Winners announced in the 2019 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
Congratulations to the winners in the 46th annual Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, held at the University of Notre Dame last month. Top winners in the strings division included the New England Conservatory-based Merz Trio, who won the Gold Medal in the Senior Strings Division; and the Burlingame, Calif.-based Fervida Trio, a participant in the Young Chamber Musicians program.
The Grand Prize was won by the Aruna Quartet, a saxophone quartet from Texas Tech University. To find the winners in the wind-instrument divisions please click here.
The 61 ensembles who reached the quarterfinals of the competition represented more than 20 countries.
Here are the prize winners:
SENIOR STRINGS DIVISION
The Merz Trio.
GOLD MEDAL ($7,000)
Merz Trio
New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
- Brigid Coleridge, violin
- Julia Yang, cello
- Eric (Lee) Dionne, piano
BELOW: The Merz Trio performs I. Allegro energico, from Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor:
SILVER MEDAL ($3,000)
Abeo Quartet
The Juilliard School, New York, New York
- Ludvig Gudim, violin
- Niioma Grevious, violin
- James Kang, viola
- Drew Cone, cello
BRONZE MEDAL ($2,000)
Dior Quartet
Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana
- Noa Sand, violin
- Tobias Elser, violin
- Darryl Manley, viola
- Joanne Yesol Choi, cello
Jury members in this year's Senior String division include Daniel Phillips, Sabina Thatcher, Michael Reynolds and Marian Hahn.
JUNIOR STRINGS DIVISION
GOLD MEDAL ($2,300)
Fervida Trio. Photo courtesy Young Chamber Musicians.
Fervida Trio
Young Chamber Musicians, Burlingame, California
- Sean Mori, violin
- Angeline Kiang, cello
- Karina Tseng, piano
BELOW: The Fervida Trio plays IV. Finale. Allegro appassionato from Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 66, No. 2:
SILVER MEDAL ($1,800)
Éclatante
Starling Preparatory String Project, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Christina Nam, violin
- Skye Park, violin
- Jennifer Armor, viola
- Meagan Hipsky, cello
BRONZE MEDAL ($1,300)
Meraki Quartet
Crowden Music Center, Berkeley, California
- Sofia Matthews, violin/viola
- Anna Renton, violin/viola
- Jun Yong Liu, violin
- Isabelle Nichols, cello
Jury members in the Junior String division jury included Rebecca Fischer, Jeffrey Ziegler and Liza Stepanova.
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