Kingsville International piano competition winners announced.Evan Mitchell, a 21-year-old pianist from New York City New York City: see New York, city.New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , won first place at the 2009 Kingsville International Isabel Scionti Piano Competitions. He will receive a minimum of $7,000 cash and perform with the Victoria, Texas, Symphony Orchestra during its 2010-2011 symphony season and with the 2009 Festival de San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende is the seat of the municipality of Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, a historic town founded in 1542 that has become an attractive tourist destination for wealthy Mexico City residents and has a large American and Canadian expatriate community comprised primarily . Mitchell is a senior at Indiana University in Bloomington and a student of Arnaldo Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. . The 28th annual competition awarded more than $23,000 in prizes to pianists under the age of 26. Forty contestants, representing 23 music schools and eight foreign countries, were invited to take part in the competition. MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) 1998 Junior Piano and 2001 Senior Piano Competition Winner Christopher Falzone, a 23-year-old from Philadelphia, won second place, along with 11-year-old Tristan Teo from West Vancouver, Canada. George Fu, winner of the 2006 MTNA Junior and 2008 MTNA Senior Piano Competitions, won the Junior Isabel Scionti prize of $1,000. Fu is a 17-year-old pianist from Fredrick, Maryland, who studies with Susan Starr in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mauricio Arias, who was a 2009 MTNA National Finalist, won the Isabel Scionti College Solo first prize. He is a 24-year-old doctoral student at Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. , where he studies with Robert Hamilton. For more information, visit www.kingsvillemusic.org. |
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