VIOLIN 2010: AND THE LAUREATES OF THE SPECIAL AWARDS ARE ...
Montreal, Friday, June 4, 2010 – The Montreal International Musical Competition (MIMC) announces the names of the winners of the Special Awards:
AWARD FOR THE BEST CANADIAN ARTIST: $5,000
Nikki CHOOI
JOSEPH ROULEAU AWARD FOR THE BEST ARTIST FROM QUEBEC: $ 5,000
Boson Mo
AWARD FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE IMPOSED CANADIAN WORK: $5,000
Nikita BORISOGLEBSKY, Russia
RADIO-CANADA PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: $2,500
Benjamin BEILMAN, United States
MIMC GRANT: $2,000
Noah BENDIX-BALGLEY, United States
Jaeyoung KIM, South Korea
Kyoko YONEMOTO, Japan
REMEMBER THAT THE 3 MAIN WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION ARE:
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.
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
