2024 Rotary Calgary Concerto Competition

2024 Rotary Calgary Concerto Competition
Manon Mitchell
 
Our club has proudly sponsored the Rotary Calgary Concerto Competition (Manon Mitchell Project Champion) once again this year. It is our club’s contribution to youth in Arts & Culture. This year a record number of participants (51) aged 8 - 18 years old, performed for a panel of three (3) judges: Rolf Bertsch, Janet Kuschak and Jamie Syer at Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos. The competition was extended due to the higher number of participants and was live streamed courtesy of the Calgary Folk Club around the world from Friday March 8 to Sunday March 10th. Over 700 people watched from Austria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the United States. Read more to access the links and watch the winning performances.
Four (4) winners and (4) runners-up were selected and you can experience their breathtaking performances just by clicking on their name in the list below.
 
The winners will be featured with the Calgary Civic Symphony, in a concert on stage at the Jack Singer Concert Hall on June 2, 2024. The concert begins at 2:30 pm. However, there is a pre-concert recital featuring some of the runners up of the competition at about 1:45 pm. Tickets are available by clicking here.
 
Here is the list of winners and runners up and links to their performances. ENJOY!
 
WINNERS
 
Benjamin Linton, (17 yrs old) violin, Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.22, H. Wieniawski
 
Sacha Jorba-Wu, (11 yrs old) violin, Concerto No. 1, Op. 6, N. Paganini
 
Chanan Ngo, (16 yrs old) violin, Concerto in D Major, E. Korngold
 
Austin Gao, (16 yrs old) piano, Concerto No. 2 in C minor, S. Rachmaninoff
 
 
RUNNERS UP
Coco Zang, piano
 
Thank you to our Competition sponsors:
  • The Rotary Club of Calgary (Title sponsor)
  • Michael Lipnicki Fine Pianos (Facility sponsor)
  • The Calgary Folk Club (Live Stream sponsor)
  • ARMTA (Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association) (Runner’s Up sponsor)
  • The Calgary Civic Symphony (Logistics and Concert producer/sponsor)