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LAUREATE – Pierre P\u00e9ladeau and Raymonde Chopin’s Second Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Andr\u00e9 Bachand Award for the Best Performance of an Imposed Canadian Work<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Best Interpretation of a Sonata in the Semifinal<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Audience Choice Award<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Described as “mesmerizing: full of passion, imagination, and daring” by the Times UK<\/em>, South Korean violinist SongHa Choi has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Lithuanian National Symphony, Westminster Philharmonic, Barnet Symphony, Yongin Philharmonic, and Sinfonia of Cambridge.<\/p>\n She is the winner of the Senior 2nd Prize and the Audience Award in the 2016 Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, as well as 2nd Prize, the Bach Prize, and the Sonata Prize at the Premio Lipizer International Violin Competition, the Grand First Prize of the 2018 Berlin International Competition and 1st prize at the 2015 Jeunesses Musicales International Violin Competition.<\/p>\n SongHa is currently studying at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, in the class of Professor Kolja Blacher, after graduating from the Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK. Her current instrument and bow are on generous loan from the private collection of Dr. Peter Hauber in Berlin.<\/p>\n Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Principal teachers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Major Competitions<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FIRST ROUND<\/span><\/p>\n FRANCIS POULENC\u00a0<\/strong>Violin Sonata, FP 119 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH\u00a0<\/strong>Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005\u00a0 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY\u00a0<\/strong>Waltz-Scherzo in C major, Op. 34\u00a0<\/p>\n SEMIFINAL<\/span><\/p>\n B\u00c9LA BART\u00d3K <\/span><\/b>Violin Sonata No. 1<\/span> CLARA SCHUMANN <\/span><\/b>Romance No. 1, Op.22<\/span>\u00a0 LUNA PEARL WOOLF <\/span><\/b>L\u2019Inconnu.e bouleversant.e<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n MAURICE RAVEL <\/span><\/b>Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major<\/span> <\/p>\n FINAL<\/span><\/p>\n SERGEI PROKOFIEV <\/span><\/b>Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pian<\/span>ist<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: Carson Becke<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SongHa Choi is<\/span>\u00a0generously sponsored by<\/span> Andr\u00e9e and Pierre Lessard.<\/i><\/p>\n\n
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I. Allegro con fuoco\u00a0
II. Intermezzo\u00a0
III. Presto tragico\u00a0<\/p>\n
III. Largo
IV. Allegro assai<\/p>\n
I. Allegro appassionato\u00a0<\/span>
II. Adagio\u00a0<\/span>
III. Allegro\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
I. Andante molto\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
I. Allegretto\u00a0<\/span>
II. Blues. Moderato\u00a0<\/span>
III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
I. Allegro moderato\u00a0<\/span>
II. Andante assai\u00a0<\/span>
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