Winners of the Competition in Performance of Music
from Spain and Latin America
The Latin American Music Center is pleased to announce the winners of the Ninth Competition in Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America, sponsored with the support of the Embassy of Spain. The semifinal and final rounds took place last Saturday and Sunday, January 28 and 29, in Auer Hall. The jury was composed of professors Juan Orrego-Salas, Arnaldo Cohen, Otis Murphy, Luiz Fernando Lopes and Carmen Helena Téllez; with guest judge professor Paul Borg from Illinois State University.
In the Open Category the winners were:
First Prize: Qiao Zhang, flute (student of Kate Lukas).
Second Prize ex aequo: Yuriria Rodriguez, soprano (student of Teresa Kubiak) and the Malena Tango Quintet, led by Mike Mendelson and Jonny Zwi (students of Bruce Bransby and Ernesto Bitetti, respectively).
In the Early Music Category the Grand Prize and Performance Practice Prize were won ex aequo by Ensemble L'Aura and Ensemble Lipzodes. Both ensembles were sponsored by professor Michael McCraw.
The winners will receive cash awards, and will record a collective CD with their competition repertoire.
We invite all faculty and students to join us in the competiton next year and we thank all of those who participated for a wonderful musical event.
Carmen Helena Téllez
Director
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