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Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Fischoff Competition

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NOTRE DAME, IN (May 10, 2015) – Out of 49 competing ensembles from across the nation and around the world, the Zorá String Quartet has won the coveted Grand Prize of the 2015 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition ($7,500.00) and the Gold Medal ($3,500.00) in the Senior String Division. Mirasol Quartet captured the Gold Medal ($3,500.00) in the Senior Wind Division. In addition to prize money, both ensembles will participate in a Winner’s Tour of the Midwestern United States this fall, and the Zorá String Quartet will perform several concerts in the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy in 2016. Zorá members Dechopol Kowintaweewat (violin), Seula Lee (violin), Pablo Muñoz Salido (viola) and Zizai Ning (cello) are from Bloomington, Indiana. Mirasol Quartet members James Barger (soprano saxophone), Andrew Reinhart (alto saxophone), Benjamin Still (tenor saxophone), and Ben Donnell (baritone saxophone), are from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
 
In the Senior Wind Division, the Silver Medal ($3,000) was awarded to Kenari Quartet of Indiana Unviersity, Bloomington, Indiana. Members include Bob Eason (soprano saxophone), Kyle Baldwin (alto saxophone), Corey Dundee (tenor saxophone) and Steven Banks (baritone saxophone). The Senior Wind Division Bronze Medal ($2,000) was awarded to Prismatics Woodwind Quintet, from Rice University, Houston, Texas. Ensemble members include James Blanchard (flute), Tamer Edlebi (oboe), Nicholas Davies (clarinet), Markus Osterlund (horn), and Isaac Schultz (bassoon).

The Senior String Division Silver Medal ($3,000) went to the Calla Quartet, whose members Michaela Wellems (violin), Amelia Dietrich (violin), Aiden Kane (viola) and Karissa Zadinsky (cello) study at The Colburn School, Los Angeles, California. The Senior String Division Barbara Shields Byrum Bronze Medal ($2,000) went to the Autana Trio of Cleveland, Ohio. Members include Yuri Noh (piano), Ruben Rengel (violin), and Anna Bowman (cello).

In the Junior Division (for musicians eighteen and under), the First Place Medal and Scholarship of $2,300 was won by the Incendium Quartet of The Colburn School and Pasadena Conservatory, Los Angeles, California. Geneva Lewis (violin), Mei Zhan (violin), Emma Wernig (viola) and Atticus Mellor-Goldman (cello). The Second Place Medal and Scholarship of $1,800 was won by the Trio Adonais of the New England Conservatory Prep School Boston, Massachusetts. Members include Sammy Andonian (violin), Mari Nagahara (cello) and John Gibson (piano). The Third Place Medal and Scholarship ($1,300) went to the Alegrar Quartet of Barratt Due Institute of Music, Oslo, Norway. Members include Inga Vaga Gåustad (violin), Oda Holt Günther (violin), Michael Andreas Grolid (viola) and Brage Botn Seim (cello). Honorable Mentions went to the Isolde Quartet of New England Conservatory Prep, Boston, Massachusetts and Atara String Quartet of the Music Institute of Chicago.

The Junior Division Wind Prize and scholarship of $500 was won by Yumpadump Brass Trio of Merit School of Music, Chicago, Illinois. Members include Ricardo Zapata (trumpet), David Sweeney (horn), and Adriel Garcia (trombone). Sponsored by the American Brass Quintet, this award honors the most outstanding wind ensemble in the Junior Division.

Announcing the 2015 Fischoff Competition Finalists

Join us in congratulating the finalists in the Senior Wind, Senior String & Junior Divisions! The following ensembles will vie for gold tomorrow, May 10:

Senior Wind Division:

  • Prismatics Woodwind Quintet
  • Mirasol Quartet
  • Kenari Quartet

Senior String Division:

  • The Calla Quartet
  • Zora String Quartet
  • Autana Trio

Junior Division:

  • Incendium Quartet
  • Alegrar Quartet
  • Trio Adonais

And the recipient of the Junior Division Wind Prize is Yumpadump Brass Trio.

Announcing BOTH the 2015 Senior Wind & Senior String Division Semifinalists

We are pleased to announce the Senior Wind & Senior String Division Semifinalists of the 2015 Fischoff Competition. Click here to view the full list & details.

W3 Prismatics Woodwind Quintet

W4 Mirasol Quartet

W6 East End Quartet

W8 Trio Dionysus

W9 Kenari Quartet

W11 Cardinal Winds

 

S1 Quartet Orange

S3 Azalea Quartet

S4 Calla Quartet

S5 Zora String Quartet

S9 Commodore Quartet

S12 Autana Trio

 

Junior Division semifinalists will be announced at the competitor meeting on Saturday morning.

Congrats to all!

Announcing the 2015 Junior Division Semifinalists

Congrats to the Junior Division semifinalists of the 2015 Fischoff Competition! Click here to view the peformance schedule.

 

J2 Aurelius Piano Trio

J7 Chante Piano Trio

J8 Incendium Quartet

J10 Isolde Quartet

J11 Piano Trio Royale

J13 Etoile String Quartet

J15 Omorfia Trio

J18 Alegrar String Quartet

J20 Fortis Piano Quartet

J21 Trio Adonais

J24 Atara String Quartet

J25 Premier String Quartet

42nd Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition

Join us May 8-10 for the Fischoff Competition, held at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Over the course of just three days, hundreds of young musicians will come from across the globe to vie for gold in this most prestigious of competitions.

New This Year

  • NPR’s hit radio show From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley will be at this year’s Fischoff Competition taping a special program call From the Top Backstage at Fischoff. This program will be entirely dedicated to showcasing some of the nation’s best chamber musicians who are participating in Fischoff’s Junior Division. Through interviews, performances and backstage banter, the unique experience of Fischoff’s youngest musicians will be shared with 700,000 NPR listeners on June 15, 2015.
  • WNIT public television will present an enhanced live broadcast of the Grand Prize Concert, Sunday, May 10, at 3:30 p.m. Through multiple camera work, WNIT will capture the essence of the competition and its musicians.
  • Live streaming of 2 days of the Competition is estimated to reach 6,000+ global viewers.

Interesting Facts

  • 29 countries represented the entries
  • The youngest entry is 13 years old
  • One of the Junior Division ensembles is coming from Norway
  • 135 ensembles applied, 49 were accepted

All competition rounds are free and open to the public. A complete weekend schedule can be found here.

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From the Top Backstage at Fischoff

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Fischoff has enjoyed a long relationship with the hit NPR show, From the Top, hosted by Christopher O’Riley. We are pleased to announce a new collaboration – a show called From the Top Backstage at Fischoff. The show will dedicate an hour-long program to the 2015 Fischoff Competition’s Junior Division. Through interview, performances and competition rounds, Backstage at Fischoff will capture the essence of Fischoff’s Junior Division. The unique experience that musicians have at Fischoff will be shared with 700,000 national listeners in the fall of 2015. This is an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the best junior chamber musicians in the nation during Fischoff Competition weekend, May 8-10, 2015.

Live streaming will also be available at www.fischoff.org on Saturday, May 9, 8:30 a.m. – 6:40 p.m., and Sunday, May 10, 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Contact fischoff@fischoff.org for further information.

Announcing the Winners of the 2014 Fischoff Competition

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NOTRE DAME, IN (May 11, 2014) – Out of 48 competing ensembles from across the nation and around the world, the Telegraph Quartet has won the coveted Grand Prize of the 2014 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition ($7,500.00) and the Gold Medal ($3,500.00) in the Senior String Division. Akropolis Reed Quintet captured the Gold Medal ($3,500.00) in the Senior Wind Division. In addition to prize money, both ensembles will participate in a Winner’s Tour of the Midwestern United States this fall, and the Teletraph Quartet will perform several concerts in the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy in 2015. Telegraph Quartet members Eric Chin (violin), Joseph Maile (violin), Pei-Ling Lin (viola) and Jeremiah Shaw (cello) are from San Francisco, California. Akropolis Reed Quintet members Tim Gocklin (oboe), Kari Dion (clarinet), Matt Landry (saxophone), Andrew Koeppe (bass clarinet) and Ryan Reynolds (bassoon), are from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
 
In the Senior Wind Division, the Silver Medal ($3,000) was awarded to the Echo Saxophone Quartet of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Members include Matthew Tracy (soprano saxophone), Kyle Landry (alto saxophone), Casey Grev (tenor saxophone) and Eric Troiano (baritone saxophone). The Senior Wind Division Bronze Medal ($2,000) was awarded to Lincoln Chamber Brass, from Chicago, Illinois. Ensemble members include Ansel Norris (trumpet), William Cooper (trumpet), Kevin Haseltine (French horn), Joseph Peterson (trombone) and Scott Hartman (trombone).

The Senior String Division Silver Medal ($3,000) went to the Altius Quartet, whose members Sercan Danis (violin), Andrew Giordano (violin), Andrew Krimm (viola) and Zachary Reaves (cello) study at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. The Senior String Division Barbara Shields Byrum Bronze Medal ($2,000) went to the Evita Quartet of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Members include Hyorim Han (violin), Haerim Lee (violin) Yi-Chun Lin (viola), and Soojung Kim (cello).

In the Junior Division (for musicians eighteen and under), the First Place Medal and Scholarship of $2,300 was won by the Quartet Fuoco of Midwest Young Artists, Highwood, Illinois. Rachel Stenzel (violin), Aidan Perreault (violin), David Berghoff (viola) and Christopher Gao (cello). The Second Place Medal and Scholarship of $1,800 was won by the Vox Quartet of the The Academy of Music Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Members include Hansuh Rhee (violin), Serena Harnack (violin), Mira Williams (viola) and Nathan Mo (cello). The Third Place Medal and Scholarship ($1,300) went to the Quartet Firenze of The Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, California. Members include Hao Zhou (violin), Tiffany Chung (violin), Nathan Wong (viola) and Iona Batchelder (cello). Honorable Mention went to the Snitzer Quartet of Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members include Beatrice Hsieh (violin), Carolyn Semes (violin), Joseph Burke (viola), Zachary Mowitz (cello).

New this year, the Junior Division Wind Prize and scholarship of $500 was won by Enigma Saxophone Quartet of Spring, Texas. Members include Austin Houghton (soprano saxophone), Ronald Ogden III (alto saxophone), Elvys Del Jesus (tenor saxophone), and Steve Lopez (baritone saxophone). Sponsored by the American Brass Quintet, this award honors the most outstanding wind ensemble in the Junior Division.

ANNOUNCING THE 2014 FISCHOFF COMPETITION FINALISTS

Join us in congratulating the finalists in the Senior Wind, Senior String, and Junior Divisions! The following ensembles will vie for gold tomorrow, May 11:

Senior String Division:

·       Altius Quartet

·       Evita Quartet

·       Telegraph Quartet

Senior Wind Division:

·       Echo Saxophone Quartet

·       Akropolis Reed Quintet

·       Lincoln Chamber Brass

Junior Division:

·       Quartet Firenze

·       Vox Quartet

·       Quartet Fuoco

And the recipient of the inaugural ABQ Fischoff Junior Division Wind Prize is Enigma Saxophone Quartet.

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