Announcement of 2010 Laureates

The Eighth Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis has come to an end.  Throughout these 16 days, we have heard incredible performances from all of our 40 participants.  IVCI would like to thank all the participants for an amazing two weeks of music-making.

Now, to announce the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Laureates:

Gold Medalist: Clara-Jumi Kang, South Korea/Germany
Silver Medalist: Soyoung Yoon, South Korea
Bronze Medalist: Benjamin Beilman, United States 
Fourth Place Laureate: Haoming Xie, China
Fifth Place Laureate: Antal Szalai, Hungary
Sixth Place Laureate: Andrey Baranov, Russia

Congratulations to our Laureates and to all the participants!

Please join us tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Cathedral for the Closing Awards Ceremony, where the special prizes for the 2010 Competition will be announced and the Laureates will perform.

Behind the Scenes: Glen Kwok

We sat down with Glen Kwok, Executive Director of the Violin Competiton, to ask him how he thinks the Eighth Quadrennial has been going.  Check it out!

Notes from Indy!

Hi all,

It has been an exciting couple of weeks in Indianapolis with the Preliminaries and Semi-Finals of the Eighth Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis occuring.  All of the Participants have performed stunningly!

This past evening, 2006 Gold Medalist Augustin Hadelich returned to perform a recital at the Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center.  It was an incredible concert of works by Beethoven, Poulenc, Schnittke, Ysyae, and Sarasate.  The appreciative audience was also treated to a heartfelt encore performance of Fritz Kreisler's Liebesleid.

The Competition resumes tonight with the first of two nights of Classical Finals (Mozart or Haydn Concerti) at the Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center with the Indianapolis Symphony under the direction of Samuel Wong.  If you can't catch the performances live in-person, check out the live streaming from the Violin Competition's website: www.violin.org!  You can also watch the live stream directly from your iPhone through the Competition's very own app!  Please join us!

Isaac

Finalists are announced!

Late last evening, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis announced the 6 Finalists after a thrilling 4 days of Semi-Final performances!  The Finalists are as follows (in alphabetical order):

Andrey Baranov
Benjamin Beilman
Clara Jumi-Kang
Antal Szalai
Haoming Xie
Soyoung Yoon

For more information on the Finalists and the performance schedule for the final round, please visit www.violin.org

Behind the Scenes: Nikki Chooi

Isaac Thompson catches up with Nikki Chooi after his Semi-Finals performance.  This is what the Canadian native said about his performance!

Behind the Scenes: Danbi Um

Hello Again!

Tonight we talked with Danbi Um after her wonderful performance in the IVCI Semi-Finals.  Check it out!

Behind the Scenes: Stella Chen

Hey IVCI fans,

We caught up with Stella Chen after her brilliant performance in the Semi-Finals.  Here's what she said!

Behind the Scenes: the Broadcast Room, Green Room, & On-Deck Area

Here is our second installment of our Behind the Scenes look at the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.  Today we introduce you to Michael Toulouse and Steve Shipps, our broadcast team.  If you're following our live stream or listening to the performances on-demand, these are your wonderful hosts!  Also, get a taste of what the participants experience in the Green Room and On-Deck Areas of the Indiana History Center.  Enjoy!

Behind the Scenes: the Sound/Streaming booth!

Here is our first behind the scenes look at the IVCI!  As you may know, we stream the entire Competition live over the internet through our website (www.violin.org).  Considerable work and energy goes into bringing the streaming video and the high quality sound to you, anywhere in the world.  We caught up with our streaming engineer, Jay Ray and IVCI Photographer Denis Kelly in the sound booth.  Check out the brief tour!

First day of Preliminaries!

Today has been an exciting first day of Preliminaries for the 8th Quadrennial Violin Competition of Indianapolis!  The distinguished jury has heard 10 of our spectacular international participants.  Another exciting aspect of this first day is the fact that we are streaming the Competition live through our iPhone app.  We are proud to be one of the first performing arts organizations in the world to do a mobile streaming project of this magnitude.  Remember that you can also catch all the action streamed live through our website: www.violin.org 

In addition to this, we are constantly updating our Facebook fan page--check there for posted photos and updates.  In addition, we will be posting videos and photos here on our blog!  Stay tuned for more!

Fantastic Opening Ceremonies!

Yesterday evening, the 8th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis kicked off with a wonderful opening ceremony at the beautiful Scottish Rite Cathedral downtown Indianapolis.  In addition to a wonderful 5 course meal, the Indianapolis Children's Choir and members of Dance Kaleidoscope performed. 

Dance Kaleidoscope performs at the IVCI Opening Ceremony!

The Preliminaries start tomorrow!  Stay tuned here or at www.violin.org to follow all the action!

Participants Order!

Yesterday night, we had our first meeting with all the 2010 IVCI Participants to determine the order of performance for the preliminaries.  Each participant drew a number randomly which dictated where within the preliminary round they would perform.  The order has been posted on our website.

The participants eagerly awaiting the drawing of their times for the preliminaries! 

Meet the 2010 IVCI Jury!

Much of the artistic strength of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis comes from the incredible international stature and reputation of our esteemed Jury.  Our Jury is led by the renowned violinist and pedagogue, Jaime Laredo.  Mr. Laredo is a Professor of Violin at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as well as a distinguished conductor.

Meet the other Jury Members!

Pamela Frank: International concert artist and professor at the Curtis Institute of Music, Peabody Institute, and SUNY-Stony Brook.

Rodney Friend: Former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, and BBC Symphony Orchestra.  Currently a senior lecturer at the Royal College of Music

Yuzuko Horigome: International concert artist and guest professor at the Brussels Conservatory.

Boris Kuschnir: Member of the Kopelman Quartet and Professor at the Vienna Conservatory.

Jean-Jacques Kantorow: Permanent Guest Conductor of the Laussane Chamber Orchestra and professor at the Paris and Rotterdam Conservatories.

Cho-Liang Lin: International concert artist and Professor of Violin at Rice Unviersity's Shepherd School of Music.

Mihaela Martin: 1982 IVCI Gold Medalist, international concert artist, and professor at the Cologne Musikhochschule.

Joel Smirnoff: Former violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet and current President of the Cleveland Institute of Music.