Fall '09 Gala Concert
Auditions for the AFAF Fall '09 Gala Concert have officially concluded, with more than 60 musicians and vocalists applying to be part of this first concert of our 2009-2010 Season, and we're happy to announce the winners who will be performing at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 1:00pm. Fall '09 Gala Concert participants will be sharing the stage with 1st place winners of last year's vocal competition, Golden Voices of America, so we invite everyone to attend what is bound to be an exciting day of music.
(As so often happens, we've had to disqualify auditions that exceeded performance times marked in our rules, so we once again beseech any of auditioning for our regular festival to make sure your auditions do not exceed the times laid out in our guide.)
Winners List
Please note that winners are not listed in a particular order and that the order of play will be determined at a later date. Winners will be contacted via email with further information.
Rubin Zou, Piano, 7 years old, NH
“Catch Me” by Goolkasian Rahbee
Joseph Hsia, Violin, 8 years old, NJ
Concerto No. 9 in A minor, Op. 104, 1st mvt. by Beriot
Connie Jiang, Piano, 8 years old, PA
Sonata in C major, K. 545, 1st mvt. by Mozart
Alex Zhou, Violin, 8 years old, CA
“Symphonie Espagnole” Op. 21, 1st mvt. by Lalo
Jaron Chen, Piano, 9 years old, CA
“ The Lark” by Glinka - Balakirev
Yarik Panko, Piano, 9 years old , NY
Nocturne Op. 54, No.4 by Grieg
Madison Greene, Voice, 10 years old, NY
“Amazing Grace” by Gospel
Michele Ripka. Violin, 11 years old, NY & Dustin Liu, Piano, 11 years old, NY
Melodie by Gluck-Kreisler
Sherry Yun Tang, Piano, 11years old, CA
Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 by Mendelssohn
Anastasia Dulskiy, Piano, 12 years old, NH
“A la Albeniz” by Shchedrin
Mackenzie Lee, Cello, 13 years old, NJ
Sonata in D major, Op. 40, 3rd mvt. by Shostakovich
Christopher Chen, Piano, 13 years old, MA
Two Poems, Op. 32 by Scriabin
Molly Zhou, Piano, 14 years old, NJ
Rondo Brillante Op. 62 by Weber
Chiara Sanchez-O’Brien, Viola, 14 years old, VA
Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 by Schumann
Alex Ge, Piano, 14 years old, NJ
Sonata Op. 36, No. 2 by Clementi
Marc Fishman, Piano, 14 years old, NY
Dedication by Schumann-Liszt
Nicole Stephanie Pobre, Piano, 15 years old, NY
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 by Rachmaninoff
Farshad Tahvildar-Zadeh, Piano, 16 years old, NJ
Sonata in G minor Op. 22, No. 2, 1st mvt by Schumann
Chiara Sanchez-O’Brien & Siena Sanchez - O’Brien, Voice duet, VA
“Pie Jesu” by Webber
Alexander Biniaz-Harris, Piano, 16 years old, DC
Sarcasms (1, 4, 5) Op. 17 by Prokofiev
Yoo Min Lee, Piano, 17 years old, MA
Etude-Tableaux Op. 39, No. 6 by Rachmaninoff
Natalya Krykova, 17 years old, NH & Jessica Fang, 17 years old, NH, Piano duet
“Malaguena” from the “Suite Andalucia” by Lecuona
Special Guest - Victor Maslov, Piano
12 years old, student of Gnessin Special Music School, Moscow, Russia.
V. Spivakov’s International Charity Foundation scholarship winner
Winner ( 1st Place) International N. Rubinstein Competition (Paris, France),
and winner (1st Place) “ Musicale dell’ Adriatico” Music Competition (Ancona, Italy).
performing three pieces by Rachmaninoff
Elegie Op. 3, No. 1
Prelude Op. 32, No. 12
Etude-Tableaux Op. 33, No. 7
