5th Anniversary Celebration Concert
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Once again, we congratulate the winners of our 5th Anniversary Celebration Concert. As you know, participation in this special concert was open to instrumentalists, vocalists and chamber ensembles in five age categories, and auditions were held earlier this year, by mail.
1st Place Winners
1st Place Winners of the AFAF 5th Anniversary Celebration Concert will be performing at Weill Recital Hall, November 22, 2008 at 1pm. Winners will be contacted around Nov. 10, 2008 with details about order of play, ticket information, etc.
Category A: 5-10 years of age
Jade Chen, piano, age 7, CA
"The Lark", Glinka - Balakirev
Eden Chen, piano, age 9, CA
"The Cat and Mouse", Copland
Mary Jane Amigud, vocal, age 10, NY
"Hello, Dolly" from "Hello. Dolly", Herman
Tammy Wu, piano, age 10, CA
Italian Concerto, BWV 971, 1st mvt., Bach
Angelique Scully, piano, age 10, MA
"A la Albeniz". Shchedrin
Nicole Chaplik, vocal, age 10, NY
"I whistle a happy tune" from "The King and I..", Rodgers
Category B: 11-14 years of age
Seho Young, piano, age 11, MA
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2, "The Bells of Moscow", Rachmaninoff
Stephanie Cai, piano, age 12, OR
Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2, Brahms
Manuela Baranik, vocal, age 12, NJ
Oscar's Song from "Un Ballo in Maschera", Verdi
Annie Wu, flute, age 12, CA
Concertino, Op. 107, Chaminade
Chen Hao Guo, piano, age 12, Beijing, Hebei, China (New York Grand Prix 2008 Winner)
Sonata Op. 82, No. 6, Prokofiev, "La Chasse", Liszt
Stephen Waarts, violin, age 12, CA
"Carmen" Fantasie, Waxman - Bizet
Marc Fishman, piano, age 13, NY
Arabesque No. 1, Debussy
Steven Ionov, piano, age 13, NY (New York Grand Prix 2008 Finalist)
"La Campanella " Etude No. 3, Liszt
Alexander Gutarts, vocal, age 13, NY
"Somewhere over the Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz..", Arlen
Nicole Pobre, piano, age 14, NY
"Soaring" Op. 12, No. 2, Schumann
Victoria Wang, age 14, NJ & Ann Lee, age 14, NJ, Piano duet
Hungarian Dance No. 5, Brahms
Category C: 15-18 years of age
Avital Drucker, piano, age 15, NJ
Polanaise in C sharp minor, Chopin
Rachel Slutsky, piano, age 15, NY
Two Preludes, Gershwin
Michael Hugnes, violin, age 16, MA
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28, Saint - Saens
Yakov Kulinich, alto saxophone, age 17, MA
Aria, Bozza
Benjamin Boventer, piano, age 17, NY
Etude No. 2 in E flat major, Paganini - Liszt
Category D: College students
Etryesse Dunn, flute, NJ
Nocturne, Gaubert
Christopher Goodpasture, piano, CA
"Isolde's Liebestod", Wagner - Liszt
Category E: Amateur adults
Yelena Dudochkin, vocal, MA
"Quando, m'en vo" from "La Boheme", Puccini
Chamber Music
Piano trio, NY:
Bianca Rabbie, piano, age 11
Amanda Hedgecock, violin, age 12
Courtney Hedgecock, cello, age 10
"Album Leaf", Grieg
Piano trio, NY:
Nicole Kiprilov, piano, age 12, NY
Grace Covelli, violin, age 11,NY
Dustin Liu, cello, age 11, NY
Minuet in G major, Beethoven
Piano trio, NC:
Michael Zijing Gao, piano, age 12
Melody Lin, violin, age 13
Aria Cheregosha, viola, age 13
Piano trio in C minor, Op. 66, No. 2, Mendelssohnn
Cello duet, NY:
Dustin Liu, age 11
Nelson Liu, age 16
"Longing for Breeze", Taiwanese Folk Song
Special Guest
"Lucky Ten" Boston vocal group
2nd Place Winners
2nd Place Winners of the AFAF 5th Anniversary Celebration Concert will be performing in spring of 2009 in New York City (exact venue TBA). Once we have more information about the venue, we will contact all 2nd Place Winners with details about order of play, ticket information, etc.
Category A: 5-10 years of age
Allie Rozenblyum, Vocal, age 6, NY
"Castle on a Cloud" from "Les Miserables", Schonberg
Sabrina Zhang, Piano, age 6, MA
"Le Papillon", Etude de Concert, Lavalee - Caliza
Alexa Rabinovich, Vocal, age 6, NY
"You're never fully dressed without a smile" from "Annie", Strouse
Isabelle Ng, Piano, age 9, MA
Tarantella, Rakov
Brendon Luu, age 9, NY & Justin Luu, age 8, NY, Piano duet
"Trepak", Tchaikovsky
Gwyneth Campbell, Piano, age 9, NY
Sonata in F major, No. 38, Moderato, Haydn
Lucy Zhou, Piano, age 10, MA
Waltz in E minor, Chopin
Rena Slavin, Piano, age 10, NY
"Little Troll", Grieg, "Fantasy Dance", Schumann
Sabrina Karasik, Vocal, age 10, NY
"Part of your World" from "The Little Mermaide", Menken
Michael Brozozovski, Piano, age 10, NY
Polonaise in A major, Chopin
Vasillisa Paushkin, Piano, age 9, NJ
Category B: 11-14 years of age
Rebekah Liang, Piano, age 11, NJ
Nocturne in C sharp minor, No. 20, (Posth}, Chopin
Kunwoo Shin, Piano, age 11, MA
"The Lark", Glinka - Balakirev
Stephanie Reznikov, Vocal, age 12, NY
"Just Around the Riverbend" from "Pocahontas", Menken
Alexis Lerner, Violin, age 12, NJ
Concerto in G major, No. 7, 1st mvt., Beriot
Simona Perli, Vocal, age12, NY
"Memory" from "Cats", Webber
Liliana Lamberg,Vocal, age 12, NY
"Would't it be loverly" from "My fair Lady", Loewe
Daniella Dunatski, Vocal, age 13, NY
"People" from "Funny Girl", Styne
Julia Korobenko, Vocal, age 13, NY
"Nightingale", Aliabiev
Katarina Kalyoncu, Piano, age 14, NY
Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66, Chopin
Dennis Fang, Piano, age 14, CA
Waltz from "Faust", Gounod - Liszt
Gilad Fefer,Violin, age 14, NY
"Hebrew Melody", Achron
Stephanie Ou, Piano, age 14, PA
"Basso Ostinato", Shchedrin
Category C: 15-18 years of age
Christina Yee, Violin, age 15, NY
Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, 1st mvt., Sibelius
Gabrielle Angeline Monachino, Violin, age 16, NY
"Tzigane", Ravel
Annie Chen, Piano, age 17, NJ
Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14, Mendelssohn
Category D: College students
George Chen, Piano, PA
Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 76, No. 4., Brahms
Yang Kim, Piano, NY
Sonata in C minor, Op. 29, No. 4. 3 mvt., Prokofiev
Category E: Amateur adults
Eugene Plotkin, Vocal, NY
"Torna a Surriente"
