2022 GUIDE TO TOP COMPETITIONS
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Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition |
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
For string players ages 16-30. Entrants will submit a videotaped performance of two contrasting movements of a work written by J.S. Bach for unaccompanied string instrument (Sonatas, Partitas or Suites). Application Deadline: October 7, 2022. Finalists will play complete work at the finals on December 1, 2022. Grand Prize is $5,000 and Second Place is $1,000.
MAIN OFFICE
PO Box 699
Babylon, NY 11702
UNITED STATES
516-639-8575
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ELIGIBILITY
Entrants must be between the age of 16 and 30 on the date of the Finals (December 1, 2022). The competition is open to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. Entrants may play on either baroque or modern bowed instrument.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE
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| Travel Covered? | Yes |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First prize | Less than $10,000 |
| Smallest prize | Less than $5,000 |
| Additional prizes | Performances |
| Jury chair(s) | Not provided |
| Additional jurors | Robert Mealy, violinist. director of Historical Performance, Juilliard; Colin Carr, cellist, professor of Music, Cello and Chamber Music, Stony Brook University; Arthur Haas, professor of Harpsichord, Early Music Performance and Continuo, Stony Brook University; Phoebe Carrai, professor of Baroque Cello and Baroque Chamber Music, Juilliard; Ida Kavafian, Nina von Maltzahn Chair in Violin Studies, Curtis Institute of Music. |
| Jury size | 1 to 5 |
| Application fee | $30 |
| Application deadline | October 7, 2022 |
| Application notes | The application for the 2022 Competition will be available on the Competition website on August 1, 2022. |
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FINALS (live rounds)
Thursday, December 1, 2022, 1:00-4:30 pm EST, Staller Center Recital Hall, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
| ✖ | Semifinals | ✖ | Semifinals streamed |
| ✔ | Finals | ✔ | Finals streamed |
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
2021 Lun Li and Tianyou Ma, violinists, joint first prize winners
2020 Maxime Quennesson, cellist
2019 Rachell Ellen Wong, violinist
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