Winners announced in the Cleveland International Piano Competition

August 11, 2013 by Special to ClevelandClassical.com

Cleveland — August 10

First Place: Stanislav Khristenko

Second Place: Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev

Third Place: François Dumont

Fourth Place: Jiayan Sun

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Cooper International Violin Competition Semi-Finals in Oberlin’s Warner Concert Hall (Jan. 8)

After two days of impressive performances by the nineteen participants in the Cooper International Violin Competition, the Jury selected six to advance to Round Two. Yesterday at Oberlin Conservatory’s Warner Concert Hall, the six contestants — each vying for a spot among the final three — presented 45-minute programs with piano. Here are our impressions. [Read on…]

The Kings Brass at Federated Church (Dec. 22)

by Kevin McLaughlin

The King’s Brass celebrated Christmas in bright and merry fashion with their trademark — pop-tinged arrangements of Christmas carols, hymns, and sing-alongs — on Sunday, December 22, as part of the Federated Church Performing Arts Series in Chagrin Falls.

The ensemble has been led for 47 years by Tim Zimmerman, who was a genial host and fine trumpeter. The well-blended group of nine musicians — Tim Zimmerman, Gregory Alley, Anthony Sanders (trumpet), Kyle Davidson, Kolbe Schnoebelen (trombone), Nate Petersen (bass trombone), Jacob Fulkerson (tuba), Colton Morris (percussion), and Rebecca Edmiston (piano/organ) — acquitted themselves well under Zimmerman’s leadership.

The arrangements, most of them by Zimmerman himself, suffered a little from sameness, but nevertheless supplied plenty of Holiday zip and opportunities for the brass to shine. [Read on…]

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