L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

PRELIMINAIRIES

String category :

• Jean-François Rivest, OSM conductor in residence , teacher and conductor at the Unviersité de Montréal
• Neal Gripp, solo viola, OSM
• Matt Haimovitz, cellist, teacher at the Schulich School of Music at the McGill Univiersity
• Brian Robinson, acting solo bass, OSM and teacher at the Schulich School of Music of the McGill University,

Harp category

• Jennifer Swartz, OSM principal harp, teacher at the Schulich School of Music of the McGill University
• Caroline Lizotte, OSM second harp, teacher at the Concervatoire de musique de Trois-Rivières

SEMI-FINALS and FINALS

Note that the judges of the semi-finals are also part of the finals of the OSM Standard Life Competition.

President of the jury :

• Sid McLauchlan, producer at Deutsche Grammophon

Jury for the semi-finals, strings category :

• Antonio Lysy, cellist, teacher at the University of California in Los Angeles
• Andrew Dawes, first violin of the Orford String Quartet (1965-1991) and teacher at the University of British Columbia

Jury for the semi-finals, harp category :

• Judy Loman, harpist, teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the University of Toronto, former solo harp at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
• Yolanda Kondonassis, harpist, head of the harp department at the Cleveland Institute of Music and assistante teacher of harpe at Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Jury for the finals, strings category :

• Ernest Fleischmann, former managing director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra
• Ralph Kirshbaum, cellist, director of the international department of cello at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
• Christiane Leblanc, executive director, Espace musique, Radio-Canada's music network
• Richard Roberts, OSM principal concertmaster, teacher at the Schulich School of Music of the McGill University

jury for the finals, harp category :

• Rita Constanzi, harpist, former principal harp at the Vancouver Symphony and the CBC Radio Orchestra
• Ernest Fleischmann, former managing director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the London Symphony Orchestra
• Christiane Leblanc, executive director, Espace musique, Radio-Canada's music network

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