Photo: Gunther Gamper
VIOLIN 2010: AND THE LAUREATES ARE ...
Montreal, Wednesday, June 2, 2010 – The MIMC announces the three Laureates of the 2010 Violin edition:
FIRST PRIZE ($30,000): Benjamin BEILMAN, United States
SECOND PRIZE ($15,000): Korbinian ALTENBERGER, Germany
THIRD PRIZE ($10,000): Nikita BORISOGLEBSKY, Russia
Added to the First Prize are: The Career development programme, valued at $20,000, the recording of a CD offered by Analekta and a bow from Atelier Raffin, valued at $5,500.
These three violinists will appear in the Winners’ Gala Concert this Friday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts. Under the direction of Jean-Philippe Tremblay, the Orchestre Métropolitain will accompany the winners.
The names of the winners of the Special Awards will be revealed on Friday, June 4, during the official awards ceremony preceding the Gala Concert.
OFFICIAL AWARDS CEREMONY AND WINNER'S GALA CONCERT
June 4 at 7:30 p.m.
(Orchestre Métropolitain and Jean-Philippe Tremblay, conductor)
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
Regular : $45 / $27,50 / Student : $10
514.842.2112 / www.laplacedesarts.com
PROGRAMME
CEREMONY
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) | Coriolan, Op. 62
PIOTR ILYITCH TCHAÏKOVSKI (1840-1893) | Concerto in D major, Op. 35
I. Allegro moderato
Nikita Borisoglebsky, Third Prize
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH (1906-1975) | Concerto N. 1 in A minor,Op. 77
III. Passacaglia (Andante)
IV. Burlesque (Allegro con brio - Presto)
Korbinian Altenberger, Second Prize
INTERMISSION
KELLY-MARIE MURPHY (1964 - ) | One for Solitude
Winner of the Best Performance of the Imposed Canadian Work
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) | L’Italiana in Algieri – Overture
JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957) | Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio di molto
III.Allegro ma non tanto
Benjamin Beilman, First Prize
ESPACE MUSIQUE, OFFICIAL BROADCASTER
Radio-Canada’s music radio network, Espace musique, is proud to be the official broadcaster of the Montreal International Musical Competition. New this year: all the rounds (Quarter finals, Semi-finals and Finals) were broadcast live, image and sound, on the Internet. The videos will be posted for one year at www.radio-canada.ca/musique.
In addition to these live broadcasts, the Final round will be heard internationally, thanks to Radio-Canada’s partnership with the European Broadcasting Union.
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Sources :
Isabelle Ligot
Communications Manager
Montreal International Musical Competition
info@concoursmontreal.ca
T: 514.845.4108, ext. 236
www.concoursmontreal.ca
Press Relations : Céline Choiselat
celinechoiselat@yahoo.fr
T : 514.824.3535
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