[NEohioPAL]Oberlin International Piano Competition and Festival July 23-30
Marci Janas
Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
Tue Jul 18 13:29:02 PDT 2006
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Marci Janas
July 18, 2006 =
440-775-8328//marci.janas at oberlin.edu
International Piano Competition and Festival
at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music July 23 - 30
OBERLIN, OHIO =97 The 12th annual Oberlin International Piano =
Competition=20
and Festival, sponsored by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin=20=
College and directed by Oberlin Professor of Piano Robert Shannon, will=20=
take place Sunday, July 23, through Sunday, July 30, 2006. The final=20
round of the competition will be held in Warner Concert Hall Saturday,=20=
July 29, at 8 p.m., and will be broadcast live on 104.9 FM WCLV,=20
Cleveland=92s classical music radio station. Robert Conrad, co-founder=20=
and president of WCLV, will serve as the master of ceremonies for the=20
finals concert, which is free and open to the public. Jacqueline=20
Gerber, the host of WCLV=92S morning show =93First Program,=94 will be =
the=20
on-air host. Audience members will be invited to vote for their=20
favorite performer.
The competition is for pianists between the ages of 13 and 18. =
Some=20
events, including all festival recitals and all rounds of the=20
competition, are free and open to the public. A schedule of concerts=20
presented by festival faculty members follows.
The festival faculty=97composed of renowned professors from the =
Oberlin=20
Conservatory of Music and distinguished guest artists=97will offer=20
private lessons, master classes, recitals, and lectures that will=20
provide the festival participants with intensive and in-depth=20
opportunities to expand their knowledge of music history, theory, and=20
pedagogy, as well as the vital connection of those three elements to=20
on-stage performance.
More than 37 young musicians from cities throughout the United =
States,=20
Taiwan, China, and Korea have been accepted for the competition=20
following a preliminary taped audition round. Of that group, 10=20
pianists will be selected from a first performance round and will=20
advance to the third round of competition. Up to six pianists remaining=20=
after the third round will perform in the competition finals.
Guest faculty for the festival are Emanuel Krasovsky, a =
professor at=20
the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel-Aviv; Marietta Orlov, faculty=20=
member at the University of Toronto and The Royal Academy of Music=92s=20=
Young Artists Performance Academy; and Andrew Willis, faculty member at=20=
the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Krasovsky and Orlov=20
will also serve as judges for the final round of the competition.
Final round judges from Oberlin are Professors of Piano Sanford=20=
Margolis, Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein, and Peter Tak=E1cs. The judges=20
expect to award cash prizes ranging from $4,000 for the First-Prize=20
winner to $100 for the Audience-Prize winner, who is selected by the=20
vote of audience members attending the finals concert.
More information about the competition and festival is available =
by=20
calling Anna Hoffmann at 440-775-8044 or by visiting=20
www.oberlin.edu/con/summer/piano.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated =
within=20
the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the oldest=20=
continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Renowned=20
internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber=20
and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the Washington Post, =
Oberlin=92s=20
alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of=20
the serious music world. Its students and alumni have won top prizes in=20=
numerous international piano competitions, including the Van Cliburn,=20
the Fryderyk Chopin, the Queen Elisabeth, the Arthur Rubinstein, the=20
Walter W. Naumberg, the Unisa International Piano Competition (South=20
Africa), the American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship=20
competition, the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and=20
the Busoni Competition. The Conservatory=92s collection of 1,700 period=20=
and modern musical instruments includes 199 Steinway grand pianos.=20
Oberlin, an All-Steinway School, is Steinway & Sons oldest continuous=20
client; their relationship dates back more than 125 years.
=0CConcert Schedule
Programs and artists are subject to change.
These concerts are free and open to the public.
Faculty Recital
Peter Tak=E1cs, piano
Sunday, July 23
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, and Gershwin
Faculty Recital
Robert Shannon and Haewon Song, piano
Monday, July 24
8 p.m. Kulas Recital Hall
Works by Rzewski, Schubert, and Ravel
Guest Recital
Andrew Willis, piano
Tuesday, July 25
8 p.m. Kulas Recital Hall
Program TBA
Faculty and Guest Recital
Tony Arnold, soprano
Robert Shannon, piano
Wednesday, July 26
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
Works by George Crumb
Award-winning contemporary music vocalist Tony Arnold is a 1989=20
graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The Chicago Sun-Times=20
writes: =93American soprano Tony Arnold has a beautiful and precise=20
voice.=94
Faculty Recital
Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein, piano
Thursday, July 27
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
Program TBA
Semifinalists=92 Concert
Friday, July 28
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
Competition Finals Concert
Saturday, July 39
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
This concert will be broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM
and on wclv.com.
###
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><center><bold><bigger>International Piano Competition and
Festival
at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music July 23 - 30
</bigger></bold></center><bold>
</bold>OBERLIN, OHIO =97 The 12th annual Oberlin International Piano
Competition and Festival, sponsored by the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music at Oberlin College and directed by Oberlin Professor of Piano
Robert Shannon, will take place Sunday, July 23, through Sunday, July
30,<bold> </bold>2006. The final round of the competition will be held
in Warner Concert Hall Saturday, July 29, at 8 p.m., and will be
broadcast live on 104.9 FM WCLV, Cleveland=92s classical music radio
station. Robert Conrad,<bold> </bold>co-founder and president of WCLV,
will serve as the master of ceremonies for the finals concert, which
is free and open to the public. Jacqueline Gerber, the host of WCLV=92S
morning show =93First Program,=94 will be the on-air host. Audience
members will be invited to vote for their favorite performer.
The competition is for pianists between the ages of 13 and 18. =
Some
events, including all festival recitals and all rounds of the
competition, are free and open to the public. A schedule of concerts
presented by festival faculty members follows.
The festival faculty=97composed of renowned professors from the =
Oberlin
Conservatory of Music and distinguished guest artists=97will offer
private lessons, master classes, recitals, and lectures that will
provide the festival participants with intensive and in-depth
opportunities to expand their knowledge of music history, theory, and
pedagogy, as well as the vital connection of those three elements to
on-stage performance.=20
More than<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param> </color>37 young
musicians from cities throughout the United States, Taiwan, China, and
Korea<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param> </color>have been accepted
for the competition following a preliminary taped audition round. Of
that group, 10 pianists will be selected from a first performance
round and will advance to the third round of competition. Up to six
pianists remaining after the third round will perform in<bold>
</bold>the competition finals.
Guest faculty for the festival
are<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param> </color>Emanuel Krasovsky, a
professor at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in
Tel-Aviv;<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param> </color>Marietta Orlov,
faculty member at the University of Toronto and The Royal Academy of
Music=92s Young Artists Performance Academy; and Andrew Willis, faculty
member at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Krasovsky
and Orlov will also serve as judges for the final round of the
competition.=20
Final round judges from Oberlin are Professors of Piano Sanford
Margolis,<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param> </color>Sedmara Zakarian
Rutstein, and Peter Tak=E1cs.<bold> </bold>The judges expect to
award<bold> </bold>cash prizes ranging from $4,000 for the First-Prize
winner to $100 for the Audience-Prize winner, who is selected by the
vote of audience members attending the finals concert.=20
More information about the competition and festival is available =
by
calling Anna Hoffmann at 440-775-8044 or by visiting
www.oberlin.edu/con/summer/piano.
<bold> The Oberlin Conservatory of Music</bold>, founded in 1865 and
situated within the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since
1867, is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United
States. Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the
highest caliber and pronounced 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 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;
their relationship dates back more than 125 years.
<center>=0C<bold>Concert Schedule
</bold><italic>Programs and artists are subject to change.
These concerts are free and open to the public.
</italic></center><color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color><center><bold>Faculty Recital
Peter Tak=E1cs, piano
</bold>Sunday, July 23
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, and Gershwin=20
<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color><bold>Faculty Recital
Robert Shannon and Haewon Song, piano
</bold>Monday, July 24
8 p.m. Kulas Recital Hall
Works by<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param> </color>Rzewski,
Schubert, and Ravel<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color><bold>Guest Recital
Andrew Willis, piano
</bold>Tuesday, July 25
8 p.m. Kulas Recital Hall
Program TBA
<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color><bold>Faculty and Guest Recital
Tony Arnold, soprano
Robert Shannon, piano
</bold>Wednesday, July 26
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
Works by George Crumb
<italic>Award-winning contemporary music vocalist Tony Arnold is a
1989 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The</italic>
Chicago Sun-Times <italic>writes: =93American soprano Tony Arnold has a
beautiful and precise voice.=94<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color></italic><bold><color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color>Faculty Recital
Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein, piano
</bold>Thursday, July 27
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
Program TBA=20
<color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color> <bold>Semifinalists=92 Concert</bold>
Friday, July 28
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
=20
<bold>Competition Finals Concert
</bold>Saturday, July 39
8 p.m. Warner Concert Hall
<italic>This concert will be broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM=20
and on wclv.com.
</italic><color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color><bold>###
</bold></center><color><param>FFFD,0000,0000</param>
</color>
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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