The winners of the Piazzolla Music Competition were recently announced:
SOLOIST
GOLD: ANTON STACHEV, accordion – St. Petersburg, Russia
SILVER: DANIEL ROJAS, piano – Sydney Australia
BRONZE: LYSANDRE DONOSO, bandoneón – Paris, France
BRONZE: MAXIMILLIAN NATHAN, vibraphone – Montevideo, Uruguay
SPECIAL PRIZE: ROSE WOLLMAN, viola – Evansville, Indiana
ENSEMBLES
GOLD: QUINTETO RESPIRO, Sebastien Innocenti (Bandonéon), Emilie Aridon-Kociolek (Piano), Sabrina Condello (Violin), Fabio LoCurto (Clarinet/Bass Clarinet), Dorian Marcel (Doublebass) – Paris, France
SILVER: DALÍ QUARTET, Ari Isaacman-Beck (Violin), Carlos Rubio (Violin), Adriana Linares (Viola), Jesús Morales (Cello) – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BRONZE: Zagrab Philharmonic Orchestra: QUINTETO EMEDEA, Mathias Naon (Violin), Lysandre Donoso (Bandoneon), Emilie Aridon-Kociołek (Piano), Adrien Merahi (Electric guitar), Lucas Eubel-Frontini (Double bass) – Paris, France
SPECIAL PRIZES
CONCERT: Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra /Quinteto Emedea
CONCERT: Grosseto Symphony Orchestra and Anton Stachev, St. Petersburg
CONCERT: Athens Philharmonia Orchestra and Rose Wollman, Indiana
MASTERCLASS Pablo Ziegler Award: Sonus Piano Trio, California
MASTERCLASSES iClassical Academy Award: Pianoduo LUSTRE, Osaka
MASTERCLASSES iClassical Academy Bonus Award: Gonzalo Esteban Antuña, Río Cuarto, Argentina
MASTERCLASSES iClassical Academy Bonus Award: Nada Brahma Graz, Austria
Proceeds from the competition, totalling $10,000, are being donated to the Playing for Change Foundation to support music and art education in under-resourced communities around the world.
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MEMETERIA by Thomas May 