JAVS Fall 2011

musicality; he performed his own cadenzas to the hoffmeister Concerto in the finals. Ayane Kozasa stunned the audience, and obviously the judges, with a near flawless semifinal performance; a name that will surely be heard again. Da Kyung Kwak performed the Paganini 24th Caprice as if it were a mere exercise and earned an “honorable Mention” from the jury. Adrien La Marca demon strated a distinct gift for lyricism—his rendition of Peter Askim’s Inner Voices certainly was competitive for the Madeleine Crouch Prize. The nineteen year-old Matthew Lipman was also awarded an “honorable Mention” by the jury and was elimi nated from the finals only by the last semifinal competitor to perform, Vicki Powell. The Chinese fielded seven competitors, the highest of any repre sented nationality, followed by the uSA and South Korea, with six each. Though the seven Chinese contestants did not place anyone beyond the quar terfinals, they were eager and very capable com petitors who consistently set very high standards for the remaining participants.

and currently performs as a substitute in the viola section of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Elias Goldstein, who holds dual uS/Norwegian citi zenship, was a top prizewinner at the yuri Bashmet and Lionel Tertis International Viola Competitions in 2010 and lists Sally Chisholm and Mark Zinger among his mentors. he was recently appointed as Assistant Professor of Viola at Ball State university in Indiana. Vicki Powell, current violist with the Vuilliani String Quartet, is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Roberto Díaz and Misha Amory and is pursuing graduate studies at the Juilliard School with Amory.

Competition Prizes

First Prize:

AyANE KOZASA $5,000 A viola made by Spanish luthier, Roberto Jardón Rico A gold-mounted Arcos Brasil bow Select concert appearances in the uSA and Europe

From left to right: Ayane Kozasa (first prize), Elias Goldstein (second prize), and Vicki Powell (third prize)

Second Prize: ELIAS GOLDSTEIN $3,000

Additional Awards and Certificates

A silver-mounted Arcos Brasil Bow

Twentieth-century Concerto Prize to Adrien La Marca and Daniel hanul Lee for best performance of a twentieth-century concerto Madeleine Crouch & Co. Prize (Askim Prize) to Ayane Kozasa for best performance of the required commissioned piece, Inner Voices , by Peter Askim, commissioned by Madeleine Crouch & Co. Linnet Press Prize (Bach Prize) to yifei Deng and Wolfram hauser for best performance of a Bach work

Third Prize:

VICKI POWELL $1,000 A nickel-mounted Arcos Brasil Bow

The Finalists

Ayane Kozasa from Chicago currently attends the Curtis Institute of Music and studies with Misha Amory and Roberto Díaz. She is the recipient of the George and Marie hecksher Annual Fellow at Curtis

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