2023 GUIDE TO TOP COMPETITIONS
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Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
Entrants will submit a videotaped performance of two contrasting movements of a work by J.S. Bach written for unaccompanied string instrument (Sonatas, Partitas or Suites). Finalists will play complete work at the finals on October 20, 2023. Grand Prize is $5,000 and several performing engagements; second place is $1,000.
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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 (October 20, 2023). The competition is open to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. Entrants may play on either baroque or modern bowed instrument.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
Strings
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PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Policy/procedures information not provided
DETAILS |
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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 | Colin Carr, cellist and professor of Music, Cello and Chamber Music, Stony Brook University Arthur Haas, professor of Harpsichord, Early Music Performance and Continuo, Stony Brook University Ani Kavafian, violinist, professor of Violin and coordinator of String Studies, Yale University Daniel Stepner, violinist and professor emeritus of the Practice of Music, Brandeis University Cynthia Roberts, teacher of baroque violin, viola, and chamber music, Juilliard's Historical Performance graduate program. |
| Jury size | 1 to 5 |
| Application fee | $30 |
| Application deadline | June 10, 2023 |
| Application notes | The application for the 2023 Competition will be available on the Competition website on April 1, 2023 |
FINALS (live rounds)
October 20, 2023, 1 pm, Staller Center Recital Hall, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
| N/A | Semifinals | N/A | Semifinals streamed |
| ✔ | Finals | ✔ | Finals streamed |
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
2022 Nina Bernat, double bass
2021 Lun Li and Tianyou Ma, violiln, joint first prize winners
2020 Maxime Quennesson, cello
2019 Rachell Ellen Wong, violin (winner of a 2019 Avery Fisher Career Grant)
2021 Lun Li and Tianyou Ma, violiln, joint first prize winners
2020 Maxime Quennesson, cello
2019 Rachell Ellen Wong, violin (winner of a 2019 Avery Fisher Career Grant)
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