2017- 2018 National Concerto Competition

Last modified on March 17, 2018 by musiccant3009

 FINALISTS PERFORM  …

Muse Ye in action!  Muse played “Piano Concerto in G Major” by Maurice Ravel

 

Lixin Zhang in action! Lixin played “Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major, S. 124” by Franz Liszt

 

Modi Deng in action! Modi played “Piano Cocnerto No. 3 in D minor, Opus 30” by Sergei Rachmaninoff

OUR WINNER…

Modi Deng won 1st prize and also the Junior Jury award! Well done Modi!

SECOND PRIZE …

Lixin Zhang won 2nd prize and also the People’s Choice Award.  Well done Lixin!

THIRD PRIZE …

Muse Ye won 3rd prize.
Well done Muse!

SOME MORE PHOTOS …

 

Ben Northey (Conductor of Christchurch Symphony Orchestra) with the 3 Finalists

Dopplerganger Trio – Burnside High School Chamber Group perform at the Finals – Michelle Kim (Flute); Rochelle Kim (Flute) and Anne Jeong (Piano)

Graeme Wallis presenting to Howard and Judy Harvey due to Howard’s retirement as Executive Manager of the competition

Judy and Howard Harvey

MARCH NEWSLETTER

Concerto Newsletter – March 2018  Please see attached link for the March 2018 Newsletter.

WINNERS OF 2018 FINAL ANNOUNCED …

Winners – 3rd March 2018  Please see attached for the Winners from last night’s wonderful National Concerto Competition Final 2018.  The 3 Finalists were outstanding as were the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ben Northey.  Photos to come in a week or so …..  watch this space!

JANUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER …

Concerto Newsletter – January 2018  Please see attached newsletter for information about ticketing for the Final on Saturday 3rd March 2018.  Please note:  Change of Venue – the Final is now being held at the Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margaret’s College, 12 Winchester Street, Christchurch.

 

PHOTO’S  SEMI-FINALISTS …..

Semi-Finalists. Left to Right: Modi Deng, Noelle Dannenbring, Esther Wu, Leon Chen, Lixin Zhang and Muse Ye

SEMI-FINALISTS IN ACTION ….

 

Leon Chen (Auckland) playing “Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30″ by Sergei Rachmaninoff accompanied by Sarah Watkins.

 

Lixin Zhang (Christchurch)  playing”Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major, S. 124″. Accompanied by Michael Lawrence.

 

 

Esther Wu (Auckland) playing “Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16” by Edvard Grieg. Accompanied by Sarah Watkins.

Muse Ye (Christchurch)  playing “Piano Concerto in G Major” by Maurice Ravel. Accompanied by Luong Khanh Nhi

Noelle Dannenbring (Rotorua) playing “Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11” by Frederic Chopin. Accompanied by Sarah Watkins.

Modi Deng (Auckland) playing “Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30” by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Accompanied by Sarah Watkins.

OUR FINALISTS …..

2017/2018 National Concerto Competition Finalists:
Left to Right – Modi Deng (Auckland); Lixin Zhang (Christchurch) and Muse Ye (Christchurch)

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER …

Concerto Newsletter – December 2017   Please see attached link for our latest December Newsletter.

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED ….

Firstly congratulations to all 6 of our Semi-Finalists – we were treated to some outstanding performances last night at The Piano.  We have some photos coming of the evening in the next few days so keep an eye out …..

Finalists – 3rd March 2018  Please find attached a list of the 3 Finalists who will play in the Final on Saturday 3rd March 2018, 7.30 p.m. at the Aurora Centre, Burnside High School.  Tickets for this event will be available via www.ticketek.co.nz from Monday 29th January 2018!

SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED ….

Semi-Finalists  Please find attached the Semi-Finalists for tonight’s Semi-Final starting at 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. at The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch.

Tickets are via door sales:

Adults $20.00

Students $10.00 (under 14 years of age)

Cash or EFTPOS available.

 

REMINDER!!  COMPETITION STARTS TOMORROW – THURSDAY 7TH DECEMBER

Concerto Newsletter – Reminder December 2017   Please find attached a REMINDER about the Competition which begins tomorrow – Thursday 7th December!

 

Preliminary Schedule

National Concerto Preliminary Programme 2017 Please find attached the Preliminary Schedule.

Rehearsal Schedule

Rehearsal Schedule  Please find attached the Rehearsal Schedule – Preliminary Schedule to follow soon …

 

Update from National Concerto Competition ….

Concerto Newsletter – October 2017  Please see link for information relating to the Preliminaries and Semi-Finals.  This gives you dates, time, venue and ticket pricing!  Soon to follow …..   Rehearsal and Preliminary Schedule ….

Welcome to the 2017 – 2018 National Concerto Competition!  This year is a PIANO competition!

Entries for the Competition open on Saturday 1st July 2017.  Entries close on Friday 13th October 2017.  Late entries accepted up until Friday 20th October 2017 with an additional cost of $10.00.  

Please see attached link for the Entry Form, Criteria and Conditions of entry Entry Form 2017-2018.

I have also attached our latest poster NATIONAL_CONCERTO_COMPETITION_POSTER and flyer NATIONAL_CONCERTO_COMPETITION_FLYER.

Total prize pool is $17,150 with the major prizes being:
First prize = $10,000
Second prize = $3,000
Third prize = $1,500

If you require any further information or clarification at this time, please email: secretary@musiccanterbury.co.nz.

Please also see our Facebook page and go on and like it!  https://www.facebook.com/2017-2018-National-Concerto-Competition-138524480058612/