[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Conservatory Chamber Group Wins Coveted Grand Prize and Gold Medal at Fischoff Competition

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440-775-8328 (office); 440-667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

The Prima Trio, an Oberlin Conservatory of Music Student Ensemble, =20
Wins the Coveted Grand Prize at the 2007 Fischoff National Chamber =20
Music Competition

The Trio also Captures the Gold Medal in the Senior String Division

<Editors please note: biographical information is included.>

OBERLIN, OH (May 16, 2007) =97 The Prima Trio, a student chamber =20
ensemble from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, =20
has won the coveted 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music =20
Competition=92s Grand Prize ($7,500) and the Gold Medal ($3,000) in the =20=

Senior String Division. The competition took place May 11 through 13, =20=

2007. The Senior Division finals round and a grand-prize winner=92s =20
concert and reception were held in Leighton Concert Hall at the =20
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of =20
Notre Dame in Indiana.

The Prima Trio =97 Farhad Hudiyev =9108 (violin), Boris Allakhverdyan =
=9208 =20
(clarinet), and Anastasia Dedik AD =9206 (piano) =97 emerged from a =20
competitive field of 47 ensembles from across the U.S. and around the =20=

world to capture the top prizes. Hudiyev, from Turkmenistan, studies =20
with Professor of Violin Milan Vitek; Allakhverdyan, of Russia, is a =20
student of Associate Professor of Clarinet Richard Hawkins; Dedik, =20
also from Russia, earned an artist diploma at the Oberlin =20
Conservatory of Music following studies with Professor of Piano =20
Sedmara Z. Rutstein.

In addition to prize money, the trio will participate in a Winner=92s =20=

Tour of the Midwestern United States in October, and will participate =20=

in the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy in 2008.

For the senior quarterfinals in the string division, held on Friday, =20
May 11, each of the 12 ensembles submitted a program at least 40 =20
minutes in length. The quarterfinal jurors choose 20-minutes=92 worth =20=

of select movements or segments from this repertoire for them to =20
perform. The Prima Trio=92s complete repertoire consisted of Aram =20
Khachaturian=92s Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano; Darius Milhaud=92s =
=20
Suite for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano, Op. 157b; and Peter =20
Schickele=92s Serenade for Three. After the trio advanced with five =20
other ensembles to the semifinals round, held on Saturday, a new set =20
of jurors repeated the process, albeit with a different combination =20
of movements and segments. There were two ensembles left standing by =20
Sunday=92s finals. The Prima Trio was announced as winner of both the =20=

grand and gold prizes that afternoon, and performed their repertoire, =20=

in its entirety, at a grand-prize winner=92s concert held that evening.

=93We are extraordinarily proud of the Prima Trio and I=92m very pleased =
=20
to offer them my heartiest congratulations,=94 says Dean of the =20
Conservatory David H. Stull.

The Prima Trio joins an exclusive rank of ensembles formed at Oberlin =20=

to have won the Fischoff Competition. Its predecessors are the =20
acclaimed new-music sextet eighth blackbird, all of whom were Oberlin =20=

students when they formed their ensemble, and the Mir=F3 Quartet, whose =20=

first violinist and cellist were Oberlin students when the group was =20
born. Past Fischoff winners whose personnel included Oberlin-trained =20
musicians when they won are the Jupiter, Fry Street, and Pacifica =20
quartets.

Jurors for the Senior Division were violist Heidi Castleman of the =20
Juilliard School and the Perlman Music Program; cellist Norman =20
Fischer =9271 of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and =20
the Concord String Quartet; pianist Evelyne Brancart, Chair of the =20
Piano Department at Indiana University=92s Jacobs School of Music; =20
hornist Douglas Hill, Professor of Music at the University of =20
Wisconsin; saxophonist Donald Sinta, Earl V. Moore Professor of =20
Saxophone at the University of Michigan; and tubist Kathleen =20
Aylsworth Brantigan of the Denver Brass.

The Fischoff Competition is the nation=92s largest chamber music =20
competition and attracts the finest young instrumentalists from =20
across the country and around the world. Joseph E. Fischoff and the =20
South Bend Chamber Music Society founded it in 1973 as a way of =20
encouraging young people to pursue chamber music study and =20
performance. Now in its 34th year, the competition has grown from 6 =20
to 48 participating ensembles in both wind and string categories of =20
three to six performers. An average of 22 different nationalities are =20=

represented each year by foreign nationals from South America, Asia, =20
and Europe. Fischoff is the only national chamber music competition =20
with both senior and junior divisions (age 18 and younger).

THE PRIMA TRIO

The Prima Trio, which features violinist Farhad Hudiyev, clarinetist =20
Boris Allakhverdyan, and pianist Anastasia Dedik, was formed in 2004 =20
at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The Prima Trio=92s performances =20=

throughout the United States including appearances at the Kennedy =20
Center for the Performing Arts and the Oakton Chamber Music Series in =20=

Washington D.C., and in Virginia, Indiana, Oregon, and California, =20
among other states. In June 2006 the ensemble participated in the =20
Hampden-Sydney Chamber Music Festival (Hampden-Sydney, Virginia). As =20
grand-prize winners of the prestigious 2007 Fischoff National Chamber =20=

Music Competition, their future engagements include appearances at =20
the Emilia Romagna Music Festival in Modena, Italy, in 2008, and =20
concerts in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan in October 2007.

BORIS ALLAKHVERDYAN, clarinet

Boris Allakhverdyan was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1984. He started =20=

taking clarinet lessons from his father at the age of 9, and later =20
entered the Moscow Conservatory Pre-College Division. Upon his =20
graduation in 2001, he was accepted to the Moscow Tchaikovsky =20
Conservatory, where he studied with Professor Raphael Bagdasarian and =20=

earned a Bachelor of Music degree (with honors) in 2006. He is =20
currently enrolled in the Artist Diploma program at the Oberlin =20
Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Associate Professor of =20
Clarinet Richard Hawkins. Mr. Allakhverdyan has won numerous =20
competitions, including first prize at the Hellam Young Artist=92s =20
Competition (Springfield, Missouri, 2007) and second prize awards in =20
2000 at the Rozanov International Clarinet Competition (Moscow) and =20
the Rimsky-Korsakov Clarinet Competition (St. Petersburg, Russia). He =20=

has performed as a soloist and with orchestras in Russia, Germany, =20
Denmark, Venezuela, and the United States. He has also participated =20
in numerous music festivals, including the International Music =20
Festival (Offenbach, Germany, 1999); the Musical Kremlin Festival =20
(Moscow, 2003); and the Hampden-Sydney Music Festival (Hampden-=20
Sydney,Virginia, 2006). In 2007, Mr. Allakhverdyan will attend the =20
Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, under the direction of =20
Pierre Boulez, in August, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival of =20
the Yale School of Music in July and August. In March 2007 he won an =20
audition for the second clarinet position of the Youngstown Symphony =20
Orchestra in Ohio.

ANASTASIA DEDIK, piano

Anastasia Dedik was born in 1981 in St. Petersburg, Russia, to a =20
family of musicians, and started taking piano lessons from her mother =20=

at the age of 5. In 1999 she graduated from the pre-conservatory =20
division of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (under the instruction of =20=

Asya Rubina) and was accepted to the Conservatory without any exams, =20
studying at first with Professor Elena Shishko and then Professor =20
Valery Vishnevsky, under whom she earned a Bachelor of Music and a =20
Master of Music degree in 2004. She has participated in the master =20
classes and studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky, Natalia Trull, Andrey =20
Diev, Lev Naumov, Vladimir Krainev, Edith Fisher, Russell Sherman, =20
Vladimir Viardo, and Mario Delli Ponti. In 2006 Ms. Dedik earned an =20
Artist Diploma at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, following =20
studies =97 on a full talent scholarship =97 with Professor of Piano =20
Sedmara Z. Rutstein.

Ms. Dedik has won top prizes in numerous international piano =20
competitions dating back to 1994, when she took second prize in the =20
Music de France International Piano Competition in Paris. Her first =20
prize awards include those from the Frederic Chopin Piano Competition =20=

(St. Petersburg, Russia, 2000); the Maria Judina International Piano =20
Competition (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2002); the Oberlin Concerto =20
Competition (Oberlin, Ohio, 2004); the Russian International Piano =20
Competition (San Jose, California, 2005); the Lee Biennial Piano =20
Competition (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2006); the Rovero d=92Oro =20
International Piano Competition (San Bartolomeo, Italy, 2006); and =20
the Buono and Bradshaw International Piano Competition (New York, New =20=

York, 2007).

Her 2006 performances include concerts in Portland, Oregon; San =20
Francisco; and Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center for the =20
Performing Arts, representing the Oberlin Conservatory of Music under =20=

the auspices of the center=92s Conservatory Project Series. In April =20
2006, she was featured on the Steinway Society of the Bay Area=92s =20
Young Artists Concert in San Jose, California. David Beech, a critic =20
for Peninsula Reviews, wrote that her playing =93brought tears to the =20=

eyes. =85 This was highly accomplished and authentically Russian =20
pianism.=94 Ms. Dedik has performed as soloist and featured pianist =20
with orchestras in Russia, Germany, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Poland, =20
Finland, Estonia, Holland, and the United States. Her 2007-08 concert =20=

season will include an October 2007 performance at Carnegie Hall (as =20
part of her first prize award at the Buono and Bradshaw competition), =20=

and other venues throughout the U.S. as well as concerts in Italy, =20
Germany, and Russia. She will be participating in the Van Cliburn =20
Piano Festival in Fort Worth, Texas in June 2007.

Upcoming teaching engagements include the Casalmaggiore Music =20
Festival in Italy in July 2007 and a master class and recital at the =20
University of South Dakota and at Augustana College (Sioux Falls) in =20
October 2007.

Ms. Dedik was accepted with full tuition scholarships to Yale =20
University=92s School of Music, the Mannes School of Music, and the =20
Juilliard School. In fall 2007 she will continue her education at =20
Juilliard, pursuing an Artist Diploma under the tutelage of =20
Professors Matti Raekallio and Yoheved Kaplinsky.

FARHAD HUDIYEV, violin

Farhad Hudiyev (violin) is originally from Ashgabad, Turkmenistan, =20
where he studied violin and composition with Vera Abaeva at the =20
Special Music School. He distinguished himself at the age of 10 as =20
the youngest performer ever selected to play with the National Violin =20=

Ensemble of Turkmenistan, and at 12 he won a scholarship to attend =20
the New Names Festival in Suzdal, Russia, which was sponsored by the =20
Moscow Conservatory. He was named the most promising young musician =20
at the festival, and earned the top award, the Golden Apple. Mr. =20
Hudiyev has performed in Ashgabad, Suzdal, Moscow, and Odessa =20
(Ukraine) as both a soloist and as a member of the violin ensemble of =20=

Turkmenistan. He came to the United States in 2001 under a full =20
scholarship with the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he studied with =20
Paul Sonner and Michael Albaugh. Currently in his second year of =20
study with Professor of Violin Milan Vitek at the Oberlin =20
Conservatory of Music, Mr. Hudiyev won an honorable mention in the =20
2004 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer awards, held in May =20=

2004 at Lincoln Center in New York, for his symphonic work =20
Turkmenistan. In June 2006, he won third prize and a $1,000 =20
scholarship at the 30th Annual Glenn Miller Competition, held in =20
Clarinda, Iowa, the legendary musician=92s birthplace. His other awards =20=

include the Neil Rabaut Composition Prize from the Interlochen Arts =20
Academy.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated amid =20
the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the =20
oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. =20
Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the =20
highest caliber and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the =20
Washington Post, its alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious =20
careers in all aspects of the serious music world.
Numerous Oberlin alumni have attained stature as solo performers, =20
composers, and conductors, among them Jennifer Koh, Steven Isserlis, =20
Denyce Graves, Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George Walker, Christopher =20=

Rouse, David Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the members of the =20
contemporary music ensembles eighth blackbird and the International =20
Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and members of the =20=

Mir=F3, Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, among others, =20
include Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major orchestras and =20=

opera companies throughout the world. For more information about =20
Oberlin, please visit www.oberlin.edu.

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Media Contact Only:

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Marci Janas
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Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
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14px;">OBERLIN, OH (May 16, 2007) =97 The Prima Trio, a student chamber =
ensemble from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, has =
won the coveted 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition=92s =
Grand Prize ($7,500) and the Gold Medal ($3,000) in the Senior String =
Division. The competition took place May 11 through 13, 2007. The Senior =
Division finals round and a grand-prize winner=92s concert and reception =
were held in Leighton Concert Hall at the DeBartolo Performing Arts =
Center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in =
Indiana.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
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0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">The Prima Trio =97 Farhad Hudiyev =9108 =
(violin), Boris Allakhverdyan =9208 (clarinet), and Anastasia =
Dedik</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B> =
</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">AD =
=9206</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
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</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">(piano) =97 =
emerged from a competitive field of 47 ensembles from across the U.S. =
and around the world to capture the top prizes. Hudiyev, from =
Turkmenistan, studies with Professor of Violin Milan Vitek; =
Allakhverdyan, of Russia, is a student of Associate Professor of =
Clarinet Richard Hawkins; Dedik, also from Russia, earned an artist =
diploma at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music following studies with =
Professor of Piano Sedmara Z. Rutstein.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"=
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14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">In addition to prize money, the trio will =
participate in a Winner=92s Tour of the Midwestern United States in =
October, and will participate in the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy in =
2008.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">For the senior quarterfinals in the string =
division, held on Friday, May 11, each of the 12 ensembles submitted a =
program at least 40 minutes in length. The quarterfinal jurors choose =
20-minutes=92 worth of select movements or segments from this repertoire =
for them to perform. The Prima Trio=92s complete repertoire consisted of =
Aram Khachaturian=92s </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><I>Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">; Darius Milhaud=92s </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><I>Suite for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano, Op. =
157b</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">; and Peter =
Schickele=92s </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><I>Serenade for Three</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">. After the trio advanced with five other =
ensembles to the semifinals round, held on Saturday, a new set of jurors =
repeated the process, albeit with a different combination of movements =
and segments. There were two ensembles left standing by Sunday=92s =
finals. The Prima Trio was announced as winner of both the grand and =
gold prizes that afternoon, and performed their repertoire, in its =
entirety, at a grand-prize winner=92s concert held that =
evening.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">=93We are extraordinarily proud of the Prima =
Trio and I=92m very pleased to offer them my heartiest congratulations,=94=
 says Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><B>=A0</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">The Prima Trio joins an exclusive rank of =
ensembles formed at Oberlin to have won the Fischoff Competition. Its =
predecessors are the acclaimed new-music sextet eighth blackbird, all of =
whom were Oberlin students when they formed their ensemble, and the Mir=F3=
 Quartet, whose first violinist and cellist were Oberlin students when =
the group was born. Past Fischoff winners whose personnel included =
Oberlin-trained musicians when they won are the Jupiter, Fry Street, and =
Pacifica quartets.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Jurors for the Senior Division were violist =
Heidi Castleman of the Juilliard School and the Perlman Music Program; =
cellist Norman Fischer =9271 of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice =
University and the Concord String Quartet; pianist Evelyne Brancart, =
Chair of the Piano Department at Indiana University=92s Jacobs School of =
Music; hornist Douglas Hill, Professor of Music at the University of =
Wisconsin; saxophonist Donald Sinta, Earl V. Moore Professor of =
Saxophone at the University of Michigan; and tubist Kathleen Aylsworth =
Brantigan of the Denver Brass.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN=
 class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">The Fischoff Competition is the nation=92s =
largest chamber music competition and attracts the finest young =
instrumentalists from across the country and around the world. Joseph E. =
Fischoff and the South Bend Chamber Music Society founded it in 1973 as =
a way of encouraging young people to pursue chamber music study and =
performance. Now in its 34th year, the competition has grown from 6 to =
48 participating ensembles in both wind and string categories of three =
to six performers. An average of 22 different nationalities are =
represented each year by foreign nationals from South America, Asia, and =
Europe. Fischoff is the only national chamber music competition with =
both senior and junior divisions (age 18 and =
younger).</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px">=A0</P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px">=A0</P><P =
align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>THE PRIMA TRIO</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P =
style=3D"text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=A0</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>The Prima Trio</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">, which features violinist Farhad Hudiyev, =
clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan, and pianist Anastasia Dedik, was formed =
in 2004 at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The Prima Trio=92s =
performances throughout the United States including appearances at the =
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Oakton Chamber Music =
Series in Washington D.C., and in Virginia, Indiana, Oregon, and =
California, among other states. In June 2006 the ensemble participated =
in the Hampden-Sydney Chamber Music Festival (Hampden-Sydney, Virginia). =
As grand-prize winners of the prestigious 2007 Fischoff National Chamber =
Music Competition, their future engagements include appearances at the =
Emilia Romagna Music Festival in Modena, Italy, in 2008, and concerts in =
Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan in October 2007.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"=
 size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align: =
center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>BORIS =
ALLAKHVERDYAN, </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><B><I>clarinet</I></B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-align: =
auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>Boris Allakhverdyan</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"> was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1984. He =
started taking clarinet lessons from his father at the age of 9, and =
later entered the Moscow Conservatory Pre-College Division. Upon his =
graduation in 2001, he was accepted to the Moscow Tchaikovsky =
Conservatory, where he studied with Professor Raphael Bagdasarian and =
earned a Bachelor of Music degree (with honors) in 2006. He is currently =
enrolled in the Artist Diploma program at the Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music, where he studies with Associate Professor of Clarinet Richard =
Hawkins. Mr. Allakhverdyan has won numerous competitions, including =
first prize at the Hellam Young Artist=92s Competition (Springfield, =
Missouri, 2007) and second prize awards in 2000 at the Rozanov =
International Clarinet Competition (Moscow) and the Rimsky-Korsakov =
Clarinet Competition (St. Petersburg, Russia). He has performed as a =
soloist and with orchestras in Russia, Germany, Denmark, Venezuela, and =
the United States. He has also participated in numerous music festivals, =
including the International Music Festival (Offenbach, Germany, 1999); =
the Musical Kremlin Festival (Moscow, 2003); and the Hampden-Sydney =
Music Festival (Hampden-Sydney,Virginia, 2006). In 2007, Mr. =
Allakhverdyan will attend the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, =
under the direction of Pierre Boulez, in August, and the Norfolk Chamber =
Music Festival of the Yale School of Music in July and August. In March =
2007 he won an audition for the second clarinet position of the =
Youngstown Symphony Orchestra in Ohio.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P =
style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"=
 size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align: =
center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>ANASTASIA =
DEDIK, </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN=
 class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><B><I>piano</I></B></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"text-align: =
auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>Anastasia =
Dedik</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"> was born in 1981 =
in St. Petersburg, Russia, to a family of musicians, and started taking =
piano lessons from her mother at the age of 5. In 1999 she graduated =
from the pre-conservatory division of the St. Petersburg Conservatory =
(under the instruction of Asya Rubina) and was accepted to the =
Conservatory without any exams, studying at first with Professor Elena =
Shishko and then Professor Valery Vishnevsky, under whom she earned a =
Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music degree in 2004. She has =
participated in the master classes and studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky, =
Natalia Trull, Andrey Diev, Lev Naumov, Vladimir Krainev, Edith Fisher, =
Russell Sherman, Vladimir Viardo, and Mario Delli Ponti. In 2006 Ms. =
Dedik earned an Artist Diploma at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, =
following studies =97 on a full talent scholarship =97 with Professor of =
Piano Sedmara Z. Rutstein.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px =
0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Palatino; min-height: =
16.0px"><BR></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Ms. Dedik has won top prizes in numerous =
international piano competitions dating back to 1994, when she took =
second prize in the Music de France International Piano Competition in =
Paris. Her first prize awards include those from the Frederic Chopin =
Piano Competition (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2000); the Maria Judina =
International Piano Competition (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2002); the =
Oberlin Concerto Competition (Oberlin, Ohio, 2004); the Russian =
International Piano Competition (San Jose, California, 2005); the Lee =
Biennial Piano Competition (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2006); the Rovero =
d=92Oro International Piano Competition (San Bartolomeo, Italy, 2006); =
and the Buono and Bradshaw International Piano Competition (New York, =
New York, 2007).</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px =
12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Her 2006 =
performances include concerts in Portland, Oregon; San Francisco; and =
Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, =
representing the Oberlin Conservatory of Music under the auspices of the =
center=92s Conservatory Project Series. In April 2006, she was featured =
on the Steinway Society of the Bay Area=92s Young Artists Concert in San =
Jose, California. David Beech, a critic for </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><I>Peninsula Reviews</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">, wrote that her playing =93brought tears to =
the eyes. =85 This was highly accomplished and authentically Russian =
pianism.=94 Ms. Dedik has performed as soloist and featured pianist with =
orchestras in Russia, Germany, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Poland, Finland, =
Estonia, Holland, and the United States. Her 2007-08 concert season will =
include an October 2007 performance at Carnegie Hall (as part of her =
first prize award at the Buono and Bradshaw competition), and other =
venues throughout the U.S. as well as concerts in Italy, Germany, and =
Russia. She will be participating in the Van Cliburn Piano Festival in =
Fort Worth, Texas in June 2007. </SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#FF0000" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#FF0000" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><BR=
 class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px =
12.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Upcoming teaching =
engagements include the Casalmaggiore Music Festival in Italy in July =
2007 and a master class and recital at the University of South Dakota =
and at Augustana College (Sioux Falls) in October =
2007.</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#FF0000" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Ms. Dedik was accepted with full tuition =
scholarships to Yale University=92s School of Music, the Mannes School =
of Music, and the Juilliard School. In fall 2007 she will continue her =
education at Juilliard, pursuing an Artist Diploma under the tutelage of =
Professors Matti Raekallio and Yoheved =
Kaplinsky.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P align=3D"center" =
style=3D"text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><B>FARHAD HUDIYEV, </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B><I>violin</I></B></SPAN></FONT></P><P =
style=3D"text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>Farhad Hudiyev </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">(violin) is originally from Ashgabad, =
Turkmenistan, where he studied violin and composition with Vera Abaeva =
at the Special Music School. He distinguished himself at the age of 10 =
as the youngest performer ever selected to play with the National Violin =
Ensemble of Turkmenistan, and at 12 he won a scholarship to attend the =
New Names Festival in Suzdal, Russia, which was sponsored by the Moscow =
Conservatory. He was named the most promising young musician at the =
festival, and earned the top award, the Golden Apple. Mr. Hudiyev has =
performed in Ashgabad, Suzdal, Moscow, and Odessa (Ukraine) as both a =
soloist and as a member of the violin ensemble of Turkmenistan. He came =
to the United States in 2001 under a full scholarship with the =
Interlochen Arts Academy, where he studied with Paul Sonner and Michael =
Albaugh. Currently in his second year of study with Professor of Violin =
Milan Vitek at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Mr. Hudiyev won an =
honorable mention in the 2004 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young =
Composer awards, held in May 2004 at Lincoln Center in New York, for his =
symphonic work </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><I>Turkmenistan</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">. =
In June 2006, he won third prize and a $1,000 scholarship at the 30th =
Annual Glenn Miller Competition, held in Clarinda, Iowa, the legendary =
musician=92s birthplace. His other awards include the Neil Rabaut =
Composition Prize from the Interlochen Arts =
Academy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><B>The Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">, founded in 1865 =
and situated amid 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 =
</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><I>Washington =
Post,</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"> its alumni have =
gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of the serious =
music world.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">Numerous Oberlin alumni have attained stature =
as solo performers, composers, and conductors, among them Jennifer Koh, =
Steven Isserlis, Denyce Graves, Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George =
Walker, Christopher Rouse, David Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the =
members of the contemporary music ensembles eighth blackbird and the =
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and =
members of the Mir=F3, Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, =
among others, include Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major =
orchestras and opera companies throughout the world. For more =
information about Oberlin, please visit </SPAN></FONT><A =
href=3D"http://www.oberlin.edu/"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#0000F0">www.oberlin.edu</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;">.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style=3D"margin: =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN=
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14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P><P align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align: =
center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; =
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