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March 19, 2008

Fifth Annual Concert of Balkan Contemporary Music BALKANICUS: Music from Albania, Bulgaria and Romania

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Noriko Kawai, piano; John De Haan, voice; Nickolai Kolarov, cello; Rudolph Kremer, violin; and graduate students and members of the School of Music New Music Ensemble perform the works of Thomas Simaku (Albania), Ivan Spassov (Bulgaria), Simeon Pironkov (Bulgaria), Roumen Balyozov (Bulgaria), and Sorin Lerescu (Romania).

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February 27, 2008

Evstyukhin Wins 07/08 Concerto Competition

Congratulations to Denis Evstyukhin, who won the University Symphony Orchestra 2007/2008 Concerto Competition! Evstyukhin, a student of Alex Braginsky, won the competition playing Sergei Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2.; he will perform the same piece with the University Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Henry Charles Smith on March 9.

Nick Donatelle (student of Tanya Remenikova) and Chen-Yu Hsu (student of Jorja Fleezanis) each received an Honorable Mention in the Competition.

January 23, 2008

2008 Marvin O. Mechelke Piano Award Competition Cancelled

The Mechelke Competition will not take place this year. Information regarding next year's Mechelke Competition will be posted as soon as it is available. For questions and further information, please contact Professor Rebecca Shockley at shock001@umn.edu.

December 19, 2007

Congratulations Bojan Hoover

Percussionist Bojan Hoover was announced as the winner of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition on December 16, 2007. He performed the Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra by Ney Rosauro and will perform this work with the orchestra on February 16 and 17, 2008. Bojan is a student of Fernando Meza. (December 2007)

Congratulations Erik Rohde

Mark Bjork's student Erik Rohde (B.M., violin) was the first place winner in the senior division of the Mary West Solo Competition sponsored by the Minnesota chapter of the American String Teachers Association in October. In addition at the insistence of the judges a special award was created for Erik for the best performance of solo Bach. (December 2007)

Congratulations Denis Evstuhin

Denis Evstuhin (M.M., piano) won the 2nd Prize at the 13th International Piano Competition "Principat d'Andorra." He was also awarded special prize for best performance of Spanish music out of the 77 admitted contestants. Denis Evstuhin is a student of Alexander Braginsky. (November 2007)

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