JAVS Fall 2008

cash prizes awarded to Victor de Almeida and Nathan Schram, both from the U.S; and Hansong Jiang, Keju Wang, and Weijing Wang, all from China. The next Primrose International Viola Competition will take place in May 2011. Dimitri Drobatschewsky was born in Berlin to musician parents and received his musical education at the Conservatory in Luxembourg. During WW II Dimitri served in the Free French Forces (after playing viola in the orchestra of the Foreign Legion in North Africa) and saw combat in

From left to right: Molly Carr, Emily Deans, Dimitri Murrath.

Sonata Prize for an outstanding performance of a sonata was awarded to Victor de Almeida of the U.S., and to the first-prize winner Dimitri Murrath. Robertson and Sons Violins, a major underwriter of this year’s competition, also sponsored five additional

Tunisia, Italy, France, and Germany. He came to the United States in 1947 and was the music critic for the Arizona Republic from 1976 until 1996. He now free lances for London's Opera magazine and other various publications, including The Arizona Republic.

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