{"id":621,"date":"2018-07-17T18:41:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T18:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joseiturbifoundation.org\/admin\/?page_id=621"},"modified":"2019-03-21T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T18:52:00","slug":"2007-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joseiturbifoundation.org\/admin\/competition\/winners\/2007-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2007 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Piano Winners 2007<\/h3>
<\/a>1ST PLACE AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD WINNER<\/div>

RUFUS CHOI | Age 26 | Ukraine\/Germany<\/h4>

\"\"Californian Rufus Choi has always felt his American birth and Korean heritage imparted an international aura to a musical career that has found him performing in all parts of the world from childhood to the present. In addition to playing as a Yamaha Artist and guest performer on ABC, CBS, KKGO, and WQXR television and radio broadcasts, Mr. Choi\u2019s American appearances include programs at the Los Angeles Music Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Pasadena\u2019s Ambassador Auditorium, San Francisco\u2019s Herbst Theatre, and Savannah\u2019s Onstage in Georgia. International appearances include Austria\u2019s Salzburg Festival, concerts and master classes on Cyprus, Philomusica performances in England, the Tours festival in France, and a G\u00f6ttingen Symphony Orchestra concert in Germany. Mr. Choi also appeared as a soloist with Martin Braus conducting in a recent palace concert at the world famous Herrenhausen Gardens in Hannover, Germany.
Mr. Choi has won prizes in the Rovere D\u2019Oro International Piano Competition in Italy and in the Han Romanson International Piano Competition. He also took honors in the Parnassos International Piano Competition in Mexico, the Utrecht International Liszt Piano Competition, the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition (with Diploma Awards in 1998 and 2002), and in the Taiwan International Piano Competition.\u00a0
A graduate of The Juilliard School (BM, MM) and the Soloklassen at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik in Hannover, Germany, his teachers were Vladimir Krainev, Konstantin Sirounian, Bruce Sutherland, and Oxana Yablonskaya. Future plans include recordings in Russia for Classical Records, a performance with the Russian Chamber Philharmonic in Germany during the 2007-2008 concert season, and an appearance in a documentary on \u201cThe Life of Franz Liszt\u201d for PBS in 2008.<\/p>

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<\/a>2ND PLACE WINNER<\/div>

Anastasia Markina | Age 29 | Russia\/USA<\/h4>

\"\"Anastasia Markina, Gold Medalist and winner of the David Katzin Award at the\u00a0
1st B\u00f6sendorfer USASU International Piano Competition in 2006, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1978. She started playing piano when she was almost four and won her first competition at 10. After winning the International Piano Competition in Marsala, Italy, in 1992, she entered the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music two years later, studying there in the studio of Mary Guseva.\u00a0
While at Rimsky-Korsakov College, she won first prizes at several international piano competitions, including the 1st International Maria Yudina Piano Competition, the solo and chamber music awards at the Beach of Hope International Music Festival and Competition in Dobrich-Albena, Bulgaria, and the Peter the Great Music Festival in Groningen, Holland in 1997. After receiving her diploma with honors from the College of Music, she was invited to study in the United States by Victor Rosenbaum. She then moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to continue her education at the University of North Texas where she is now pursuing an Artist Certificate in the studio of Vladimir Viardo. While at North Texas, she has won numerous competitions, taking the first and grand prizes at the Entergy Music Competition in Conroe, TX, in 2007, as well as honorable mention and a monetary prize at the Wideman Piano Competition in Shreveport, LA in 2003.
In 2007 Ms. Markina performed with the Phoenix Symphony and will give a solo recital at the B\u00f6sendorfer Saal in Vienna, part of her first prize winning of the B\u00f6sendorfer competition.<\/p>

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<\/a>3RD PLACE WINNER<\/div>

EVGHENY BRAKHMAN | Age 26 | Russia<\/h4>

\"\"Born in 1981 in Gorkij, Russia, Evgheny Brakhman is a graduate of the Nizhny Novgorod State Glinka Conservatory where he now serves as a professor on the piano faculty. While at the Conservatory, Mr. Brakhman studied with Valery Starynin; in postgraduate classes at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, he was a student of Lev Naumov.\u00a0
Mr. Brakhman\u2019s competition activities began in 1996 in the Concours Musical de France where he took the first prize as well as the Tarquini Prize for the best interpretation of a work by a French composer. In 1999, he won first prize in the Premio Dino Ciani at La Scala with his interpretation of Tchaikovsky\u2019s Concerto No. 1. Other prizes include one he shares with violist Daniil Grishin for the Trio di Trieste international chamber music competition in 2003, and second prize in the Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow in 2004. Last year, he placed first in the International Piano Competition in the Repubblica di San Marino.\u00a0
Mr. Brakhman has numerous recitals and concerts among his credits. In 1997, he participated in a gala performance of the Russian Music School at the Kremlin in Moscow. He has also performed in cities throughout Russia as well as in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Israel. He has also participated in chamber music festivals in France and Italy. Mr. Brakhman has recorded two CDs for EMI, the first of which was awarded the French \u201cDiapason d\u2019Or.\u201d<\/p>

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<\/a>SPANISH PRIZE WINNER<\/div>

Angel Cabrera | Age 29 | Spain<\/h4>

\"\"Angel Cabrera was born in Spain in 1977. After beginning piano lessons with E. Zillarbide at the age of 8, he played his first concert one year later. In addition, he recorded a performance for the Radio Nacional de Espa\u00f1a. At 18, Mr. Cabrera began studies with Aldo Ciccolini in Italy and then with F.Puchol in Madrid, where he received his Diploma Superior (with Distinction). He also was awarded a prize for the extraordinary performance of his studies. From 2000 to 2005, he undertook courses in piano performance at the Escuela de Musica Reina Sofia with Prof. G. Eguiazarova and in chamber music performance with M.Gulyas and E. Nebolsin. During this time, he played in master classes for P. Frankel, K. Zimmermann, A. Stazs, V. Margulys, B. Canino, E. Virsalazze, Alicia de Larrocha. R. Gothoni and R. Tureck.
In 2004, Mr. Cabrera played his debut to critical acclaim at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid with the Chamber Orchestra of the Reina Sofia under the baton of J.Mena. He also has played concerts in Spain, Italy, Germany, and Austria, as well as at festivals in Freiburg, Libano, Logro\u00f1o and Santande. Mr. Cabrera has recorded for the
National Spanish Radio and for Radio Televis\u00edon Espa\u00f1ola.\u00a0
Since 2005, Mr. Cabrera has been a professor of piano and an accompanist for the master classes of singer Tom Krause at the Escuela Superior de M\u00fasica Reina Sof\u00eda. He is continuing his personal studies with Boris Bloch at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik in Essen.<\/p>

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Voice Winners 2007<\/h3>
<\/a>1ST PLACE WINNER<\/div>

Karen Slack | Soprano | Age 31 | USA<\/h4>

\"\"Soprano Karen Slack recently made her Carnegie Hall debut as Agnes Sorel in Tchaikovsky’s Maid of Orl\u00e9ans, a role she performed this past summer with the San Francisco Opera. She has also interpreted Clara in Gershwin\u2019s Porgy and Bess with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and returned to the Metropolitan Opera in their production of Puccini\u2019s Turandot. Ms. Slack made her Metropolitan Opera debut as well as her international broadcast debut in the title role of Verdi\u2019s Luisa Miller. In addition, she sang Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello with the Melbourne Symphony and was a guest artist at the 50th Anniversary Gala with the Santa Fe Opera.\u00a0
Equally at home in the recital repertory, she has sung throughout the United States as well as in Italy and Spain. She is a former Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera, and has been seen with the Opera Center as Madame Arkadina in Pasatieri\u2019s The Seagull and in the final scene in Strauss’ Capriccio in concert with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Other roles include Mim\u00ec in Puccini\u2019s La Boh\u00e8me, Pamina in Mozart\u2019s Die Zauberfl\u00f6te, the Countess in Mozart\u2019s Le Nozze di Figaro, and Alice Ford in Verdi\u2019s Falstaff.\u00a0
A native of Philadelphia and a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Ms. Slack has won numerous competitions including the Portland Opera Lieber Award, the Florida Grand Opera Competition, the Rosa Ponselle International Competition, and the George London Award. She was a 2004 Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.<\/p>

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<\/a>2ND PLACE AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD WINNER<\/div>

David Lomel\u00ed| Tenor | Age 26| Mexico\/USA<\/h4>

\"\"Born in Mexico City, David Lomel\u00ed is presently a member of the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program. A first-prize winner in both the opera and zarzuela divisions in the 2006 Pl\u00e1cido Domingo\u2019s Operalia, Mr. Lomel\u00ed is the first Mexican tenor and the first singer to have won both first prizes. He is a recipient of both the Pl\u00e1cido Domingo and Pepita Serrano scholarships, and, in 2006, he was the first-prize winner at the national tenor competition Nicolas Urcelay in Merida, Mexico.
Recently, Mr. Lomel\u00ed stepped in to replace Rolando Villaz\u00f3n at the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico City in a gala concert to celebrate the tenth anniversary of S.I.V.A.M., Mexico\u2019s most prestigious Young Artist Development Program. Mr. Lomel\u00ed\u2019s repertory includes Alfredo in Verdi\u2019s La Traviata, Rinuccio in Puccini\u2019s Gianni Schicchi, Rodolfo in Puccini\u2019s La Boh\u00e8me, Romeo in Gounod\u2019s Rom\u00e9o and Juliette, Des Grieux in Massenet\u2019s Manon and the Duke in Verdi\u2019s Rigoletto. In September of 2006 he made his Los Angeles Opera debut as Count Lerma and the Royal Herald in Verdi\u2019s Don Carlos and returns to Los Angeles Opera\u2019s 2007-2008 season as Saboyano and Javier in Torroba\u2019s Luisa Fernanda and as Rodolfo in La Boh\u00e8me. In June of 2007, he joins the Puerto Rico Symphony orchestra in a gala concert, with the winners of Operalia.\u00a0
Mr. Lomel\u00ed studied at the Accademia de Perfezionamento per Cantanti Lirici alla Scala and has worked with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, James Conlon, Bruno Rigacci, Mignon Dunn, Denise Mass\u00e9, Joan Dornemann, and Anthony Manoli. He studies with C\u00e9sar Ulloa.<\/p>

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<\/a>3RD PLACE WINNER<\/div>

Jamie Chamberlin| Soprano | Age 28 | USA<\/h4>

\"\"Greek-American soprano Jamie Chamberlin recently received critical praise for her portrayal of Anne Sexton in Susa\u2019s Transformations in the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco and for her Merola grand finale performance on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House. Ms. Chamberlin made her professional debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2004 singing the soprano solo in the world premiere of Esa- Pekka Salonen\u2019s Wing on Wing. The following season, she made her debuted at Los Angeles Opera as the High Priestess in Verdi\u2019s Aida and the Cretan Woman in Mozart\u2019s Idomeneo, with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo.
While pursuing her Master of Music degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, under the guidance of Juliana Gondek, Ms Chamberlin performed roles including Contessa di Folleville in Rossini\u2019s Il Viaggio a Reims, Lady Billows in Britten\u2019s Albert Herring, Concepcion in Ravel\u2019s L\u2019Heure Espagnole, La Chatte in L\u2019Enfant et les Sortil\u00e8ges, Arminda in Mozart\u2019s La Finta Giardiniera, Anita in Bernstein\u2019s West Side Story, and Hesione in the West Coast premiere of Stock and Birkenhead\u2019s Triumph of Love. In October 2005 Chamberlin was a Western Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
In addition to her operatic career, Ms Chamberlin is also as a concert artist. In 2006, she sang Milhaud\u2019s Chansons de Ronsard with the Pasadena Symphony under the baton of Jorge Mester, returning the following season to perform Poulenc\u2019s Gloria and John Adams\u2019 Grand Pianola Music and, in 2008, she will sing the Soprano I solo in Mozart\u2019s C Minor Mass.<\/p>

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<\/a>SPANISH PRIZE WINNER<\/div>

Michael Todd Simpson| Baritone | Age 29 | USA<\/h4>

\"\"This season, baritone Michael Todd Simpson performed the role of Silvio in Pagliacci at the Pittsburgh Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and Virginia Opera. In Seattle, he sang Marcello in Puccini\u2019s La Boh\u00e8me and at Dallas Opera the Herald in Wagner\u2019s Lohengrin. Next season, he will interpret Guglielmo in Mozart\u2019s Cos\u00ec fan tutte, Silvio in Mascagni\u2019s Cavalleria Rusticana, and Enrico in Donizetti\u2019s Lucia di Lammermoor. Mr. Simpson also sang The Pirate King in Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s The Pirates of Penzance at Glimmerglass Opera.
A graduate of the Seattle Opera\u2019s Young Artists Program, Mr. Simpson made his debut there as Hermann in Offenbach\u2019s Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann. Also a member of the Young American Artists Program at Glimmerglass, his roles there included Happy in Puccini\u2019s La Fanciulla del West and Tooley in the American premiere of Bennett\u2019s The Mines of Sulphur. Other past engagements include Norton in Rossini\u2019s La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Simone in Mozart\u2019s La Finta Semplice, and William Jennings Bryan in Moore\u2019s The Ballad of Baby Doe.
A native of Gastonia, NC, Mr. Simpson holds a Bachelor\u2019s in vocal performance from Erskine College. He earned his Master\u2019s at the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati where he studied with Barbara Honn, and was a regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Mr. Simpson recently won first prize in the first annual Marguerite McCammon Voice Competition and was also the recent recipient of the Sara Tucker Study Grant awarded by the Richard Tucker Foundation and the Richard F. Gold Career Grant.<\/p>

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