The DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers
January 5th, 2023
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. In 2004, the Festival was expanded to include violin, In 2006, cello and flute were added to the roster of instruments. A partnership was formed in 2007 with the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago under the direction of Mina Zikri. In 2008, the Festival was opened to students outside of the Community Music Division, and today the DePaul Concerto Festival attracts nearly 150 participants in piano, strings, and woodwinds from the Midwest who audition for a chance to perform with the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago.
MIC Community Music School and Academy students have had great success through the years in the DePaul competition. A list of 2023 Academy winners are listed below. Watch for all MIC winners on social media and on the MIC website.
Students in piano, violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone in 12th grade or younger competed in the DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers.
Winners perform a movement of a concerto with the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago.
DePaul Concerto
Cello
Winner
Serge Kalinovsky*, 16 yrs., student of Susan Moses, Bloomington, IN
Honorable Mention
Gabriel Raviv, 14 yrs., cello student of Tanya Carey, Chicago, IL
Jan Vargas Nedvetsky*, 16 yrs., cello student of Hans Jensen, Wilmette, IL
Lucy Wu, *14, cello student of Stefan Kartman, Whitefish Bay, WI
Piano
Honorable Mention with Distinction
Kashyap Prasad, 16 yrs. old, piano student of Yumy Lee Kim, Lake Bluff, IL
Honorable Mention
Violin
Winners
Emily Chen* 14 yrs. old, violin student of Injoo Choi & Almita Vamos, Arlington Heights, IL
Aiden Yu, 14 yrs. old, violin student of Davis King & Almita Vamos, Chicago, IL
Tristan Zhu*, 16 yrs. old, violin student of Almita Vamos, Chicago, IL
Honorable Mention with Distinction
Julia Kim, 16 yrs. old, violin student Sang Mee Lee, Chicago, IL
Clark Snavely*, 17 yrs. old, violin student of Almita Vamos, New Berlin, WI
Honorable Mention
Julia Perekhozhuk *, 13/ yrs. old, violin student of Sang Mee Lee, Westchester, IL
Leo Zupko *, 15 yrs. old, violin student of Sang Mee Lee & Almita Vamos, Chicago, IL
Winds
Honorable Mention with Distinction
Zachary Allen, oboe, 18 yrs. old, oboe student of Erica Anderson, Skokie, IL
*Academy students
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