition Award. His prize includes £2,000 and a performance of his work Paradise Regained at Mansion House… Catherine Cheung has won the Herne Hill Music Festival Composition Competition with her saxophone quartet Suspend/Coruscate… Keyboard accomplishments Pianist Yoshio Hamano has won First Prize at the Nordic International Piano Competition in Malmö, Sweden, with the splendid prize of a Blüthner Grand Piano and concerts in Sweden and Japan… Pianist Laura Dickson has given an evening recital at Park Place in Wickham in aid of Dorothy’s Dream, The Rowans Hospice at Home Appeal… Pianist So Yeong Kim has been selected for this year’s Foyle Future Firsts Programme with the London Philharmonic Orchestra… Pianist Samson Tsoy has won Second Prize at the 23rd Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition… Pianist Anna Fedorova performed at a special concert in memory of Arthur Rubinstein at Carnegie Hall, New York. She also spent two weeks at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland where she was awarded the prestigious ‘Prix - Foundation Neva’… Pianist Konstantin Lapshin has performed in the Rachmaninov Hall in Moscow, the Pump Room in Bath, Pushkin House in London, and the Assembly Room in Lincoln as part of his Doctoral Project ‘Rachmaninov Rediscovered’… Valentin Barray has won Third Prize and a Special Prize for the best accompaniment of a French mélodie at the Claude Bonneton International Piano Competition in Sète, France. String successes Winner of BBC Young Musician 2012, Laura van der Heijden has performed Walton’s Cello Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall… Violinists Suijin Park and Mari Poll reached the semi-final of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, while Benjamin Baker won the Development Prize. Benjamin also won Second Prize in the inaugural Orpheus Musician of the Year with First Prize going to alumna and bassoonist Tamsin Thorn. Both musicians performed at a celebratory concert at St George’s Church, Hanover Square with the Orpheus Sinfonia… Violinist Laure Chan has performed a programme of Fauré, Chausson, Ysaÿe and Ravel at the Sevenoaks Music Festival prize winners’ concert… Konstantin Lapshin Laure Chan Anna Fedorova Laura van der Heijden
Woodwind triumphs Flautist Diego Aceña Moreno, oboist Alasdair Hill and clarinettist Adrian Somogyi, members of the Cataleya Quintet, have performed at The Leverhulme Trust annual reception in Unilever House in London. All three students are supported by the trust, one of the most generous supporters of young musicians in the UK. Cataleya Ensemble Vocal achievements Sopranos Joanna Songi and Anna Anandarajah have won Second Prize and the Audience Prize respectively in the Maureen Lehane Singing Competition at the Wigmore Hall… Baritone Morgan Pearse was one of three soloists in a performance of Haydn’s Creation with the Hastings Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Marcio da Silva… Soprano Laura Wright has been chosen by the Rugby Football Union as England’s first official Laura Wright with English Rugby players Joanna Songi National Anthem singer. She will sing ahead of the international matches against South Africa and New Zealand, as well as all of the home games in the Six Nations tournament in 2013… Soprano Louise Alder has featured on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme with Royal Opera House Director of Opera Kasper Holten, talking about the state of opera and life as a young singer today… Two RCM Junior Department students won prizes in the final of the Association of English Singers and Speakers Catherine Lambert Junior Recital Prize: Julius Haswell won First Prize with his themed programme of English song, poetry and prose entitled ‘Love lost through war’, while Rhys Jupiter Brown took Third Prize and the Speech Prize. Spotlight on… RCM cellist Yuki Ito has been named as a Second Prize winner at the highly prestigious Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. Yuki was given the opportunity to take part in the semi-final auditions in New York after he was awarded First Prize at the European Young Concert Artists Auditions in Leipzig. As a result of his success Yuki will be awarded future engagements worldwide, the first taking place in Tokyo. More than 300 musicians from 41 countries took part in this year’s Young Concert Artists Auditions, for which the criteria are exceptional musicianship, virtuosity, individuality, projection as a performer, and promise. The organisation has discovered and launched the careers of many internationally celebrated musicians including pianists Jean- Yves Thibaudet, Emanuel Ax, Murray Perahia, Jeremy Denk and Richard Goode; soprano Dawn Upshaw, and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. Yuki has also recently released his debut album. Accompanied by RCM alumna Sofya Gulyak, the recording features popular cello works by Rachmaninov and was chosen as ‘disc of the month’ by The Strad magazine. Rachmaninov: Cello Works (Champs Hill Records) is available to buy through iTunes, Amazon, NaxosDirect, and Europadsic. 17
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