Dear=20
Susanne,=20
It's been a while since we last =
wrote; time=20
our team urgently needed to recover from the =
exciting=20
"volcanic" experience of the Oslo Competition.=20
Just as many of you will be heading =
into your=20
summer vacation, to music festivals and summer =
camps, I=20
would like to share some of our latest news with =
you.=20
Read on...
Susanne Barthelmes
General=20
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Manager
In This=20
Issue
Thank=20
you! to Oslo
What our=20
Prize Winners are doing at the =
moment=20
Preparing=20
the 2012 Competition
Prize=20
Winners 2010
Interested=20
in applying for 2012?=20
A huge=20
Thank You! to our fantastic Oslo =
Hosts
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Without their hard =
work,=20
inspiration and most of all their warm-hearted =
and=20
welcoming spirit, this competition would =
not have=20
been what it was: one of the best =
competitions=20
ever!
The competition rounds and more than 60=20
live events attracted over 12,000 visitors =
in=20
Oslo. In addition more than 5,000=20
people worldwide have followed the =
competition=20
live-stream.
As much as the Icelandic volcano =
Eyjafjallajokull=20
had disrupted the start of this year's =
competition, it=20
also created an extraordinary atmosphere of =
solidarity=20
among competitors and visitors.
What our=20
winners are doing at the moment
Xiang Yu, Senior 1st =
Prize=20
2010, played a programme of Bach, Franck =
and=20
Szymanowski at the Edvard Grieg Museum during =
the Bergen Festival in =
June.
Junior 1st Prize winners 2008 =
and 2010,=20
Chad Hoopes and Kerson=20
Leong met in Ottawa, Canada and =
played=20
Wieniawski's caprices together in a concert =
for the=20
Governor General.
Following the Menuhin Competition Oslo,=20
Callum Smart has been a very =
successful=20
runner-up at the BBC=20
Young Musician 2010. He has also been touring the UK with a =
programme around=20
Ole Bull.
August sees the return of Chad=20
Hoopes to the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad =
as part=20
of their new "Menuhin's Heritage" series.
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the Menuhin Competition 2012
Many of you will already have heard the =
exciting=20
news of the Menuhin Competition being invited to =
China.=20
It will be the first time ever for the =
competition to=20
take place outside of Europe.
The next =
competition will take=20
place in Beijing from 6 to 15 April =
2012 and it=20
will be hosted by the Central Conservatory of =
Music.=20
General Manager Susanne Barthelmes and =
Artistic=20
Director Gordon Back visited Beijing in =
June for a=20
planning meeting. "It was exciting to start =
working with=20
our Chinese colleagues. Each host =
brings new=20
elements and ideas to the competition" says =
Back. The=20
connection between Menuhin and China goes back a =
long=20
time. Yehudi Menuhin was the first Western =
musician to=20
receive an Honorary Professorship from the =
Central=20
Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1979.
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Prize Winners=20
2010
An interesting =
fact:
Most of the prize winners had been =
seriously=20
affected by the volcanic travel chaos. They =
arrived=20
only hours before their performance, tired after =
long=20
journeys and with very little time to rehearse =
in=20
Oslo.
2008 winner Ray=20
Chen reports a similar experience, arriving =
last=20
minute for a concert in=20
Shanghai...
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applying for 2012?
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latest=20
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