Naumburg Competition (Cello)

Cello
Voice
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The Naumburg Competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious music competitions in the world. The website San Francisco Classical Voice writes that "the Naumburg Competition has one of the best track records of selecting young musicians who, in short order, build significant careers". The first competition was held in 1926. In an open audition format, pianists, violinists, and cellists were all eligible to compete. In 1928 it was expanded to include vocalists. The prize included cash awards and the opportunity to play concerts in New York's Town Hall, which virtually insured reviews by New York's most influential music critics. In 1946, Aaron Copland and William Schuman joined the Naumburg Foundation board of directors, and shortly afterwards the Foundation began awarding composers with recording projects. In 1961, the format of the competition was changed into a professional competition with a single winner, for one particular discipline. In 1965, the competition was expanded to include chamber music ensembles. Since the early 1970s, the Naumburg Competition has generally rotated three different categories - piano, strings, and voice - on a triennial basis (although there have also been competitions for flute, clarinet, and classical guitar). Winners receive a cash prize and two recital appearances in Alice Tully Hall. Other opportunities include a recording project, a commission (to be premiered in one of the Alice Tully Hall recitals) and many performance opportunities throughout the United States. The winner usually receives a cash prize, a string of performances, management, a recording contract, and New York City debuts in the city's most important classical music venues. In recent years, the Foundation office has undertaken to manage new winners for two seasons or until a commercial manager emerges to take them on.
2008
2015
Juries
Winners
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Andre Emelianoff
Jury
Cello
American
Bonnie Hampton
Jury
Cello
American
David Geber
Jury
Cello
American
Jean-Michel Fontaineau
Jury
Cello
French
Robert Mann
Jury
Other
American
Thomas Demenga
Jury
Cello
Swiss
Wolfram Koessel
Jury
Cello
American
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Anita Leuzinger
1st Prize
Cello
Swiss
David Requiro
1st Prize
Cello
American
Sébastien Hurtaud
2nd Prize
Cello
French
Umberto Clerici
Honorable mention
Cello
Italian
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
Bonnie Hampton
Jury
Cello
American
David Geber
Jury
Cello
American
Michael Kannen
Jury
Cello
American
Natasha Brofsky
Jury
Cello
Romanian
Richard Wernick
Jury
Other
American
Thomas Demenga
Jury
Cello
Swiss
Nicholas Mann
President
Violin
British
Name
Satus
Instrument
Nationality
School
Brannon Cho
2nd Prize
Cello
American
Jay Campbell
2nd Prize
Cello
American
Jee Hay Bae
Honorable mention
Cello
South-korean
Lev Sivkov
1st Prize
Cello
Russian