Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition Announces Finalists

For Immediate Release?

Contact: Susan Barbash info@jsbachcompetition.org 516-639-8575

The second annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition announces an international roster of Finalists.

On Tuesday December 1 at 1:00pm, five gifted young string players will vie for the $5000 Grand Prize of the second annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition.

The Competition Finals will be held online and will be streamed free of charge on The Violin Channel’s Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/theviolinchannel/?The program will be hosted by Mr. Perry Goldstein, chairman of the Stony Brook University Music Department.

The finalists, representing top ranked music schools including The Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel are:

Dongyoung Jake Shim, violin?

Maxime Quennesson, cello?

Claire Bourg, violin?

Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, cello

Celina Bethoux, violin

The Finals will be adjudicated by jurors Colin Carr, Philip Setzer, Stanley Ritchie, Tanya Tompkins, and Stephanie Chase. Each finalist will perform a work composed by J.S. Bach for unaccompanied string instrument.

The competition was established to honor Long Island residents Lillian and Maurice Barbash for their life-long commitment to the arts. The winner of last year’s inaugural competition, Rachell Ellen Wong, went on to win the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant, the first baroque artist to receive this recognition.

"The Stony Brook Department is honored to have been chosen as the host institution for the 2020 Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition and is delighted that some of our extraordinary performance faculty are serving on the jury. We commend the competition for giving excellent young performers an outlet for their talents during a challenging time for musicians."

Perry Goldstein, Chairman of Stony Brook University Department of Music

“Last year it was notable how much the jury and competitors enjoyed the whole experience. The Barbash Family has given a lot of thought as to how to allow people the space and freedom to perform at their highest level. I was so impressed by the family’s attention to every detail.”

Colin Carr, cellist. Juror and Stony Brook faculty member

For more information visit www.jsbachcompetition.org

https://theviolinchannel.com/vc-interview-violinist-rachell-ellen-wong-barbash-j-s-bach-

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https://theviolinchannel.com/vc-interview-colin-carr-barbash-bach-competition-jury-member/