{"id":60972,"date":"2019-06-06T11:06:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=60972"},"modified":"2019-06-06T11:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:06:37","slug":"scoop-concours-musical-international-de-montreal-crowns-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/06\/06\/scoop-concours-musical-international-de-montreal-crowns-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Concours Musical International de Montr\u00e9al Crowns A Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_60973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60973\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CMIM-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Hao Zhou\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CMIM-2019.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CMIM-2019-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CMIM-2019-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/CMIM-2019-1024x536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American violinist Hao Zhou has been awarded First Prize at the 2019 Concours Musical International de Montr\u00e9al.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American violinist <strong>Hao Zhou<\/strong> has won the First Prize at the\u00a0<strong>Concours Musical International de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>\u00a0last night at the Maison symphonique, as well as the Radio-Canada Audience Award.<\/p>\n<p>He will go home with a total of $ 102,500 in prizes, including $30,000 in cash from the City of Montreal; $50,000 from the Joseph Rouleau Career Development Scholarship offered by the Azrieli Foundation, as well as a $20,000 violin and bow offered by the Manufacturers Forum. Zhou has also won a $ 2,500 Artistic Residence at the Banff Arts Center, and a concert at the New Generation Festival in Florence, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Zhou is a graduate of the\u00a0Colburn School, and the 1st place winner at the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition. As a member of the Viano String Quartet, he was a prize winner at the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XX71-b2EVG4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>The other winners:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Second Prize: <strong>Johanna Pichlmair<\/strong> (Austria) \u2014 $15,000<\/li>\n<li>Third Prize:\u00a0 <strong>Fumika Mohri<\/strong> (Japan \/ Germany) \u2014 10 000$<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Special Awards:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sonata Award for the best performance of a sonata in the semi-finals, awarded by Wilder &amp; Davis: <strong>Anna Lee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Radio-Canada Audience Award: <strong>Hao Zhou<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Andr\u00e9-Bachand Award\u00a0for the best performance of the compulsory Canadian work, awarded by Claudette Hould: <strong>Johanna Pichlmair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Montreal Bach Festival Award: <strong>Johanna Pichlmair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The non-ranking finalists receiving a 3000$ offered by Maurice Dechamps, Joseph Rouleau, and Elizabeth Wirth: <strong>Elli Choi<\/strong>, <strong>Anna Lee<\/strong>, and <strong>Christine Lim<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The jury for this year was\u00a0<strong>Zarin Mehta<\/strong>\u00a0(President),\u00a0<strong>Pierre Amoyal, Kim Kashkashian, Boris Kuschnir, Cho-Liang Lin, Mihaela Martin, Barry Shiffman, Dmitry Sitkovetsky\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Pavel Vernikov<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Congratulations to all the winners!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><b><i>LUDWIG VAN TORONTO<\/i><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i>Want more updates on classical music and opera news and reviews? 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