Dear=20
Susanne,
Whilst our team and our colleagues =
in=20
Beijing are already doing a lot of "behind the =
scenes"=20
planning for the next competition, our prize =
winners=20
have been very busy.
As autumn is turning the colour of the =
leaves=20
already, I would like to share some of our =
latest news=20
with you. Read on...
Susanne Barthelmes
General=20
=
Manager
In This=20
Issue
An=20
exciting collaboration
Our Prize=20
Winners are busy...
Interested=20
in applying for 2012?=20
London=20
Beijing - An exciting collaboration
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CCoM =
Concert=20
Hall The Menuhin =
Team in=20
London and our colleagues in Beijing have been =
very busy=20
over the summer. Talks are underway with =
Beijing's leading concert venues and =
orchestras=20
and our next working visit in November will put =
the=20
final touches to some of the programme=20
highlights.
Competition Director =
Gordon=20
Back is putting together an exciting =
repertoire=20
for the next competition, in =
consultation with=20
Assistant Artistic Director Professor =
Tong=20
Weidong. "There is a lot of =
interesting=20
Chinese repertoire for violin. Holding the =
competition=20
in Beijing is a fantastic opportunity to =
discover=20
new works and include them into our =
programme"=20
says Back.
The Menuhin Competition =
Beijing=20
2012 will also see a high profile international =
jury=20
panel of some of the world's most eminent =
violinists but=20
you will have to wait until April next year to =
find out=20
who they are.
We also constantly =
expand our=20
range of competition prizes. In addition to=20
the monetary awards, we can =
offer an=20
increasing array of educational and concert =
opportunities for our prize winners.
Details of all the above will be available =
in April=20
2011, when we will launch the application=20
information for the next competition.
The next competition will take =
place in=20
Beijing from 6 to 15 April 2012 and it =
will be=20
hosted by the Central Conservatory of =
Music.=20
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Our winners are busy...
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Ray =
Chen=20
It's all about=20
food... Whilst Ray Chen=20
(Senior 1st Prize 2008) is =
eating his=20
way through Taipei in the run up to his concert =
with the=20
National Symphony Orchestra of =
Taiwan=20
on Sunday 17 October (his=20
own words on Twitter) you could have dinner with Chad =
Hoopes=20
(Junior 1st Prize 2008) and Maestro =
Theodore Kuchar in Reno, Nevada where Chad is =
playing=20
with the Reno=20
Chamber Orchestra this =
Saturday and=20
Sunday.
Chad Hoopes also received rave=20
reviews for his performance of Tchaikovsky's =
violin=20
concerto in San Diego earlier this year.
Both winner's concert schedules are =
worth=20
keeping an eye on. Check out Chad's and Ray's =
websites.
![3D"Kerson](3D"http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs090/1101458556875/img/116.jpg"=20) Meanwhile Kerson =
Leong=20
(Junior 1st Prize 2010) enjoyed a warm =
welcome=20
at his return to Oslo for the Kavli Prize Award=20
Ceremony (view video from min. =
121) on September 7th. This month, =
he and his=20
cellist brother Stanley have performed =20
Handel/Halvorsen's Passacaglia at the=20
Inauguration of Canada's new Governor =
General=20
on 1st October. On 2nd October Kerson =
and=20
Chad Hoopes were invited by =
Pinchas=20
Zukerman to perform at a Gala=20
of the Ottawa National Arts Centre. =
Coming=20
weekend Kerson will perform with pianist Angela =
Hewitt=20
at a special concert of the Canadian Friends of =
the=20
Trasimeno Music =
Festival.
Next year will bring both Kerson=20
Leong and Xiang =
Yu to=20
Switzerland for the Menuhin Festival in August =
and we=20
will let you know more details in our next=20
newsletter.
If you would like to =
hear=20
Stephen Waarts (Junior 2nd Prize 2010) =
playing=20
Paganini or Beethoven, have a look at his=20
website.
And if you are in =
London in=20
November 5th you can hear Suyeon Kang=20
(Senior 3rd Prize 2010) in the Spira Mirabilis chamber =
orchestra at=20
the Southbank in a radical new approach to=20
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3.
We would =
also like=20
to congratulate Soyoung Yoon =
(Senior=20
1st Prize 2002) who has won the silver =
medal of=20
this year's International Indianapolis =
Violin=20
=
Competition.
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