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 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
De Stefano Piano Duo (Italy)
They are winners and have been awarded in about 60
international and national competitions: Third Prize at the “10th Murray
Dranoff” International Two Piano Competition of Miami, 1st prize 14th
International Piano Duo Competition in Tokyo, 1st prize “29th V.Bucchi”
di Roma, 2005 Internationale Sommerkademie Mozarteum of Salzburg, 1st
prize - 4th International Indipendent Competition “Individualis” of
Kiev, 1st prize at the “T.I.M.2006”, 1st prize International Chamber
Music Competition “Anemos”in Rome 2007, 1st prize at the "13th Ibla
Grand Prize”, 3rd prize at the 20th Chamber Music of Caltanissetta, 1st
prize at the “3rd Seiler”of Palermo, 1st prize at the “24th Ama
Calabria”of Lamezia Terme,“ 1st prize at the 7th European Gran Prix
“Mendelssohn-Cup” in Lecce, and many others also like soloists.
[Interview]
 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann Piano Duo (Canada)
The
duo received first prize at the International Chamber Music Competition
in Caltanissetta, Italy, and were laureates of The 4th Murray Dranoff
International Two Piano Competition. In 1993 they became members of the
young artists’ roster of Yehudi Menuhin-Live Music Now. Currently on
faculty at The Mount Royal College Conservatory in Calgary, Elizabeth
and Marcel have also been involved in various musical activities at The
Banff Centre for the Arts and in 2004/2005, served as Artistic Directors
of The Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition and Foundation
in Miami. They are members of the Calgary based group Land’s End Chamber
Ensemble.
[Interview]
 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
Brown/England Piano Duo (USA)
Brown/England Piano Duo won a first place award in the New England
Conservatory International Ensemble Competition and awarded a
performance at Carnegie Hall. They have appeared on many concerts for
the international music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon and have been selected
to perform at their 2008 International Convention in Florida.[Interview
with Brown]
[Interview with
England]
 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
Adam Aleksander (Piano –
Canada
/
Poland)
Adam Aleksander has received top prizes in over eighteen piano
competitions in five countries, including international piano
competitions in Barcelona, Paris, Salerno, Miami, Lawton (Oklahoma),
Edmonton (Canada), and Palm Beach, and has received prizes for his
recordings in competitions in Austin, Texas and Calgary, Canada. In
addition, he has been awarded grants from The Canada Council and The
Alberta Heritage Trust Fund.
[Interview]
 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
Tatiana Larionova (Piano –
Russia)
Tatiana Larionova is a
prize winner in several international piano competitions, including:
“Usti nad Labem” Piano Competition (Czech Republic, 1994); “Stravinskij
awards” Interantional Piano Competition (US, 1995); International
F.Liszt Piano Competition (Poland, 1999); third prize, S.Thalberg
International Piano Competition (Italy, 2004); second prize, “Premio
Seiler” International Piano Competition (Italy, 2004).
[Interview]
 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
Yoonjung Han (Piano –
Korea)
The recipient of
numerous awards, Ms. Han won Gold medal in the Nena Wideman Piano
Competition, Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, Bradshaw& Buono
International Piano Competition. Following her success, participating as
the youngest participants, she won second prize at the Concorso
Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli, 5th prize in Helsinki Maj Lind
International Piano Competition. She has won first prizes at the
Juilliard Frederich Nordmann Piano Competition, Juilliard Mozart
concerto competition, Music Teacher’s National Association Competition,
Korea National Music Competition, Friday Woodmere Music Competition,
Ishikawa Young Artists Award and Korea Herald Competition. Ms. Han has
frequently appeared on both WQXR and National Public Radio’s “Young
Artist Showcases”, as well as WHYY, TV pol music, and CBS, EBS in Korea.
[Interview]
 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
Alexander Bedenko (Clarinet –
Ukraine)
Alexander Bedenko has won first prizes in several major competitions,
including the 1994 first prize and laureate from the Second
International Young Artist’s Competition in Moscow, the 1995-96 first
prizes winner of the Interlochen Center for the Arts “Concerto
Competition”, First prize at the Summit Music Festival “Concerto
Competition” in NYC in 2004, and the 1999 Grand-Prix and Laureate of the
International Open Clarinet Competition in Kiev, as well as recipient
scholarship of Vladimir Spivakov’s Foundation and the named scholarship
of The President of Ukraine, from (1997-1999).
[Interview]
 2007 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) -
Jing-I Jang (Harp –
Taiwan)
She was a finalist in the Franz J. Reinl International
Harp Competition in Munich, Germany in 2003, and a finalist in the 2003
National Anne Adams Award Auditions, administered by the American Harp
Society. She was a quarter-finalist in the 5th and 7th USA International
Harp Competition. She was also a winner of the UI Concerto Competition
and a winner of NTNU Concerto Competition. She had also performed as
principal harpist with the Sinfonia da Camera in Illinois, and as a
harpist with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony
Orchestra in Taiwan. [Interview]
 A winner of 2006 International Web
Concert Hall Competition-Anna
Kravtchenko (Ukraiine – Piano)-
In 1991, at 15 years
old, Anna Kravtchenko won both first prizes in the International
Competition “Concertino Praga” and Busoni International Piano
Competition. Born in Kharkov, Ukraine, she began to study the piano at
the age of five and at nine entered the conservatory, where she studied
with Leonid Margarius. [Interview]
 A winner of 2006 International Web
Concert Hall Competition-
Joel Hastings (Canada – Piano)-
A Canadian-born
pianist was the winner of the International Bach Competition at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and placed second in the Chicago
Chopin Competition. He took first prize in the Royal Canadian College of
Organists National Competition and has been the recipient of multiple
grants from the Canadian Council for the Performing Arts.
[Interview]
 2006 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Miao Hou (China – Piano)
A graduate from the
Curtis Institute of Music, Miao Hou began her piano study in her native
China at the age of four. In 1997, Miss Hou received the grand prize at
the Pearl River Young Artist Piano Competition and Hong Kong
International Piano solo competition. After moving to the United States
in 2000, she has won Thousand Island International piano competition,
the Kingsville International young artist competition, Isabel Scionti
competition, and the Wideman piano competition. Miss Hou also received
the “Best Performance of French Music” in the International Russian
Music Competition and the Grand prize in Midland National Young Artist
Competition. She recently made her Carnegie debut, where she performed
Mozart piano concerto No. 19 with Curtis Orchestra under the Maestro
Leon Fleisher conducting.
 2006 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Duehlmeier-Gritton Duo (USA – Piano Duo)
Duehlmeier-Gritton Duo
is listed as a Steinway artists and have released CD of all-Gershwin,
the concerto for two pianos and orchestra by Manookian with the Armenian
Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolking Jazz two-piano Concerto with the Warsaw
Philharmonic Orchestra which was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 on the
MMC label. Most recent performance engagements include Nanjing, China,
Austria, Poland, Scotland, Israel. Washington D.C. and Connecticut.
Susan Duehlmeier received a doctoral degree from Boston University and
Bonnie Gritton received a doctoral degree from University of California
at Los Angeles. Currently, they are faculty members at the University of
Utah.
[Interview]
 2006 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Christopher Atzinger (USA – Piano)A
native of Jackson, Michigan, Christopher Atzinger was the first place
winner of the 2005 National Federation of Music Clubs Competition and
the gold medalist of the 50th annual Nina Plant Wideman
International Piano Competition. He has also received honors from the
Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition, the National Society of
Arts and Letters, and the Music Teachers National Association
Competition. Mr. Atzinger won the Premio Citta di Ispica prize
with special recognition for his performance of Samuel Barber at the
IBLA Grand Prize Competition in Ragusa-Ibla, Italy.
[Interview]
2006 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Chia-Yuan Liang (USA – Harp) -
Miss Liang was a fellow
of the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland and Pacific Music Festival
Orchestra where she toured Japan and Europe. She was an alternate winner
for Ann Adams Award of the American Harp Society and was the only
American that reached top-ten in the Arpista-Ludivico International Harp
competition in June, 2005. She has also been selected as a candidate of
the 2006-07 U.S. Fulbright program in Germany.
[Interview]
2006 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Teresa Trevisan & Flavio Zaccaria (Italy - Piano-Duo) -
Flavio
Zaccaria graduated from the Music Conservatory “B.Marcello” in Venice.
Mr. Zaccaria began duo with the pianist Antonella Perini, where they
were the only Italian piano duo honored in the International Chamber
Music Competition “Provincia di Caltanissetta” and the International
Piano Competition “Citta di Marsala.” In 2005, the current duo team
recorded a CD entirely devoted to unpublished works by Max Reger. Mr.
Zaccaria was a piano professor at the Music Conservatory of Venice from
1992 – 2003 and he currently teaches at the Music Conservatory “G.
Tartini” of Trieste.
[Interview]
 Duo Brillaner (Clarinet and Piano)
- Shirley Brill (Clarinet)
& Jonathan Aner (Piano), the duo was founded in 1999. The Brillaner Duo
performed in concert halls in Germany, Denmark, England, Russia,
Switzerland and Israel. The Brillaner Duo is a recipient of the AICF and
the Ronen Foundation grants. They currently study at the Musikhochschule
Lubeck and Shirley studies in the class of Prof. Sabine Meyer and
Jonathan with Prof. Konrad Elser. [Interview]
 2005 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Liu Yang (China - Violin) A former first-prize winner of China's
National Violin Competition, he was a Starling scholarship student of
Dorothy DeLay and Kurt Sassmannshaus at the University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music. Mr. Liu was born in Qingdao, People's
Republic of China in 1976. At age nine he was accepted into the Central
Conservatory of Music in Beijing as a student of the renowned Professor
Yao-Ji Lin. His Concerto tours have led him to Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Poland, Russia, Greece, and
Egypt. Yang has also appeared frequently as soloist with the Starling
Chamber Orchestra and most recently, during the SCO's, two tours in his
homeland, China. Yang Liu's debut recording of Song of Nostalgia was
released this year - to critical acclaim. The disc represents the
soloist's broad interests, including both traditional Chinese songs and
some of the most difficult repertoire ever written for the violin.
Yang's long-standing collaboration with Chinese composer and pianist Gao
Ping continues on this disc which features a new work by the composer.
 2005 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Chiovetta, Fabrizio (Piano)
Studied in Tibor Varga Superior Conservatory
and Academy in Sion, Switzerland under Dominique Weber and performs in
Europe and Canada regularly
.
[Interview]
 2005 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Attwood, Koji (Piano)
Koji Attwood is a relative of
Thomas Attwood (1765-1838), a student of Mozart and friend of
Mendelssohn.
Koji studied
with Seymour Lipkin
at Curtis institue of
music and Jerome Lowenthal at the
Juilliard School, where he recieved doctoral's degree. Since 2003, Mr.
Attwood has been
with Astral Artistic Services, a
management group in Philadelphia.[Interview]
 2005 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Roth, Linus (Violin)
The winner of the Bruno Frey Prize of the
State Academy Baden- Wurttemberg. Since 1998, Mr. Roth was supported by
Anne-Sophie Mutter through her Foundation, the "Anne-Sophie Mutter
Freundeskreis." Mr. Roth plays the Stradivari "Dancla" 1703, kindly
loaned by the "L-Bank, Staatsbank of Baden-Wurttemberg. Among many
competitions he has won in the past, Mr. Roth has won the first prizes
from International Violin competition Novosibirsk.
[Interview]
 2005 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Trio di Pavia (Piano Trio)
- Giorgia Brustia, Marcello Defant, and
Alberto Drufuca.
[Interview]
 The winner of 2004 International Web
Concert Hall Competition
- Enrico Dindo (cello) was the first Italian to win the First Prize
at the Rostropovich cello Competition in Paris (1997). Since then, he
has received international recognition of his exceptional and early
talent. The great Russian Maestro Rostropovich said about him: “…he is a
cellist of exceptional qualities, a great musician who has the gift of
an incredible sound, which flows as a splendid Italian voice.”
Enrico Dindo was born in
1965 in Turin into a family of musicians. At the age of six he began
studying cello at the Conservatorio G. Verdi . He attended post-graduate
courses with Egidio Roveda and Antonio Janigro at the Mozarteum in
Salzburg. In 1987, Dindo was invited by Riccardo Muti to be the first
cello soloist with the Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
[Interview]
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2004 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)
Laffranchini and Rebaudengo (Cello and Piano Duo)
2004 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Finalist) Armin Egger (Guitar) -
a winner of Julian Bream Prize at the Royal
Academy of Music in London. Currently, Armin teaches at University of
Music in Graz. Studied at University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz
and the Royal Academy of Music in London.
2004 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Finalist) Kairy Koshoeva (Piano) -
Kairy was named Honored
Artist of Kyrgyzstan. Also, she
was awarded the Rachmaninov Medal by the International Academy of Fine
Arts.
Trained in Gnessin Academy of
Music in Moscow, Russia and currently working towards the Doctor of
Musical Art Degree at University of Missouri in Kansas City and teaches
at the Kansas City Young Audiences (KCYA)
Community School of Art.
2004 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Finalist) Kanae Koshi (Piano) -
Received
Bachelor’s degree from Toho Gakuen School of
Music. Study at the Juilliard School and the Mannes College of Music.
Gave New York City debut recital at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie
Hall in 2005.
A winner of 2003 International Web Concert Hall
Competition - Tosheff Piano Duo
(Vely Stoyanova & Ilia Tosheff) have performed in Japan, US, Germany,
Holland, Malta, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Switzerland. They have won numerous honors and
awards at prestigious international competitions worldwide. Competitions include, the
grand prize at Tokyo International Piano duo competition (1988), the grand prize at
Dobrich (Bulgaria) 1997 The Coast of Hope International competition, 1st prize at Rome
Valentino bucchi International competition, 1st prize at Rome International Music
Tournament, 1st prize at Sofia Music and Earth International competition and Zinetti
Chamber music competition. 
A winner of 2003 International Web Concert Hall
Competition - Pasquale Iannone (Piano) has won several national competitions (Albenga, Rozzano, Galatina, Osimo)
and international as well such the "A. Casella" (Naples 1989); "Carlo
Zecchi" (Rome 1991. In 1994 Pasquale Iannone has been top prize winner at the
prestigeous "Gina Bachauer" International Piano Competition which took place in
Salt Lake City (USA) and in 1995 he has been awarded of the Second Prize and the Special
Fauré Prize at the New Orleans International Piano Competition. 
A winner of 2003 International Web Concert Hall Competition - Richard
Raymond - (Piano) is currently Associate Professor at McGil University in
Montreal. He has won the First prize in Montreal International competition, the chamber
music prize at the Van Cliburn competition, Second prize in William Kapell International
piano competition, International Stepping Stone" of the Canadian Music competition,
and Vianna da Motta competition. In 1998, he was the recipient of the prestigious Virginia
Parker prize awarded by the Canada council. 
A winner of 2003 International Web Concert Hall Competition - Bruni & Iannone - (Piano Duo) The meeting of Bruni and Iannone took place in 1998 and since their
first performance they have been invited to play by prestigious concert societies in
Italy, USA and South Korea and the conductor and composer Carlo Franci dedicated a piece
for 2 pianos, great orchestra and electronic sound to their Duo, which has been recorded
by the Italian label ";Musicaimmagine" under the baton of the composer himself.
A CD recording is coming up in their projects from a live performance given at the
"Bellini" theatre in Catania. 
Philip
Amalong (Piano) - Studied at University of
Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music with Sandra Rivers and a
winner in a competition for a scholarship given by Van Cliburn. He also
composes and recently completed scores for short films.
A winner of 2003 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) - Naoko
Takada (Marimba) won theFirst Prize in the Young Concert Artists International
Audition and was also awarded the Beracasa Foundation Prize. She had her Japan debut at
Tokyo Opera City Recital hall, her NY debut at the 92nd Street Y, Washington D.C. debut at
the Kennedy Center, and Boston debut at the Gardena Museum. Her past solo appearances
include WQXR (NY radio), WGBH (Boston radio) and HKRT (Hong kong radio); as well as
performances at Alice Tully Hall and Merkin Hall in New York. 
A winner of 2003 International Web Concert Hall
Competition (Honorary Mention) - Paola Bruni (Piano) has won the first prize at the "A.
Casagrande" International Competition and 3rd prize at UNISA International Piano
Competition in Pretoria. She has performed in Italy, south Africa and throughout Europe. She has recorded CDs in London with the European Community Chamber
Orchestra and in Vienna for Deutsche Grammophone Educational. 
A winner of 2002 International Web Concert Hall
Competition (Honorary Mention) Alexei
Soutchkov and Maia Berdieva (Piano Duo) - Alexei born in Moscow and Maia born in
Turkmenia (Ashgabad), they both have won numerous international and national competitions.
Together, they have won more than 35 international competitions and capturing 25 1st
prizes. The first prizes include, Mendelssohn-Cup in Taurisano, Coppa Pianisti d'Italia in
Italy, Val Tidone in Piacenza, Premio Seiler in Palermo, Ville de Gaillard in France, and
Fifth International Festival in Fivizzano, Italy, to mention few. Both pianists have
studied at Ciaikovsky conservatoire in Moscow. 
A winner of 2002 International Web Concert Hall
Competition (Honorary Mention) Grigory Alumyan
(Cello) - Native of Moscow, he received the first prize of 2002 Swedish
International Duo Competition. Other awards include the 1st prize of UNISA International
Music competition in Pretoria, 3rd prize at Internetionalem Wettbewerb in Markneukirchen,
and received Preis des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes. He studied at
Ciaikovsky conservatoire in Moscow and performed with Moskauer Sinfonieorchester,
Collegium Musikum Carinthia, Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Johannesburg
Philharmonie and many others. 
A
winner of 2002 International Web Concert Hall Competition (Honorary Mention) Patrick Jee (Cello)- Born in the United States, has won
many competitions such as Andre Navarra Cello Competition, the Holland-American Music
Society Cello Competition and the Irving Klein International String Competition. He has
studied at Yale School of Music and the Juilliard School. 
A
winner of 2002 International Web Concert Hall Competition (Honorary Mention) Andrew Mah (Guitar) - Born in Canada, he toured France with the ensemble 'Guitares Nouvelle France'
premiering some of the earliest work of Canadian composer and guitarist Patrick Roux and
has been a finalist in music competition at both national and international competitions. He has studied at Conservatoire de Musique de Quebec a Hull and
University of Toronto. 
A
winner of 2002 International Web Concert Hall Competition (Honorary Mention) Michal George (Guitar) - Born in South Africa, he has won four national and international
competitions. Awards include, the first prize in National Guitar Competition in South
Africa and Rosilia Ablan Prize in Guitar in the United States. He graduated from
University of the Witwatersrand and the Cleveland Institute of Music. 
A
winner of 2002 International Web Concert Hall Competition (Honorary Mention) Antal Szalai (Violin) - born in Budapest, Hungary. He won
the first prize in Janos Koncz Hung National Violin competition and received scholarships
from Soros foundation and Sir George Solti Foundation. He is scheduled to record all of
the violin transcriptions by Leopold Auer for Hungaroton Classics. 
A winner of 2002 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) Melissa Robinson (French
Horn)- born in the United States, she has won both national and international
solo competitions, performed in ensembles throughout the United Sates and Europe. She has
performed with Rome Festival Orchestra as a soloist and is currently doctoral student in
Indiana University. She teaches horn at Drake University and performs with the Drake
University Faculty Brass Quintet. She is also a proficient pianist. 
The winner of 2001 International Web Concert Hall Competition - Denis Shapovalov (Cello) born in the rural town named
"Tchaikovsky", in honour of the greatest Russian composer and
graduated Moscow Conservatory, is also a winner of the XI International Tchaikovsky
Competition (1998), taking the 1st prize and a gold medal as the unanimous
choice of the jury. 
A winner of 2001 International Web Concert Hall
Competition (Honorary Mention) Taka Kigawa
(Piano) - born and grew up in Nagano, Japan, where he began studying the piano at
age of three, and won his first competition at the age of seven. He received his Bachelor
of Arts degree from Shinsyu University nad his Master of Arts from Tokyo Gakugei
University. He has won the First Prize in "The Japan Music & Culture Promotion
Competition" in 1990 and was awarded Diploma Prize at Concurs International Maria
Canals De Barcelona in Spain. He also holds Master of Music degree from the Juilliard
School, where he was recipient of Alexander Siloti award. [
A winner of 2001 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) Angela Kim (Piano) - Korean-American
pianist Angela Jia Kim has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe in
renowned recital halls such as the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, the Salle Cortot in Paris,
and the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. She was a guest artist in a PBS special:
"Studio III Presents Angela Kim" that was aired in the midwest, and her
performances have been broadcast on Vermont Public Radio, "Live Artists," and
nationally in Canada on CBC Radio "Music from Montreal." [
A winner of 2001 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention)Dr. Arthur Campbell (Clarinet) has established himself as a virtuosic performer of both standard
and contemporary repertoire for the clarinet. He has won numerous international and
national competitions, including the prestigious U.S. Department of State Artist Abroad
Award (2000), a second prize and top clarinet scholarshiop in CIBC National Music Festival
of Canada (1988). [
A winner of 2001 International Web Concert Hall Competition
(Honorary Mention) Christophor Miroshnikov
(Cello) recent accomplishments include receiving
a cello from the Virtu Foundation as a Scholarship Award 2000, being awarded first prize
at the 1999 "TECHNI" Cello Competition in Thessaloniki, Greece, and winning the
1998-1999 Oberlin Conservatory Concerto Competition. He was also awarded an honorary bow
made especially for him by the German bow-maker Rudolf Neudörfer, who personally
presented it to him after a concert in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. [
A winner of
2001 International Web Concert Hall Competition (Honorary Mention) Yuri Kalnits (Violin) was born in Moscow in 1975, Yuri
Kalnits studied in Moscow Central Music School. In 1983, Yuri attended the Moscow Gnessin
Music School for Gifted Children as a pupil of Irina Svetlova. Yuri has performed as a
soloist with the Voronezh and Yaroslavl Symphony Orchestras, playing at the Main Hal of
the Moscow Conservatory, representing the School in England and playing solo with the
Gnessin Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra in Japan. [
The prize-winning duo of Aglika
Genova and Liuben Dimitrove are two young dazzling piano virtuosi who bring
insight, passion and elegance to everything they play. They are the only piano duo in
history to win all the major prestigious international piano-duo contests. 
Winner
of 2000 International Web Concert Hall Competition - Alexei Romanenko (Cello), Russian
by birth, began to study cello at the age of six. Mr. Romanenko has won first prize in
Gnesina Cell competition in Moscow, the first prize in Classical Heritage International
Competition, and the first prize in 8th Vienna Internation Competition. Alexei Romanenko began to study cello at the
age of six. He has won the 1st prize on the Far-Eastern Competition for strings
when he was 12 years old.
A Winner of 2000
International Web Concert Hall Competition - Petronel Malan (Piano) won her first national gold medal at age twelve and the first
international gold at fourteen in the Third International Piano competition in Marsala,
Sicily. A riveting figure on stage, reviewers have described Miss Malan as breathtaking,
extraordinary and brilliant! [
A Winner of 2000 International Web Concert Hall Competition - Albert Tiu (Piano) the
recipient of the 1998 Juilliard William Petschek Recital Award, Mr. Tiu was presented in a
solo recital in Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. In 1996, he won first prize in the
UNISA Transnet International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa and was a
laureate of the Esther Honens Calgary International Piano Competition. [
A Winner of 2000 International Web Concert Hall
Competition (Honorary Mention) Zofi
Vokalkova (Flute) has won first prize at Czech conservatoire competition,
first prize at Concertino Praga International Competition, and third prize at Pacem in
terris - international competition in Germany [
A
Winner of 2000 International Web Concert Hall Competition(Honorary Mention) Dr. Chin Kim (Violin) has
won top prizes in several of the most prestigious international violin competitions
including the Concours International de Musique de Montreal, the Queen Elisabeth
Competition, the Paganini Competition, and the International Violin Competition of
Indianapolis. [
Dr. Maurice Hinson (Piano) is
the author of ten books, including Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire and numerous
articles. Dr. Maurice Hinson is professor of piano in the School of Church Music at 
Grand
Prize Winner of the 1999 International Web Concert Hall Competition - Gwhyneth Chen (Piano) - Ms. Gwhyneth Chen won the first prize of Ivo Pogorelich International Piano
Competition in 1994 and was a laureate in both 1990 Tchaikovsky Internatioinal Piano
competition and 1992 The Prokofieff International Piano Competition.
Vaila Mead (Piano)
- Special Prize winner of 1999 International Web Concert Hall Competition. Ms. Mead has
given solo appearence in London, New York, Milan and two concert tours in Australia. Vaila
Mead has been appearing as a solo pianist since the age of 11, when she played on ABC
Television. [
Jon Nakamatsu (Piano)
- the Gold Medallist of the 1997 Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. [
A
winner of 1999 International Web Concert Hall Competition Siqing Lu (Violin) won the first prize of Paganini International
Violin Competition in Italy and has also won prizes from Beijing International Violin
Competition and Yehudi Menuhin International Youth Violin Competition.
Marie-Luise Hinrichs (Piano) Interview with the pianist Marie-Luise Hinrichs and Jan Moral on her latest CD
with sonatas by Padre Antonio Soler (Amsterdam, December 3, 1999) [