Golden wins 2006 Kingsville International String Competitions.22-year old violinist from Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. , won first place in the 2006 Kingsville International String Competitions. Golden will receive a total of $9,250 and will perform with the Victoria, Texas, Symphony Orchestra during its 2006-2007 season. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia; coeducational; founded 1924 by Mary Louise Curtis Bok (later married to Efrem Zimbalist) and named for her father, Cyrus Curtis. and currently studies with Paul Kantor Paul Kantor is one of the leading violin pedagogues and one of the most in-demand teacher in the United States today. Appointed Eleanor H. Biggs Memorial Distinguished Professor of Violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2002, he received Bachelor of Music and Master at the Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nation's leading independent music conservatories. It is located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States and is overseen by president David Cerone and Catherine Jarjisian, interim dean. . Susan Jang, from Wauconda, Illinois, a student of Almita Vamos, won second place in the final competition. Third place went to Shannon Lee, from Plano, Texas, and Sifei Wen, 19, from Alhambra, California. Lee studies with Jan Sloman, and Wen studies with Eleonore Schoenfield. Winners in the string solo competitions, which are held in conjunction with the concerto competitions, were: Precollege Solo First Place: Susan Jang; College Solo First Place: Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
Judges for the competition included William Barbini, violin; Naoko Tanaka, violin; and Gilberto Munguia, cello. The 25th annual competition awarded more than $20,000 in prizes to young string players under age 26. There were 90 entries in four different contests. |
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