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Jury: Finghin Collins, Ireland (Chairman) — Michel Béroff, France — Piers Lane, Great Britain / Australia — Anne-Marie McDermott, USA — Katie McGuinness, USA / Ireland — Noriko Ogawa, Japan — Dénes Varjon, Hungary
Finghin Collins
Ireland (Chairman)
Ireland (Chairman)
Finghin Collins was born in Dublin in and studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O&#;Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet. He took first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland in Since then he has continued to enjoy a flourishing international career that takes him all over Europe and North America, as well to the Far East and Australia.
Collins has performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras and conductors. He has also given solo recitals in many of the world’s most prestigious halls and participates frequently in chamber music festivals with a variety of colleagues of international
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Faculty
Piano
As a dedicated soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue, pianist has won numerous First Prize Winners at the " International Keyboard Institute and Festival Competition" in New York City, the " WPTAFinlandInternationalPianoCompetitionforSoloandPianoDuoDivisions", the " Golden Classical Music Award International Competition" in New York City, the " Rutgers University Mason Gross Concerto Competition", " Global Outstanding Chinese Artist Association International Piano Competition," the " Mannes School of Music Piano Concerto Competition", National Champion at the "Fifth China National Piano Competition" in Xiamen, China. This season, Mr. Yu will be featured as a young artist for the GOCAA concert tours in China.
Mr. Yu has also achieved numerous prizes, including " Concerto Competition of Busan Maru International Music Festival" in Busan, South Korea; " Steinway Award for Outstanding Pianist" from the prestigiou
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Midweek at Miner Music Center
Zuill Bailey, widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world, is a Grammy Award winning, internationally renowned solist, recitalist, Artistic Director and teacher. His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry and engaging personality has made him one of the most sought after and active cellists today.
Mr. Bailey has been featured with symphony orchestras and music festivals worldwide. He won the Best Solo Performance Grammy Award in , for his recording of Michael Daugherty’s “Tales of Hemingway,” with the Nashville Symphony led by Giancarlo Guerrero. His extensive discography includes his newest release – the world premier recording of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Cello Concerto with the Santa Rosa Symphony. In he released his second recording of the Bach Cello Suites for PS Audio’s Octave Records label, recorded and mixed in stereo and multichannel sound.
He appeared in a recurring role on