By Robert Croan Featured guest soloist on Chamber Music at Lauderdale-by-the Sea’s April 11 concert was Sameer Agrawal, a 21-year-old violinist currently studying with Midori Goto at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music. Performing at The Community Church with the series’ founder and artistic director Victor Santiago Asunción at the piano, the Chicago native lent a … [Read more...]
Violinist Rhee was clear winner of second EOIVC
By Dennis D. Rooney The four finalists in the second triennial Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition the next EOIVC will be held in 2023) were heard on the last weekend in January in two concerts. They had been chosen from 19 quarter-finalists from 10 locations — Canada, China, Israel, Italy, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and the United … [Read more...]
Second Elmar Oliveira Violin Competition gets underway
By Dale King Elmar Oliveira says he feels “incredibly fortunate to have had a really terrific career” as a master of the violin, performing with talented individuals and orchestras and capturing awards around the globe. To this day, he remains the only American to win the Gold Medal at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition, which he did in 1978. “As part of … [Read more...]
Arts briefs: Alswang to retire from Norton; Danis departs at FGO
WEST PALM BEACH — Hope Alswang, who has led the Norton Museum of Art since April 2010, will retire in March after it reopens following its massive expansion and renovation by the eminent British architect Norman Foster. Alswang, who led a $100 million capital campaign called The New Norton, has overseen an expansion of the institution’s collections, receiving donations of … [Read more...]
Arts news: 2nd Oliveira contest dates announced; PGB venue closes
BOCA RATON — The second Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition will take place Jan. 12-26, 2020, at Lynn University, its founder said in a press conference Feb. 12. The celebrated American composer Christopher Theofanidis has been commissioned to compose a work for solo violin to be played by contestants in the competition. He is a member of the Yale University … [Read more...]
Oliveira Competition lookback: A talk with Sirena Huang; the competition reviewed
By Greg Stepanich When the going gets tough, the tough get chill. At least, that’s how Sirena Huang handles things before she has to go out with her violin and face the public. “Right before I go on stage, whether it’s a competition or a concert, I meditate in my dressing room. It helps me focus, to stay in the present moment, and just do my best,” said Huang, whose … [Read more...]
Violinist Sirena Huang wins first Oliveira Competition
Sirena Huang, a 22-year-old violinist from South Windsor, Conn., won first prize tonight in the inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition. Huang, who has soloed with more than 40 orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestra, received $30,000, along with a new violin, bow and case, plus professional management and performance … [Read more...]
Arts buzz: Oliveira finalists perform this weekend; Liman Gallery closing will benefit Dreyfoos
Tonight and tomorrow afternoon, the four finalists in the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition will compete for the grand prize in the inaugural mounting of this contest. Tonight at Lynn University’s Wold Performing Arts Center, two of the four finalists, Hannah Tarley, 25, of the United States, and Quanshuai Li, 25, of China, will perform with the Lynn … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Carbonell nominations, Oliveira contest, new PBG theater
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre again dominated the nominations for South Florida’s Carbonell Awards, recognizing excellence in resident professional theater, with 18 nods going to the company in northern Palm Beach County. Ten of those went to the Depression-era music hall show, Me and My Girl and another four went to the musical The Will Rogers Follies. The Maltz’s other four … [Read more...]
Violinist Oliveira launches international competition at Lynn this month
Elmar Oliveira knows a thing or two about music competitions. As an American violinist competing in Moscow in the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition — where he won the Gold Medal, the first and still only American violinist to do so — Oliveira was thrust into a “cutthroat” environment in which the only goal was the top prize. “It was like an ocean with 100 sharks in it,” Oliveira … [Read more...]