The Concours musical worldwide de Montréal (CMIM) will happen this spring with 24 younger opponents, and a give attention to the violin. The competitors drew a document 248 functions from 37 international locations, and was open to violinists born between January 1, 1993, and December 31, 2006.
The CMIM is designed as a springboard for elite-level musicians on the early phases of a performing profession. The competitors was based in 2001, with the primary version in 2002. Held yearly, the main focus of the competitors cycles by three disciplines — voice, violin, and piano — on a yearly rotation.
Together with the prizes, greater than 6,000 viewers members, in particular person, on-line and on the radio, hear the opponents carry out. Over 500 opponents have taken half.
The opponents
The 2023 CMIM Violin candidates are between 17 and 27 years previous, and hail from 11 totally different international locations.
- David Bernat, USA
- Claire Bourg, USA
- Aaron Chan, Canada / China
- Elli Choi, USA
- SongHa Choi, South Korea
- Gabrielle Després, USA / Canada
- Leonard Fu, Germany
- Yeyeong Jenny Jin, South Korea
- Lorenz Karls, Sweden
- Yesong Sophie Lee, USA
- SooBeen Lee, South Korea
- Bohdan Luts, Ukraine
- Nathan Meltzer, USA
- Georgii Moroz, Ukraine
- Kyumin Park, South Korea
- Aoi Saito, Japan
- Michael Shaham, Isarel
- Dongyoung Jake Shim, South Korea
- Karen Su, USA
- Ruslan Talas, Kazakhstan
- Dmytro Udovychenko, Ukraine
- Pauline van der Relaxation, Belgium
- Shihan Wang, China
- Zhixin Zhang, China
“We’re delighted to welcome these younger and gifted violinists to Montreal,” CMIM Government and Creative Director, Christiane LeBlanc stated in a press release. “The distinctive high quality of the chosen violinists will undoubtedly supply our audiences a superlative musical expertise. What a pleasure to assemble round them and our prestigious jury, and to reside the fun of the competitors collectively.”
The jury contains: Zarin Mehta (President of the Jury), Salvatore Accardo, Koichiro Harada, Yura Lee, Michaela Martin, Lucie Robert, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, and Krishna Thiagarajan.
The competitors
The primary prize winner will obtain $80,000, whereas the second prize is $15,000, and third prize is ready at $10,000. Together with the highest three accolades, there are extra awards given for the Individuals’s Alternative Award, Finest Canadian Artist, Finest Interpretation of a Sonata, Finest efficiency of a piece by J.S. Bach, Finest efficiency of an imposed Canadian work, and others. The Normand Beauchamp Winner’s Tour will take the winner to a few cities in North America, a bonus valued at $15,000.
Together with the publicity, journey bills and lodging are coated for candidates, in addition to for their very own collaborative pianist. The primary spherical of reside performances within the competitors on the Montreal Museum of Nice Arts’ Bourgie Corridor will start on April 25, 26 and 27, continuing to the semi-finals on April 29 and 30.
The finals will probably be held on the Maison symphonique de Montréal, the place six finalists will carry out with the CMIM orchestra and visitor conductor Rafael Payare on Could 3 and 4.
Extra data and tickets right here.
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