Cleveland, OH, July 27 — In a first for the four-year-old Oberlin Cooper Competition, following the final round with Jahja Ling and The Cleveland Orchestra last night at Severance Hall, the jury announced that Ching-Yi Wei and Kyumin Park, both of whom had played the Tchaikovsky concerto, would share first prize. Second prize went to Ming Liu, who played the second concerto of Prokofiev. Results were announced by Thomas and Evon Cooper, the competition’s benefactors, who awarded the prizes. The final round was broadcast live on WCLV, 104.9 FM and WCLV.com. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni).
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Oberlin Cooper Violin Competition: Three finalists announced
Oberlin, OH, July 24 — The jury announced this evening the sixth, fifth, and fourth place winners, the recipient of the audience prize for the recital final and the three contestants who will play the final round with Jahja Ling and The Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall on Friday, July 26 at 8:00 pm. The concert will be broadcast live over WCLV, 104.9 FM and WCLV.com
6th place – Angela Wee
5th place – Jieming Tang
4th place- Gallia Kastner
Audience Prize: Ching-Yi Wei
Finalists who will play at Severance Hall (order to be announced):
Kyumin Park: Tchaikovsky concerto
Ming Liu: Prokofiev second concerto
Ching-Yi Wei: Tchaikovsky concerto
Oberlin Cooper Violin Competition: Six advance to recital round
Oberlin, OH, July 23 — The jury announced this evening that the following six contestants will play the recital round in Warner Concert Hall of the Oberlin Conservatory on Wednesday, July 24 at 7 pm. The session will be broadcast live over WCLV, 104.9 FM and streamed live (click here for the link).
Kyumin Park
Ming Liu
Gallia Kastner
Angela Wee
Jieming Tang
Ching-Yi Wei
Oberlin Cooper Violin Competition: ten advance to concerto round
The following ten players will perform concertos with piano on Tuesday, July 23 in Warner Concert Hall at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Both the 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm sessions will be streamed live (click here to access the feed).
1:30 pm — Kyumin Park: Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; Ashley Park: Brahms’s Concerto in D Major, Op. 77; Shuaishuai Lin: Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; Ming Liu: Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63; Gallia Kastner: Brahms’s Concerto in D Major, Op. 77; Angela Wee: Sibelius’s Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
7:00 pm — Jieming Tang: Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64; William Ching-Yi Wei: Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; Naoko Tajimi: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77; Ava Bahari: Sibelius’s Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Piano Competition to co-sponsor screening of “Apassionata” at Film Festival
Christian Labhart’s film “Apassionata” tells the story of a Ukrainian-Swiss concert pianist who returns to her homeland to deliver a concert grand piano to her first music school, visits her parents and music teachers and hears ghostly refrains from the past. “Apassionata” will be shown at the Cleveland International Film Festival on April 8 at 2:10 pm, April 9 at 4 pm and April 10 at 8:40 pm in cooperation with the Cleveland International Piano Competition, whose members and friends will receive a $2 discount on tickets. (Purchase online and use the code PIANO).
News: Oberlin Dean to head San Francisco Conservatory
David H. Stull, who was appointed dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 2004 (after four years as associate dean) will become the next president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in July. An Oberlin graduate, he worked at Lawrence University’s conservatory of music and at the Juilliard School before returning to his alma mater. Stull presided over many new initiatives at Oberlin including the new Kohl Building to house Jazz Studies, the Cooper International Competition, the Creativity & Leadership Project, Music in America, the creation of an Oberlin record label, national and international tours of the Oberlin Orchestra, and the Rubin Institute for Musical Criticism, helping generate some $40 million in donations for construction, project and program support. On behalf of Oberlin Conservatory, Stull accepted the National Medal of Arts from President Obama in 2010.