Christian Lane wins Canadian International Organ Competition
Christian Lane, a graduate of the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, won the Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) this past weekend. The CIOC, which was held in Montreal, is the only international organ competition in the Americas in 2011. In the finals, Lane and the other four finalists each played a [...]
Yoshi Onishi ’07MM, ’08AD wins Gaudeamus Prize
Composition alumnus Yoshiaki Onishi ’07MM, ’08AD won the 2011 Gaudeamus Prize, it was announced yesterday. The prestigious prize was awarded after the closing concert of the Gaudeamus Music Week at Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The international jury unanimously selected Onishi, born 1981 in Japan, from the thirteen nominees. The prize was awarded by [...]
Hermelindo Ruiz ’12MM wins prize in Curso de Música de Santiago de Compostela
Hermelindo Ruiz ’12MM was awarded the Andrés Segovia–José Miguel Ruiz Morales Prize at the Curso de Música de Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Ruiz was selected and invited by the organizers to take part in a two-week course entitled “Sinfonismo y Música actual” (Symphonism and Actual Music) with composer Anton Garcia Abril and orchestral conductor Maximino [...]
Duo Atapine-Park Wins Second Prize at Vittorio Gui Competition
On February 19th, 2011 cellist Dmitri Atapine (’10 DMA, ’06 AD, ’05 MMA) and pianist Adela Hyeyeon Park (’05 MM, ’06 AD) received the Second Prize at the prestigious Premio Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition in Florence, Italy. The event is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions. The Duo Atapine-Park [...]
Mingzhu Wang ’07MM wins flute division of Città di Chieri Competition
Flutist Mingzhu Wang ’07MM has been in Zurich, Switzerland, since February, furthering her musical studies at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste with Prof. Phillipe Racine. On November 5, she won the fst prize in the flute division of the Tenth International Città di Chieri Music Competition for Young Performers. The picture at left was taken at [...]
Joseph Mikolaj ’10MM wins the Solo Competition of the Oratorio Society of New York
Joseph Mikolaj, a student of James Taylor at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the Yale School of Music, took first prize at the New York Oratorio Society’s Lyndon Woodside Solo Competition on April 10. Mikolaj, a tenor, performed selections from Haydn’s Creation and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. In 1975, the Oratorio Society of New York [...]
Alumni success in San Antonio International Piano Competition
Ryo Yanagitani ’04MM, ’05AD, ’08MMA and Andrea Lam ’04AD won major prizes in the Tenth San Antonio International Piano Competition. Yanagitani won the Gold Medal – the competition’s top prize – and Lam won the Silver Medal. In addition, Yanagitani was awarded prizes for the best performance of a Romantic work and of a work [...]
Ted Hearne ’09MMA wins Gaudeamus Prize
At the final concert of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, which took place in Amsterdam September 7-12, the Gaudeamus Prize was awarded to the American composer Ted Hearne (b. 1982). The award of 4,550 Euros is intended as a commission for a new work which will be performed at the 2010 International Gaudeamus Music [...]
Student prizes awarded at YSM Annual Dinner
The School of Music held its annual dinner on May 3, paying tribute to distinguished alumni and honoring outstanding students. 2009 Student Prizes Awarded at the Yale School of Music Honors Dinner May 3, 2009 The Woods Chandler Memorial Prize, for the best compositions in a larger form written during the year. » Bryan Benjamin [...]
Cellist Dmitri Atapine earns awards, faculty appointment
Dmitri Atapine ’05MMA, ’06AD has been appointed to the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno. Beginning in September, Atapine will be Assistant Professor of Cello. In the past year he has also been awarded the Top Prize and the Yamaha Corporation Special Prize at the Spanish National Cello Competition. The First Prize winner at [...]
Composer Andrew Norman wins Berlin Prize
Andrew Norman ’09AD has been awarded the prestigious Berlin Prize in Music Composition. Beginning in the fall of 2009, Norman will spend a year in residence at the American Academy in Berlin. The Academy provides the composer-in-residence with new experiences and professional opportunities by offering a world-class venue for his music as well as a [...]
