Doris Mattingly's Piano Studio

Second in a continuing series of performances to present the complete Chopin piano works, Brian Ganz will perform an all Chopin program at Strathmore Saturday, February 11, 2012.  For details click on this link.

The finalists of the 2011 Washington International Competition were selected on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at the John F. Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater by international judges Jane Coop, John O’Conor and Andre-Michel Schub. They are:

First Prize, Yoonjung Han
Second Prize, Yejin Noh
Third Prize, Anna Shelest
Audience Prize, Anna Bulkina
Finalist, Sangwon Kim
Finalist, Ekaterina Verbovskaya

In addition to monetary prizes totaling up to $26,000, the first prize winner will be award performance prizes include a solo recital at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, an appearance with the Avanti Orchestra in a concerto concert at the Kennedy Center, as well as a solo recital at The Phillips Collection.

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir performs ‘Lux Aurumque’ and also ‘Sleep’ (click to listen). A student of Pulitzer Prize winner and Oscar-winning composer John Corigliano at the Juilliard School, Eric is one of the most popular composers of our generation. Click here to access his website for more information and links. Virtual Choir? Soon a Virtual Orchestra? A brilliant way to have new works performed, and reach the largest audience ever.