Announcing the Results of the 2003 Vakhtang Jordania International
Conducting Competition - Top Three Finishers from U.K., U.S. and Korea
New York, NY - The Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition
has announced the results of its 2003 competition held in Kharkov, Ukraine
between September 1 and 7.
Jordania Grand Prize Winner was Michael Mishra, who is British and
lives in Illinois. Michael is the Director of Orchestral Activities and
conductor of the SIUE Chamber Orchestra at Southern Illinois University
in Edwardsville, Illinois. He is the former Assistant Conductor of the
Greeley Philharmonic in Colorado and has been Guest Conductor of the
Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, the Vratza Philharmonic and the
Silesian State Opera of Opava, Czech Republic. We are especially pleased
to announce this as Michael was already an alumnae of the first Jordania
Conducting Competition in 2001.
As Grand Prize Winner, Michael Mishra will receive concert engagements
on three continents during the 2004-2005 concert season with The Kharkov
Philharmonic of Kharkov, Ukraine, The Saratov Symphony Orchestra of
Saratov, Russia, The Bolivian National Symphony in La Paz, Bolivia,
Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra of Vienna, Austria and the Daegu City
Symphony Orchestra in Daegu, South Korea.
The William Montague III Prize was awarded to C. Paige Vickery. She
is American and lives in New York City. Ms. Vickery is the Music
Director and Conductor of the Boulder Youth Symphony and former Music
Director of the Pikes Peak Philharmonic and the Colorado Youth Symphony.
She has guest conducted the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins
Symphony Orchestra and the Centennial Philharmonic of Colorado. She
will receive an engagement with the Kharkov Philharmonic during the
2004-2005 concert season.
Third Prize winner was Park Jong-Hwei, who is Korean and lives in Seoul.
He is Chief Conductor of the Ulsan City Youth Symphony and Assistant
Conductor of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Pusan and Eunpyong
Philharmonic Orchestra of Seoul. He has guest conducted the Vienna
Chamber Orchestra, the Fukuoka Symphony of Japan and the Hungarian
National Philharmonic Orchestra. He will also receive an engagement
with the Kharkov Philharmonic during the 2004-2005 concert season.
Both the Orchestra Favorite and Audience Favorite prizes were given to
Leslie B. Dunner, who also received a special award from Vakhtang Jordania.
Other Third Round diploma recipients were:
Leslie B. Dunner, an American who lives in Maryland. He is Former Music
Director of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Civic
Orchestra, the Dearborn Symphony, Principal Conductor of the Dance Theater
of Harlem, Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic and Cover
Conductor of the Chicago Symphony.
Evgeny Kirillov a Russian who lives in Nizhni Novgorod. He is the
Conductor of Symphony Orchestras in Nizhni Novgorod and Yaroslavl and
the Conductor of the Nizhni Novgorod Youth Chamber Orchestra and Municipal
Chamber Ensemble of Soloists "Sofia." He was the 2nd Prize Winner of the
2002 All-Russia Choral Conductors Competition.
Gioacchino Longobardi, an Italian, living in New York. He is the
Principal Guest Conductor, Orchestra da Camera di Napoli and the Sofia
Festival Orchestra, Bulgaria. He is also the Artistic Director of the
International Institute Domenico Scarlatti and has been Guest Conductor
of the Kasugai City Philharmonic of Japan and the Russian Philharmonic
Orchestra on tour in Italy.
Jeffery Meyer, an American who lives in Chicago, Illinois. He is
Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic and was
the former Director of the Symphony Orchestra at University of Wisconsin
at Oshkosh. He has been Guest Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra, the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic and the Hradec Kralove
Philharmonic.
Other participants in the competition included Marcos Arakaki of Sao
Paulo, Brazil, Sylvain Bousquet of Marseille, France, Nikolas Nguyen
Caoile of Edmonds, Washington, Victor Costa of Lyon, France, Tido Dejan
of Daours, France, Robert Rene Galvan of New York City, Lawrence Golan
of Denver, Colorado, Elena Krapchatova of Moscow, Wolfgang Michel of
Glashuetten, Germany, Clara Lim Soo Yun of Singapore, Laura Schumann of
Cambridge, Ohio, Vladimir Skripchuk of Kharkov, Ukraine, Marit Strindlund
of Stockholm, Carlo Tenan of Bologna, Italy, Stephen E. Tucker of Santa
Ana, California, and Yaira Yonne of Basel, Switzerland.
More information about these participants is available at the Vakhtang
Jordania International Conducting Competition website -
http://www.jamesarts.com/VJKRKVCNDCMPCONT03.htm.
The competition jury was composed of Marcello Abbado of Milan, Italy,
Yuri Alzhnev of Kharkov, Ukraine, Joan McNeill of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
Jonathan Sternberg of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Yuri Suchkov of Moscow
and David Winkler of New York City.
More information about the jury is also available at the Conducting
Competition website - http://www.jamesarts.com/VJKRKVCNDCMPCONT03.htm
This year's Third Round Contemporary Compositions selections were Beth
Anderson's Kentucky Swale, Dana Paul Perna's Fanfare to the Day of Infamy
and Haskell Small's Really? Ms. Anderson's work was presented by Michael
Mishra, Paige Vickery and Gioacchino Longobardi, Mr. Perna's Fanfare
was presented by Park Jong Hwei and Mr. Small's Really? was presented
by Leslie B. Dunner, Jeffery Meyer and Evgeny Kirillov.
The 2003 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition was a
great success, both artistically and as a means for continuing to bring
the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra
(http://www.jamesarts.com/KHRKVPHILWEBPAGE.htm) to the rest of the world.
In addition to the lively competition, contestants also participated in
a series of Master Classes and special events and enjoyed the opportunity
to have individual and small group instruction and interaction with jury
and orchestra members. Also important was the chance to meet and spend
time with other conductors from around the world.
Building on the great success of this year's event, planning for an
expanded and even more international 2004 Vakhtang Jordania International
Conducting Competition has already begun.
For information about the Competition, please contact Jeffrey James Arts
Consulting at 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask]
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
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Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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