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BREAKING | VC Young Artist María Dueñas Awarded 1st Prize at 2021 Menuhin Competition

18-year-old VC Young Artist María Dueñas from Spain has been awarded first prize in the Senior Division of the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021

VC Young Artist María Dueñas Wins Rheingau Music Festival Award - image attachment

A student of Boris Kuschnir at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, María is a former 1st prize winner at the Leonid Kogan, Georg Philipp Telemann, Yankelevitch, and Zhuhai International Violin Competitions and this year's 'Getting to Carnegie' Competition.

She will receive USD $20,000 and a 2-year loan of a golden period Stradivarius violin from the private collection of Jonathan Moulds CBE, courtesy of the Beare’s International Violin Society, plus a bow made by Christophe Landon.

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST MARIA DUEÑAS & EVGENY SINAISKI | LALO | SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE | 1ST MVT | MENUHIN COMPETITION RICHMOND 2021 | SENIOR 1ST PRIZE

 

2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded to 20-year-old Simon Zhu from Germany and 18-year-old Hana Chang from Singapore/Japan/United States.

4th prize was awarded to 21-year-old Karisa Chiu from the United States.

This year's jury comprised violinist Pamela Frank (Chair), violinist and conductor Joji Hattori (Vice-Chair), violinist and entrepreneur Aaron Dworkin, pianist Piers Lane, violinists Soyoung Yoon, VC Artists Noah Bendix-Balgley and Angelo Xiang Yu, violinist, conductor, and educator Alf Richard Kraggerud, and conductor and Music Director of the Richmond Symphony, Valentina Peleggi.

15-year-old Keila Wakao from Japan/United States was awarded first prize in this year's Junior Division.

María Dueñas was also awarded the Senior Division audience prize — as voted by this year's online viewers.

 

 

 

MENUHIN COMPETITION RICHMOND 2021

 

SATURDAY 22ND MAY 2021
SENIOR DIVISION FINAL ROUND
LIVE FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

 

 

Karisa Chiu (21, United States) | Pianist: Inah Chiu

  • Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, Allegro molto appassionato
  • Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218, Andante cantabile
  • Ysaÿe | Solo Sonata No. 3 in D minor “Ballade”

 

María Dueñas (18, Spain) | Pianist: Evgeny Sinaiski

  • Lutoslawski | Subito
  • Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218, Andante cantabile
  • Lalo | Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21, Allegro non troppo

 

Simon Zhu (20, Germany) | Pianist Alkistis Milioni

  • Wieniawski | Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22, Allegro moderato
  • Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, Adagio
  • Ysaÿe | Solo Sonata No. 6 "Manuel Quiroga"

 

Hana Chang (18, Singapore/Japan/United States) | Pianist: Lorena Tecu

  • Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, Allegro molto appassionato
  • Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, Adagio
  • Kreisler | Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta

 

 

 

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