BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Awards 2011
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Hyeyoon Park violin (Korea)
Korean violinist Hyeyoon Park, still in her teens, has received many prizes and awards including First Prize at the 58th ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2009 as the youngest ever winner in the history of the competition and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2011... |
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Elizabeth Watts soprano (UK)
Elizabeth Watts won the Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2007. In the same year she awarded the Outstanding Young Artist Award at the Cannes MIDEM Classique Awards and the previous year the Kathleen Ferrier Award. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the Southbank Centre and is a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. ... |
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Elena Xanthoudakis soprano (Greece / Australia)
Elena Xanthoudakis holds music degrees from Victorian College of the Arts and the University of Melbourne. On scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she received her MMus with distinction in 2005. Elena also studied as part of a young artist programme at the Maggio Musicale (Florence). Internationally Elena has won the Maria Callas International Grand Prix 2003 (Oratorio - Lied) in Athens, the renowned International Mozart Competition 2006 in Salzburg, International Adam Didur Opera Singers Competition 2008 and was a major prize-winner in Operalia 2008. ... |
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Bram van Sambeek bassoon (Holland)
Bram van Sambeek was the first bassoonist ever to receive the Netherlands Music Prize. In 2011 he won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, and recently he has been admitted to The Chamber Music Society Two programme of New York’s Lincoln Center. From 2002 until 2011 Bram van Sambeek was Principal Bassoonist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.... |
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Special Ensemble Scholarship 2011
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Heath Quartet string quartet (UK)
The Heath Quartet is rapidly emerging as an exciting and original voice on the international chamber music scene. Selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2008 they went on to win 1st Prize at the Tromp Competition in Eindhoven and 2nd Prize at the Haydn Competition in Vienna. In 2011 they were awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Special Ensemble Scholarship and undertook two complete Beethoven Quartet cycles at the Fàcyl Festival in Salamanca Spain and at Greyfriars Church in Edinburgh... |
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Fellowships 2011
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Augustin Hadelich violin (USA / Germany)
Consistently cited in the press for his “gorgeous tone” (New York Times), “poetic communication” (Washington Post) and “fast-fingered brilliance” (The New Yorker), Augustin Hadelich has catapulted into the top echelon of young violinists. Recent performance highlights include debuts with the Symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah and Vancouver, as well as re-engagements with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic. ... |
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Hannes Minnaar piano (Holland)
Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar received international acclaim after winning prizes at the Queen Elisabeth Competition and the Geneva International Music Competition. He studied with Jan Wijn at the Amsterdam Conservatory, graduating with the highest distinction. He has given recitals in European cities such as Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Leipzig (Gewandhaus), Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts) and Toulouse (Cloître des Jacobins)... |