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OSM STANDARD LIFE COMPETITION
71st Edition
November 17 to 23, 2010
STRINGS & HARP
JURY
Among the judges who come each year to judge the talent and excellence of the artists participating in the OSM Standard Life Competition are OSM musicians, fabled teachers, instrumentalists, singers, and world-renowned conductors and artistic directors.
PRELIMINAIRIES
String categories (classes A and B):
Among the judges who come each year to judge the talent and excellence of the artists participating in the OSM Standard Life Competition are OSM musicians, fabled teachers, instrumentalists, singers, and world-renowned conductors and artistic directors.
PRELIMINAIRIES
String categories (classes A and B):
- Claude RICHARD (Canada), violinist and associate professor in the Faculty of Music at Université de Montréal
- François PARADIS (Canada), principal viola of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec
- Denis BROTT (Canada), cellist and artistic director of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival
- Ali YAZDANFAR (Canada), principal bass of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Harp category:
- Isabelle FORTIER (Canada), principal harp of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec
- Lori GEMMELL (Canada), principal harp of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
- Jennifer SWARTZ (Canada), principal harp of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
SEMIFINALS and FINALS
Please note the judges of the semifinals are also judging the finals of the OSM Standard Life Competition.
President of the jury:
- Barry SHIFFMAN (Canada), violonist and violist, Director of Music Programs of the Banff Centre
Judges of the semifinals:
String categories (classes A and B):
- Salvatore ACCARDO (Italy), violonist
- Eric KIM (United States), cellist and professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Harp category:
- Elizabeth FONTAN-BINOCHE (France), principal harp of the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra
- Elizabeth VOLPÉ BLIGH (Canada), solo harp of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Judges of the finals, categories strings and harp:
- Charles HAMLEN (United States), chairman of IMG Artitst
- Sir Roger NORRINGTON (Great-Britain), conductor, principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
