[NEohioPAL]Recent Oberlin Piano Graduates Sweep International Competition

[Marci Janas]

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	From: 	  Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
	Subject: 	Recent Oberlin Piano Graduates Sweep =
International=20
Competition
	Date: 	February 27, 2006 1:13:38 PM EST
	To: 	  Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu

Media Contact Only:
Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Recent Oberlin Conservatory of Music Graduates Sweep International=20
Piano Competition in Corpus Christi, Texas

OBERLIN, OHIO and CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (Feb. 27, 2006) =97 Three recent=20=

graduates of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music have taken the top three=20=

prizes in the Corpus Christi International Competition for Piano and=20
Strings, held on the campus of Del Mar College in Corpus Christi,=20
Texas, Feb. 16 =96 19. All of the prizewinners were in the piano=20
division.
	Michael Bukhman =9205 won the first prize and $5,000 for his =
performance=20
of Rachmaninoff=92s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor. A native of Baku,=20=

Azerbaijan, who moved with his family first to Israel, then to Houston,=20=

Texas, Bukhman studied at Oberlin with Professor of Piano Robert=20
Shannon and received a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship in 2005. He is=20
currently enrolled in the Master of Music program at the Juilliard=20
School, where he studies with Robert McDonald. He is a graduate of the=20=

Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
	Yury Shadrin AD =9205 won the second prize and $2,500 for his=20
performance of Chopin=92s Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11. At Oberlin=20=

he studied with Professor of Piano Monique Duphil and performed at the=20=

Kennedy Center as part of the 2005 Conservatory Project.
	Scott Meek =9205 won the third prize and $1,000 for his =
performance of=20
Prokofiev=92s Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10. He was a student =
of=20
Oberlin Associate Professor of Piano Alvin Chow and a winner of=20
Oberlin=92s 2003 Concerto Competition. Meek won the bronze medal and=20
second prize at the 2005 World Piano Competition, held in Cincinnati in=20=

July 2005. He performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in=20
November 2005, and was invited to perform with the Toronto and Winnipeg=20=

symphony orchestras in November and December 2006. All three are among=20=

Canada=92s major orchestras, and all are subscription series concerts.=20=

Meek is studying with Menahem Pressler in the Master of Music program=20
at Indiana University.
	The field in the piano division consisted of 17 musicians, =
winnowed=20
down to six semi-finalists and two finalists. The competition allows=20
the participants to provide their own accompanists; in a show of=20
typical Oberlin camaraderie and support, Bukhman accompanied Meek and=20
Meek accompanied Bukhman. Enrique Graf, Ralph Votapek, and Joseph=20
Schwartz served as adjudicators for the competition.
	Founded in 1865 and situated within the intellectual vitality of=20=

Oberlin College since 1867, Oberlin is the oldest continuously=20
operating conservatory in the United States. A primarily undergraduate=20=

institution, Oberlin is renowned internationally as a professional=20
music school of the highest caliber and has been called a =93national=20
treasure=94 by the Washington Post.
	Oberlin=92s alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers =
in all=20
aspects of the serious music world. Its students and alumni have won=20
top prizes in numerous international piano competitions, including the=20=

Van Cliburn, the Fryderyk Chopin, the Queen Elisabeth, the Arthur=20
Rubinstein, the Walter W. Naumberg, the Unisa International Piano=20
Competition (South Africa), the American Pianists Association Classical=20=

Fellowship competition, the World Piano Competition, the Kosciuszko=20
Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and the Busoni Competition. The=20
Conservatory=92s collection of 1,700 period and modern musical=20
instruments includes 199 Steinway grand pianos. Oberlin, an=20
All-Steinway School, is Steinway & Sons oldest continuous client, with=20=

a relationship dating back more than 125 years.

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Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=

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</underline>Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations

(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell);
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</bigger></flushright><underline>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<bigger>


</bigger></underline><center><bold><bigger>Recent Oberlin Conservatory
of Music Graduates Sweep International Piano Competition in Corpus
Christi, Texas


</bigger></bold></center><bigger>OBERLIN, OHIO and CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS (Feb. 27, 2006) =97 Three recent graduates of the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music have taken the top three prizes in the Corpus
Christi International Competition for Piano and Strings, held on the
campus of Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, Feb. 16 =96 19. All
of the prizewinners were in the piano division.

	<bold>Michael Bukhman =9205</bold> won the first prize and =
$5,000 for
his performance of Rachmaninoff=92s <italic>Piano Concerto No. 4 in G
minor</italic>. A native of Baku,
Azerbaijan<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param>,</fontfamily> who moved
with his family first to Israel, then to Houston, Texas, Bukhman
studied at Oberlin with Professor of Piano Robert Shannon and received
a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship in 2005. He is currently enrolled in the
Master of Music program at the Juilliard School, where he studies with
Robert McDonald. He is a graduate of the Houston High School for the
Performing and Visual Arts.

	<bold>Yury Shadrin AD =9205</bold> won the second prize and =
$2,500 for
his performance of Chopin=92s <italic>Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op.
11.</italic> At Oberlin he studied with Professor of Piano Monique
Duphil and performed at the Kennedy Center as part of the 2005
Conservatory Project. =20

	<bold>Scott Meek =9205 </bold>won the third prize and $1,000 for =
his
performance of Prokofiev=92s <italic>Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op.
10.</italic> He was a student of Oberlin Associate Professor of Piano
Alvin Chow and a winner of Oberlin=92s 2003 Concerto Competition. Meek
won the bronze medal and second prize at the 2005 World Piano
Competition, held in Cincinnati in July 2005. He performed with the
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in November 2005, and was invited to
perform with the Toronto and Winnipeg symphony orchestras in November
and December 2006. All three are among Canada=92s major orchestras, and
all are subscription series concerts. Meek is studying with Menahem
Pressler in the Master of Music program at Indiana University.

	The field in the piano division consisted of 17 musicians, =
winnowed
down to six semi-finalists and two finalists. The competition allows
the participants to provide their own accompanists; in a show of
typical Oberlin camaraderie and support, Bukhman accompanied Meek and
Meek accompanied Bukhman. Enrique Graf, Ralph Votapek, and Joseph
Schwartz served as adjudicators for the competition. =20

	Founded in 1865 and situated within the intellectual vitality of
Oberlin College since 1867, Oberlin is the oldest continuously
operating conservatory in the United States. A primarily undergraduate
institution, Oberlin is renowned internationally as a professional
music school of the highest caliber and has been called a =93national
treasure=94 by the <italic>Washington Post</italic>.

	Oberlin=92s alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers =
in all
aspects of the serious music world. Its students and alumni have won
top prizes in numerous international piano competitions, including the
Van Cliburn, the Fryderyk Chopin, the Queen Elisabeth, the Arthur
Rubinstein, the Walter W. Naumberg, the Unisa International Piano
Competition (South Africa), the American Pianists Association
Classical Fellowship competition, the World Piano Competition, the
Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and the Busoni
Competition. The Conservatory=92s collection of 1,700 period and modern
musical instruments includes 199 Steinway grand pianos. Oberlin, an
All-Steinway School, is Steinway & Sons oldest continuous client, with
a relationship dating back more than 125 years.


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Marci Janas

Director of Conservatory Media Relations

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

39 West College Street

Oberlin, OH  44074

www.oberlin.edu/con

(P) 440-775-8328

(F) 440-775-5457

marci.janas at oberlin.edu=

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