String Instruments
Violin~Viola~Cello~Double Bass~Harp~Guitar
Competition Rounds Schedule
Date
Event
Venue/Location
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Artists Category
Semifinal Round - Day 1
Morning Auditions
To be announced
New York, United States
3:20 PM - 6:00 PM
Artists Category
Semifinal Round - Day 1
Afternoon Auditions
To be announced
New York, United States
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Artists Category
Semifinal Round - Day 2
Morning Auditions
To be announced
New York, United States
3:20 PM - 6:00 PM
Artists Category
Semifinal Round - Day 2
Afternoon Auditions
To be announced
New York, United States
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Young Artists/Talent Show Categories
Semifinal Round
Evening Auditions
To be announced
New York, United States
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Artists Category
Final Round - Day 1
Morning Auditions
The Gershwin Theatre
New York, United States
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Artists Category
Final Round - Day 1
Afternoon Auditions
The Gershwin Theatre
New York, United States
3:30 - 5:30 PM
Young Artists/Talent Show Categories
Final Round
Afternoon Auditions
The Gershwin Theatre
New York, United States
4:30 - 7:00 PM
7:30 - 9:30 PM
Artists Category
Final Round - Day 2
Afternoon Auditions
The Gershwin Theatre
New York, United States
REPERTOIRE
SEMIFINAL ROUND (40 competitors)
Each contestant will perform a short recital program not to exceed 20 minutes in length. The repertoire for this recital will consist of works chosen by the candidate and must includea transription of a work by George Gershwin. Gershwin work(s) can be composer's original composition, or it can be a transcription on a composition by George Gershwin. One work only chosen from the repertoire of the Preliminary Round may be repeated in the Semifinal Round.
FINAL ROUND (12 competitors)
Each contestant will perform a recital program between 25 and 35 minutes in length. The repertoire for this recital will consist of works chosen by the candidate. The program should demonstrate the candidate’s ability to present a stylistically diverse program. Works from the previous rounds may NOT be repeated.
SEMIFINAL ROUND
Each contestant will perform a short recital program between 15 and 20 minutes in length. The repertoire for this recital will consist of works chosen by the candidate and must includea transription of a work by George Gershwin. Two works chosen from the repertoire of the Preliminary Round may be repeated in the Semifinal Round.
FINAL ROUND
Each contestant will perform a recital program between 20 and 25 minutes in length. The repertoire for this recital will consist of works chosen by the contestant. The program should demonstrate the candidate’s ability to present a stylistically diverse program. Works from the previous rounds may NOT be repeated.
Each contestant will perform a program between 10 and 15 minutes in length. The repertoire will consist of works chosen by the candidate and must include one work by George Gershwin or a transcription of music by George Gershwin.
G.Gershwin Music Competition 2017
STRING INSTRUMENTS JURY
Michael Bulychev-Okser (United States)
Competition Artistic Director & Chairman
A top prizewinner of many international competitions in USA, Italy, Andorra, Spain and Mexico, pianist Michael Bulychev-Okser was born in Moscow, Russia in a family of distinguished musicians. He composed and played music since the age of seven. Because of Michael’s early and extraordinary talent […]
Gerardo Estrada Martínez (Venezuela/Belarus)
Gerardo Estrada Martínez was born in Caracas in August, 1980. He began his musical studies learning to play the violin and percussion. As a conductor, underwent brilliant training under maestros Rodolfo Saglimbeni and Francisco Navarro Lara. He worked as a musician in various orchestras of Venezuela, and also is the founder of musical groups and ensembles playing both popular and academic music. Conductor, the founder of the Bolivarian Symphony Orchestra of the state of […]
Richard Glazier (United States)
Every artist has an epiphany. For classically-trained, award-winning pianist Richard Glazier, it happened at age nine, when he saw the film “Girl Crazy” with a score by George & Ira Gershwin. He was so excited by the music he heard, he was prompted to write a fan letter to famed lyricist Ira Gershwin. After corresponding with each other for three years, Gershwin invited his young friend, then 12, to meet him in Beverly Hills.
During their visit, Ira asked Glazier to play
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Sumiko Tajihi (Japan/United States)
Violinist Sumiko Tajihi has been acclaimed widely for her, “Every single bit of tune Sumiko creates is like human voices”, (La stampa/Italy) “not only passionate tone but full of warmhearted...” (Western Journal/Japan) She appeared as a concerto soloist with New York Symphonic Ensemble at Isaac Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall on […]
Elena Savranskaya (United States)
Violinist Yelena Savranskaya earned her Masters and Doctorate degrees from St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. She toured worldwide with various symphonic and chamber orchestras as well as with her string quartet Amadey in countries ranging from Russia to, amongst others, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania, Croatia, Taiwan, South Korea and the United States. Yelena Savranskaya was a co-founder of […]
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