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2020-02-15 05:05:00
Classical Music News of the Week, February 15, 2020
[…] 14-year-old Esme Arias-Kim from Chicago (Hoffman Estates) was awarded 1st prize in the Junior Division of the 2020 Sphinx Competition, for American black and Latino classical string soloists younger than 18, in Detroit. She is a student at the Music Institute of Chicago's Academy for gifted pre-college musicians. (Her sister Claire, who currently studies at Juilliard, is a former Academy student.) A student of Almita Vamos, Esme is a former 1st prize winner at the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and New York International Artists Association Concerto Competitions. She also won the early music category for the 2019 Walgreens National Concerto Competition (open junior division) in December. Last summer she toured in Italy playing master classes, and in 2018 she premiered with the orchestra at the Krannert Center in Urbana at U. of Illinois. Sphinx is awarding Esme $10,000, a number of solo concerto engagements and a nationally broadcast radio appearance on […]
2020-02-07 18:19:44
14-year-old Esme Arias-Kim from Chicago has just minutes ago been awarded 1st prize in the Junior Division of the 2020 Sphinx Competition – in Detroit. A student of Almita Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago, Esme is a former 1st prize winner at the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and New York International Artists Association Concerto […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2017-07-07 19:13:00
[…] Thousand” and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle with sets designed by Dale Chihuly, and released a Naxos recording of Roberto Sierra’s Missa Latina. During Hanson’s tenure, the MSO negotiated two four-year orchestra contracts, doubled the number of full-orchestra performances outside of its primary hall, increased average sold capacity by 12%, and more than doubled annual contributed income from individuals, foundations and corporations. Hanson previously held positions as Executive Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (2001–2003) and Rockford Symphony Orchestra (1998–2000). A trained cellist who studied at the Eastman School of Music for two years, he holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and participated in the League of American Orchestras’ Orchestra Management Fellowship Program, holding posts at the New York Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, and Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He and his wife, Christina, are parents to three sons.
2013-10-24 07:00:10
Classical music: “Grace Presents” gets its own new website just in time for its FREE vocal concert of Hugo Wolf’s “Italian Songbook” this Saturday at noon. Plus, Karlos Moser and friends perform FREE Brazilian music at noon on Friday.
[…] . He is currently working towards his Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is the recipient of the Paul Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship. In Madison he has recently performed with Madison Choral Project and the role of Jean Valjean in “Les Mis” with Middleton Players Theater. He has recently performed with the Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus, Chicago Bach Project, Grant Park Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Rockford Symphony Orchestra . He has also performed in The Crossing choir in Philadelphia and with VAE Cincinnati. He received his Artist Diploma in Opera from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), Masters of Music in Voice from CCM and Bachelor’s of Music in Vocal Performance from Westminster Choir College . He was an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera and is an alumnus of the Aspen Opera Theater Center, Brevard Music […]
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