Congratulations to the 2017 winners!
Gold Medal – William McGregor, double bass
Silver Medal – Qing Yu Chen, violin
Bronze Medal – Karisa Chiu, violin
Bach Prize – Karisa Chiu, violin
Saturday, May 13, 2017, Dalton Center Recital Hall
Congratulations to the 2017 Semifinalists!
Semifinalist Bios 2017
Semifinal Performance Schedule 2017
Zachary Brandon (18), Violin, Battle Creek, MI
Teachers: Almita Vamos, Hye-sun Lee, Music Institute of Chicago Academy
Qing Yu Chen (16), Violin, Oakland Gardens, NY
Teachers: Masao Kawasaki, Cho-Liang Lin, The Juilliard School
Karisa Chiu (17), Violin, Palatine, IL
Teacher: Almita Vamos, Music Institute of Chicago Academy
Isabelle Durrenberger (18), Violin, Cleveland, OH
Teachers: Jaime Laredo, Jinjoo Cho, Cleveland Institute of Music
Mei Hotta (14), Cello, Torrance, CA
Teacher: Sarah Koo, Koo Cello Studio
Alena Hove (17), Violin, Issaquah, WA
Teacher: Simon James, Coleman Violin Studio
Joseph Hsia (16), Violin, West Windsor, NJ
Teacher: Sheryl Staples, The Juilliard School
Nathan Le (17), Cello, Northridge, CA
Teacher: Ronald Leonard, Colburn Music Academy
Alice Lee (16), Violin, Markham, ON
Teacher: Barry Shiffman, The Royal Conservatory of Music
William McGregor (17), Double Bass, Malvern, PA
Teacher: Albert Laszlo, The Juilliard School
Rachel Siu (19), Cello, New York, NY
Teacher: Joel Krosnick, The Juilliard School
Jeremy Tai (18), Cello, Cupertino, CA
Teacher: Hans Jensen, Northwestern University
2017-18 Season
2017 Midsummer Night’s Interlude
Thursday, July 27, 2017, 6 pm, Gull Lake Country Club
1983 Gold Medalist Sarah Plum, violin and Susan Wiersma Uchimura, piano
2015 Stulberg Gold Medalist Yaegy Park, violin
Wednesday, September 27, 12:15 pm, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
2016 Stulberg Gold Medalist Daniel Hass, cello
Sunday, October 1, 3 pm, Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Music Director Markand Thakar
2017 Stulberg Silver Medalist Qing Yu Chen, violin
Sunday, October 8, 3 pm, Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University
University Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Bruce Uchimura
2017 Stulberg Gold Medalist William McGregor, double bass
Saturday, October 28, 8 pm, Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Candidate Donato Cabrero
2017 Stulberg Bronze Medalist Karisa Chiu, violin
Sunday, February 8, 4 pm, Chenery Auditorium
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Andrew Koehler
43rd Stulberg International String Competition and Master Classes
May 2018, Dalton Center, Western Michigan University
The mission of the Stulberg Competition is to promote excellence in string instrument performance by gifted young artists under the age of twenty.
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