2023 Sphinx Competition Laureates Announced
Congratulations to the laureates in the 2023 Sphinx Competition! The competition started on Jan. 26 at the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, Michigan and concluded on Saturday. Here are all of the prizewinners:
Senior Division Laureates:
- First prize ($50,000): Njioma Chinyere Grevious, of Boston, Mass.
- Second prize ($20,000): Alejandra Switala, of Chicago, Ill.
- Third prize ($10,000: Dillon Scott, of Lansdale, Pa.
Over two days, all participants had the opportunity to perform in master classes, with the finalists performing with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra under the direction of guest conductor Kalena Bovell. Watch Njioma’s performance of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80 here (video is cued to start at 35:05):
Hina Khuong-Huu Wins the 2023 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition
Violinist Hina Khuong-Huu has been named the First Prize Winner in the 2023 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition (EOIVC). Here are all of the prizewinners:
- First prize ($30,000): Hina Khuong-Huu, 18, of France/Japan/United States
- Second prize ($15,000): Gabrielle Després, 22, of Canada/United States
- Third prize ($10,000): Laurel Gagnon, 28, of the United States
- Honorable mention ($5,000): Zachary Brandon, 24, of the United States
The Oliveira competition started on Jan. 15 at Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Fla. Over the last two days, all four finalists have performed live with the Lynn Philharmonia, conducted by Guillermo Figueroa. Watch Hina's award-winning performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto below (the video is cued up to start with her performance at 1:39:13):
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For the Record, Op. 223: Patricia Kopatchinskaja; Clarissa Bevilacqua; Amaro Dubois; Vanessa Marcoux
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Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja says that Turkish pianist Fazil Say "is a volcano, with an indomitable strength and energy." Fazil says that her spontaneous playing exudes freedom: "At each concert, she creates a different character and tells a new story." The duo presents a program devoted to Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 1 ("a marvel from start to finish, one of his finest works," says Patkop); Brahms’ D minor Sonata ("I imagine a feather in flight at the opening of the sonata") and Janácek’s Sonata, "an extreme work, wounded and heart-rending." BELOW: trailer for the album.
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