Winners of 2019 Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition announced

The 2019 Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition took place on Saturday, April 6.

This year’s competition yielded three winners: violinist Jung Eun Kang '18MM '19MMA, who performed Karol Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35; bassoonist Eleni Katz '20MM, who performed Carl Maria von Weber's Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75; and violinist Emily Switzer '19MM, who performed Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112. As winners, these instrumentalists will perform with the Yale Philharmonia during the 2019-20 season.

Oboist Noah Kay '19MM, who performed Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto in D major, AV 144, TrV 292, and guitarist Xiaobo Pu '20MM, who performed Malcolm Arnold's Guitar Concerto, Op. 67, were selected as alternates.

The judges were former Metropolitan Opera Orchestra flutist and current Aspen Music Festival and School faculty member Nadine Asin, pianist and Concert Artists Guild President Tanya Bannister, and former Juilliard String Quartet violinist and current Juilliard School faculty member Earl Carlyss.

We congratulate our outstanding students and look forward to hearing them perform next season with the Yale Philharmonia.