Past Festivals - 2023

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Award Winners

Competition Hero
  • $10,000 Grand Prize: Anna Bray, 16 years old from Sterling, VA
  • $5,000 2nd Prize: Sophia Lin, 16 years old from Falls Church, VA
  • $2,500 3rd Prize: Emily Qi, 13 years old from Sammamish, WA
  • $1,500 Judge's Discretionary Award: Landon Fringer, 16 years old from Santa Monica, CA
  • $500 Merit Certificate: Collin Parker-Szekely, 17 years old, Abington, PA

Meet the 2023 Young Pianist Competition Finalists

Sunday, July 23

7:30pm Grand Opening Festival Concert: The Magic is Back!

Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Featuring the 2019 Young Pianist Competition Grand Prize Winner Carey Byron
Yuval Zaliouk, Conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutti Overture

Camille Saint-Saens: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Carey Byron, Soloist

Georges Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C major

Gala Reception with food and wine in Ade Hall located across the street. The public is invited to meet and greet with the artists. $10 donation at the door.

Monday, July 24

12:00pm Chamber Music Series
Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center (Free Event)

7:30pm An Evening of Jazz Favorites with Pianist Dave Miller & Friends
Miller Theater (Tickets Required)

Meet and Greet the Artists reception in Ade Hall

Tuesday, July 25

12:00pm Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler No. 2
Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center (Free Event)

7:30pm Evening Concert Series - Special Family Concert

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture, Finale

Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals
Lucy Mauro & Anthony Pattin, pianists

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68

Johann Strauss: Radetzky March

Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Yuval Zaliouk, Conductor

Meet and Greet the Artists reception in Ade Hall

Wednesday, July 26

12:00pm Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler No. 3
Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center (Free Event)

2:30pm Recital
Miller Theater (Free Event)
Competition Recitals
Young Pianist Competition Finalists

Emily Qi, 13 years old from Sammamish, WA
Collin Parker-Szekely, 17 years old, Abington, PA
Katherine Liu, 18 years old from Wellesley, MA

4:30pm Recital
Miller Theater (Free Event)
Competition Recitals
Young Pianist Competition Finalists

Landon Fringer, 16 years old from Santa Monica, CA
Sophia Lin, 16 years old from Falls Church, VA
Anna Bray, 16 years old from Sterling, VA

7:00pm Music Under The Stars
BBQ & Gallery Hop at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum (Tickets Required)
Delicious food, music and art.

Thursday, July 27

12:00pm Chamber Music Series
Sound Bites Sampler No. 4
Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center (Free Event)

7:30pm Evening Concert Series
Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Steven Thomas, Conductor
Featuring Finalists of the Young Pianist Competition

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Impressario Overture, K. 486

Katherine Liu, 18 years old from Wellesley, MA
Mozart Concerto No. 17 in G Major K. 453
Andante Allegretto
Presto

Landon Fringer, 16 years old from Santa Monica, CA
Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K. 466
Romanze
Allegro assai

Anna Bray, 16 years old from Sterling, VA
Mozart Concerto No. 21 in C Major K. 467
Andante
Allegro vivace assai

Meet and Greet the Contestants Reception in Lower Miller Lobby

Friday, July 28

12:00pm Chamber Music Series
Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center (Free Event)

7:30pm Evening Concert Series
Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Steven Thomas, Conductor
Featuring Finalists of the Young Pianist Competition

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Marriage of Figaro, K. 492

Collin Parker-Szekely, 17 years old, Abington, PA
Mozart Concerto No. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major K. 414
Andante
Allegretto

Sophia Lin, 16 years old from Falls Church, VA
Mozart Concerto No. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K. 453
Andante Allegretto
Presto

Emily Qi, 13 years old from Sammamish, WA
Mozart Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major K. 482
Andante
Allegro

Meet and Greet the Contestants Reception in Lower Miller Lobby

Saturday, July 29

7:30pm Gala Finale Concert: Festival Orchestra
Miller Theater (Tickets Required)
MostArts Festival Orchestra
Yuval Zaliouk, Conductor

Johann Strauss: Fledermaus: Overture

Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Asiya Korepanova, Soloist

Awards announcements and presentations for the Young Pianist Competition Winners.
Gala Reception with food and wine in Ade Hall located across the street. The public is invited to meet and greet with the artists.

asiya korepanova

Asiya Korepanova

The only pianist currently performing Liszt's 24 Etudes as a single program and one of few to possess a concerto repertoire of over 60 works, Asiya Korepanova is a pianistic powerhouse, who is also highly recognized as a composer, visual artist, and poet.

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Lucy Mauro

Lucy Mauro

Lucy Mauro’s recent recordings for Delos have been hailed in Gramophone, awarded a Recording of the Year 2011 by MusicWeb International, calling it "the revelation of the year," and featured on iTunes in their New and Noteworthy among other recognitions.

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Tony Pattin

Anthony Pattin

Pianist Anthony Pattin gave his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 1998. In a review of that concert, the critic for the New York Concert Review magazine called Pattin "a pianist of definite skills and strengths."

Read Anthony Pattin's full bio...

The MostArts Festival Orchestra is an exquisite Mozart-sized orchestra comprised of first class musicians from around the world. Our FREE noon hour Sound Bite Sampler Chamber Music Series showcase our musicians performing gems of the chamber music repertoire as the audience enjoys lunch or dessert.

The Evening Concert Series features renowned soloists performing with the Festival Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Yuval Zaliouk, Steven Thomas and Lisa Lantz, in the magnificent Miller Theater. Then, top off the evening with a glass of wine at our Meet and Greet the Artists Reception following each concert.

1st Violin

2nd Violin

Viola

Cello

Bass

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet

Bassoon

Horn

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

Percussion

Harp