The mission of the Stulberg Competition is
to promote excellence in string instrument performance
by gifted young artists under the age of twenty.
Applications for the 2014 Competition are now being accepted.
Click on the Competition link above for details.
Application deadline is February 1, 2014.
2013-2014 Season
Midsummer Night's Interlude
Gull Lake Country Club, Thursday, July 18, 2013
2013 Stulberg Silver Medalist Ariel Horowitz with
Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra
Chenery Auditorium, Sunday, October 6, 2013, 3pm
2013 Stulberg Bronze Medalist Laura Park with
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra
Chenery Auditorium, Sunday, November 10, 2013, 4pm
2013 Stulberg Gold Medalist Youjin Lee with
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, Sunday, January 5, 2014, 3pm
Stulberg Master Class Students at
Kalamazoo Art Hop
Epic Center, Friday, March 7, 2014, 5 pm
2014 Stulberg International String Competition
Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, May 17, 2014
2014 Stulberg Master Classes
Dalton Center, WMU, May 16 and 18, 2014
Judge Soovin Kim, Silver Medalist Ariel Horowitz, Bronze Medalist Laura Park, Gold Medalist Youjin Lee,
Judge Victoria Chiang, Judge Richard Aaron
Congratulations to the 2013 Competition Winners!
Gold Medal: Youjin Lee, Los Angeles, California
Silver Medal: Ariel Horowitz, Bloomington, Indiana
Bronze Medal: Laura Park, Hanover Park, Illinois
Bach Award: Youjin Lee
Audience Appreciation Award: Ariel Horowitz
Learn more about all of the 2013 Semfinalists:
Joshua Burca (18), Violin, Round Lake, IL
School: Home Schooled; Teacher: Cyrus Forough
Jung Min Choi (18), Violin, Philadelphia, PA
School: Curtis Institute of Music; Teachers: Joseph Silverstein, Yumi Scott
Du Juan (17), Viola, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
School: Music School attached to Xinghai Conservatory; Teacher: Donglei Hou
Ari Evan (19), Cello, Evanston, IL
School: Northwestern University; Teacher: Hans Jensen
Leah M. Ferguson (19), Viola, Cleveland, OH
School: Cleveland Institute of Music; Teacher: Robert Vernon
Ariel Horowitz (16), Violin, Bloomington, IN
School: Bloomington High School South; Teacher: Mimi Zweig
Jean Kim (17), Cello, Sleepy Hollow, NY
School: Sleepy Hollow High School; Teacher: Minhye Clara Kim
Minku Lee (15), Cello, Palo Alto, CA
School: Henry M. Gunn High School; Teacher: Jonathan Koh
Youjin Lee (17), Violin, Los Angeles, CA
School: The Colburn Young Artists Academy; Teachers: Robert Lipsett, Danielle Belen
Laura Park (18), Violin, Hanover Park, IL
School: Curtis Institute of Music; Teacher: Ida Kavafian
Sasha Scolnik-Brower (18), Cello, Andover, MA
School: Phillips Academy Andover; Teacher: Natasha Brofsky
Jieming Tang (15), Violin, Cleveland, OH
School: Cleveland Institute of Music; Teacher: Jaime Laredo