JAVS Fall 2006

Alexander Aki mov fi·om Russ ia, and Jiri Kabat from Czecho lovaki a. This event is held every three years at the Eri n Arts Centre on the Isle of Man.

AVS Website Update Pardon ou r Dust! The AVS Website is in the midst of a remodel process. lf you haven't visited the site recent ly, you wi ll notice a few changes. · The main new feature is a recon- 3 eructed naviga tion system. Links $ to various areas of the site can .s now be found on the top naviga- ~ .,0:, tion bar with new drop-down ~ menus for additional links. Hopefully you will be able to find whar you are looking for, and maybe a few pages that you were not aware oA In addition, the re are a few new areas to rhe site that arc under development, including pages for the new viola bank. Hispanic Network Awards T he Altura Duo (Gui ta r and Vio la) was honored with a "Hispanic Excellence in Music" Award at the Hispanic Netwo rk's 7th Annua l Award Celebration , September 23rd in Hartford, onnecticut. T he group also per formed at the Montreal Viola ongress in June! arlos Soltes, the violi t of the group and AV member, is on the fa cul ty at the Ham School Communi ty Di vision of the University of Hartford , onnecncur. Tertis Competition Results The 2006 Terti In ternational Viola ompeti tion was held August 12- 19. Top prizewinners were David Kim from the US (fi rst) , Peijun Xu from China (second), and Ewa Grzywna from

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First prize Tertis winner David Kim also rerei1ed an honorable mention at Naurnburg.

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Tertis third pr·ize winner Ewa Trzywna accepts her awmd.

Poland (third). Other semi-final - ist we re Wen Xiao Zhcng from hina, Yuko Hara from Japan , Marta Potulska from Poland,

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