DePaul Concerto Festival Competition
January 5th, 2015
January 10, 2015
2015 Open Division Concerto Festival Results
The DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers was founded in 2003 to provide an opportunity for intermediate level pianists in the Community Music Division to perform with an orchestra. Repertoire was selected from sonatina movements and short piano pieces for which string accompaniments were available. Auditions were held and eight winners were selected to perform with the DePaul Youth String Orchestra. In 2004, the Festival was expanded to include violin students and also offered a wider range of repertoire for pianists. In 2006, cello and flute were added to the roster of instruments. To accommodate the increasing difficulty of repertoire, a decision was made to conduct the Festival with a full symphony orchestra. A partnership was formed in 2007 with the Oistrach Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mina Zikri. That year, thirteen winners had the privilege of performing a concerto movement in concert. In 2008, the Festival was opened to students outside of the Community Music Division. Viola was added in 2009, clarinet was added in 2012, and oboe and bassoon were added in 2013.
Piano,Violin,Viola and Flute soloists: Sunday, February 22, 2015
Winning soloists will perform with members of the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, March 14, 2015, as part of the Winter Youth Orchestra Concert.
CELLO
Winners
Leevy Williams, 16 | Academy student of Gilda Barston
Honorable Mention with Distinction
Krystian Chiu, 18 | Academy student of Hans Jorgen Jensen
Honorable Mention
Mia Wimbiscus, 11 | Student of Gilda Barston
Claudia Yoon, 11 | Student of David Cunliffe
PIANO
Honorable Mention
Tyeese Braslavsky, 14 | Student of Milana Pavchinskaya
Won Yang, 12 | Student of Elaine Felder
VIOLA
Winner
Katherine Gallagher, 18 | Academy student of Almita Vamos
VIOLIN
Winners
Joshua Brown, 15 | Academy student of Almita & Roland Vamos
Karisa Chiu, 15 | Academy student of Almita Vamos
Steven Song, 15 | Academy student of Gerardo Ribeiro
Honorable Mention with Distinction
Isabella Brown, 12 | Student of Almita & Roland Vamos
Honorable Mention
Kitsho Hosotani, 14 | Academy student of Paul Vanderwerf
Barbara Juminaga, 12 | Student of Hye-Sun Lee