COMPETITIONS

Sydney Lee

1 Korean–American cellist Sydney Lee, 25, has received the inaugural Gurrena Fellowship scholarship worth $50,000 from the Meadowmount School of Music. Lee is currently completing a doctorate in musical arts at Northwestern University, IL, US, where she studies with Hans Jørgen Jensen. Lee will receive a housing allowance, professional artist management services, concert engagements and training from the school’s faculty.

Katie Yap

2 Australian violist Katie Yap, 32, has been awarded the Freedman Classical Fellowship and AUD21,000 (£12,300). Yap will use the money to create her interdisciplinary project Multitudes. The jury was made up of Australian National University School of Music head Kim Cunio, bassist Kirsty McCahon and Stephen Mould, senior lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Yap is a graduate of the University of Queensland and Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, Australia.

Bryan Cheng

LEE PHOTO TODD ROSENBERG. YAP PHOTO GRANT LESLIE. CHENG PHOTO AGATHA ROWLAND

3 Canadian cellist Bryan Cheng, 25, has won the Verbier Festival Academy’s Prix Yves Paternot, worth CHF10,000 (£8,700). This will go towards supporting concert opportunities and career development. It also comes with an invitation to return to Verbier to perform. Cheng is currently completing his masters degree at the Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, and previously studied at Northwestern University, IL, US.

4 Canadian violinist Arlan Vriens, 31, has been given the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist award, which comes with CAD10,000, a medal and certificate. Vriens is a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge and Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the University of Toronto, Canada.

FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS & AWARDS

International Violin Competition Henri Marteau in Lichtenberg, Germany, for violinists aged 24 or under. First prize €10,000 Deadline 31 January 2023; competition 23 April–6 May 2023 Web bit.ly/3C9o8tD

Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition in Katowice, Poland, for violinists and string quartets aged 17–32. First prize €25,000 for violin, €38,000 for string quartet Deadline 31 January 2023; competition 5–21 September 2023 Web bit.ly/3QPiXDc

Montreal International Music Competition in Montreal, Canada, for violinists aged 17–29. First prize CAD80,000 Deadline 15 November; competition 22 April– 4 May 2023 Web bit.ly/3pwkO4d

APPOINTMENTS

The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed Moldavian violinist Ionel Manciu as its new concertmaster

Romanian violist Sacha Botha and US violist

Stephen Upshaw have begun roles as professors of viola at London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire

Japanese violinist Misako Akama has been named concertmaster of the Belgian National Orchestra

US–Jamaican violist Jordan Bak will join the music faculty at Bowling Green State University as assistant professor of viola

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