The jury has announced the three top winners of this year’s Montreal International Musical Competition, which was dedicated to the violin.
John Terauds, Editor-Emeritus of Ludwig van Toronto, is currently a Divinity student at the University of Toronto and a church music director. He joined the Toronto Star in 1988, was the classical music critic from 2005 to 2012, and continues as a freelance critic for the paper. He is the co-author of Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait, a book written with Toronto Star Colleague, William Littler.
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The first prize of $30,000 and a new Sartori bow goes to 22-year-old Belgian competitor Marc Bouchkov.
The competition’s two youngest finalists, both 16, took two remaining top spots: American Stephen Waarts in second place, earning a prize of $15,000, and Chinese entrant Zeyu Victor Li in third place, receiving a cheque for $10,000.
All three will perform at a gala concert with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Vengerov on Friday evening. You can find more details here.
CBC Radio 2 will offer competition highlights on In Concert, on Sunday starting at 11 a.m.
John Terauds
John Terauds, Editor-Emeritus of Ludwig van Toronto, is currently a Divinity student at the University of Toronto and a church music director. He joined the Toronto Star in 1988, was the classical music critic from 2005 to 2012, and continues as a freelance critic for the paper. He is the co-author of Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait, a book written with Toronto Star Colleague, William Littler.
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- Classical Music 101: What Does A Conductor Do? - June 17, 2019
- Classical Music 101 | What Does Period Instrument Mean? - May 6, 2019
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