Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition

The Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition (also known simply as the Cooper International Competition) is a piano and violin competition held annually at the Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. It is sponsored by Thomas and Evon Cooper and is presented jointly by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Orchestra.[1] The competition is for young musicians 13–18 years of age and awards more than $20,000 in prize money, with a first prize of $10,000. The competition gives three finalists the opportunity to play a complete concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra. The competition debuted in the summer of 2010 with a piano competition, followed by a violin competition in 2011, and the competition alternates annually between both instruments.[2] George Li won the first prize in the first piano competition[1] and Sirena Huang won first in the first violin competition.

Prize winners

Year 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize 4th prize 5th prize 6th prize
2010 (piano) United States George Li United States John Chen United States Kate Liu United States Sahun Hong United States Anna Han Canada Tristan Teo
2011 (violin) United States Sirena Huang United States Alexandra Switala United States Laura Park Japan Mayumi Kanagawa Bulgaria Gergana Haralampieva Japan Kelly Talim
2012 (piano) Italy Leonardo Colafelice Canada Xiaoyu Liu United States Micah McLaurin United States Sahun Hong
Canada Annie Zhou 		not awarded United States Sarina Zhang
2013 (violin) Taiwan Ching-Yi Wei
South Korea Kyumin Park 		China Ming Liu not awarded United States Gallia Kastner China Jieming Tang United States Angela Wee
2014 (piano) Canada Tony Yike Yang China Zitong Wang South Korea SaeYoon Chon South Korea Gyu Tae Ha United States Evren Ozel South Korea Min Jun Lee

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NEC Preparatory School Pianist George Li, 14, Wins Inaugural Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition". NEC News. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "The 5th Annual Cooper International Competition for Piano Takes Place at Oberlin Conservatory". LorainCounty.com. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

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