National Arts Centre Young Artists Programme expands to threeweeks for its fourth edition under the directorship of PinchasZukerman and an international faculty
May 08, 2002 -
Ottawa, Canada -- The National Arts Centre's Young Artists
Programme, which has expanded yet again to three weeks this year,
will take place from Monday, June 17 to Saturday, July 6. The 2002
edition of this prestigious advanced training programme has attracted
some of Canada's most talented instrumentalists as well as young
musicians from Britain, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Korea,
Israel, Sweden, Japan, China and the USA. Thirty-two young artists of
violin, viola, cello and piano, ranging in age from 15 to 29 have
been selected from a very high level of applicants for the programme.
The participants will be in residence at the University of Ottawa for
three weeks of private instruction, master classes, and chamber music
training. Some will also take part in performances during the Great
Composers Festival, and some will be in chamber ensembles for the NAC
Conductors Programme.
The faculty is headed by Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec, who
heads the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan
School of Music. They are joined in teaching violin and viola by
Grigory Kalinovsky, also from the Manhattan School of Music. Cello
will be taught by Amanda Forsyth, principal cello of the National
Arts Centre Orchestra and Margaret Wong of the NAC Orchestra, with
special guest artist the Canadian-American cellist Gary Hoffman.
Piano is taught by Tatiana Goncharova of the Manhattan School of
Music with special guest artist Anton Kuerti, the celebrated Canadian
pianist who performs regularly with the NAC Orchestra. Chamber music
is led by violinist Andrew Dawes of the University of British
Columbia. Orchestral repertoire is led by Walter Prystawski,
concertmaster of the NAC Orchestra.
The Young Artists Programme was created by Pinchas Zukerman in
1999 in order to provide gifted young musicians with training at the
highest level. Taking time to help develop the next generation of
musicians has always been of the utmost importance to the
Israeli-born violinist and violist who was himself mentored in his
youth by some of the finest musical talents of the time. Participants
for the NAC Young Artists Programme are being selected by audition in
person or by video and audio tape.
There will be a number of different opportunities for the public
to observe the students in performance. These include the Canada Day
concerts on July 1, chamber music recitals prior to Great Composer
Festival concerts on Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6, as well as
the July 6 main concert, a "Chamber Music Extravaganza". The public
will also be able to observe selected students in master classes with
Pinchas Zukerman and other teachers on dates to be announced later.
There will be one or more student chamber music concerts at the
University of Ottawa and/or the National Arts Centre, also to be
announced later.
The Associate Sponsor of the 2002 Young Artists Programme is
Galaxie: The Continuous Music Network. The programme is partially
funded through the NAC's National Youth and Education Trust with
special thanks to TELUS, Founding Partner of the Trust, Clarica,
Corus Entertainment, the American Friends of Canada, and the J.
Armand Bombardier Foundation. Canadian participants only are eligible
for full and partial scholarships, including The Mitchell Sharp Young
Musicians Award, the Joyce Conger Award for the Arts, the Galaxie
Award, the Monique Lachance Scholarship, the McKinlay Family
Scholarship, the Ridgen Family Scholarship, the Hilton McIntosh
Memorial Scholarship, the Marjorie Goodrich Scholarship, the NACOA
Scholarship, and additional awards provided through the generosity of
supporters of the National Arts Centre's Donors Circle.
Confirmed participants to date for the 2002 National Arts Centre
Young Artists Programme are:
violin: Andrew Beer (20, Montreal, QC, Canada), Wu Jie (19,
China), Ja Ram Kim (17, Korea), Daniel Khalikov (22, Uzbekistan),
Tali Kravitz (18, Israel), Jean-Hee Lee (20, Ottawa, ON, Canada),
Véronique Mathieu (20, Montreal, QC, Canada), Lucia Micarelli
(18, USA), Aya Miyagawa (22, London, ON, Canada), Giora Schmidt (19,
USA), Yuki Shimitzu (23, Japan), Anita Walsh (23, Ottawa, ON,
Canada), Jung-Won Yoon (21, Korea); viola: Helena Baillie (23,
Britain), Mara Lise Gearman (22, USA), Tom Palny (19, Israel),
Sheldon Person (24, Edmonton, AB, Canada), Anna Raihle (27, Sweden),
Derek Smith (24, USA); cello: Victoria Bass (19, Edmonton, AB,
Canada), Lydia Helsdon, (21, Straffordville, ON, Canada), Alexandra
Lee (22, Phelpston, ON, Canada), Thaddeus Morden (18, Ottawa, ON,
Canada), Bo Peng (29, Vancouver, BC, Canada), Elspeth Poole (20,
Ancaster, ON, Canada), Gwendolyn Smith (24, Thamesford, ON, Canada),
Xiaodan Zheng (19, China); piano: Audrey Bild (15, Victoria, BC,
Canada), Wonny Song (24, Montreal, QC, Canada), Shoshana Telner (25,
Ottawa, ON, Canada).
Two student mentors will be on hand to assist in teaching and
coaching. Violinist Daniel Guedes (24) of Brazil is a graduate of the
2001 Young Artists Programme and violinist Viviane Hagner (25) of
Germany was a mentor in last summer's programme.
