Six ensembles of secondary students from around NZ compete to win the annual chamber music contest, hosted by Clarissa Dunn.
And the winning group is:
Vich Perfect (Canterbury)
who played - Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 (4)
Grace Lawrence (violin), Christine Jeon (cello), Samuel Jeon (piano) - St Andrew’s College
Vich Perfect Photo: Chamber Music New Zealand
Runners-up and winners of People's Choice, KBB Award and Best performance of a New Zealand work Award:
GoodFellas (Auckland)
who played - Jenny McLEOD: Music for Four
Jason Wong (percussion), Alex Bian (percussion), Charles Sang (piano) Saint Kentigern College, Sunny Le (piano) ACG Parnell College
GoodFellas Photo: Chamber Music New Zealand
2021 Original Composition Winner:
Vadim Fong - Whangarei Boys' High School
CONGRATULATIONS!
Programme:
GoodFellas (Auckland)
Jenny McLEOD: Music for Four
Jason Wong (percussion) Saint Kentigern College; Alex Bian (percussion) Saint Kentigern College; Sunny Le (piano) ACG Parnell College; Charles Sang (piano) Saint Kentigern College
The Babarians (Canterbury)
Arno BABAJANIAN: Piano Trio in F# minor (2, 3)
Justin Hodges (violin) Christ’s College; Christine Jeon (cello) St Andrew’s College; Samuel Jeon (piano) St Andrew’s College
Virtuoso Strings Quintet (Wellington)
Craig UTTING: Cry of the Stolen People
Jillian Tupuse (violin) Tawa College; Madison Setefano (violin) Viard College; Daniel Sneyd-Utting (viola) Tawa College; Rochelle Pese Akerise (viola) Tawa College; Veititi Alapati (cello) Tawa College
Trio Disordinata (Auckland)
Nino ROTA: Trio for flute, violin and piano
Louis Liu (flute) King’s College; Sarah Sumin Lee (violin) Tauranga Girls’ College; Geoffrey Hill (piano) Westlake Boys’ High School
INTERVAL
Vich Perfect (Canterbury)
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 (4)
Grace Lawrence (violin) St Andrew’s College; Christine Jeon (cello) St Andrew’s College; Samuel Jeon (piano) St Andrew’s College
Florestan Quintet (Canterbury)
Robert SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (1, 3)
Ella Chen (violin) Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Pippa Anderson (violin) Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Juliet Park (viola) Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Elise Tian (cello) Rangi Ruru Girls’ School; Polly Lee (piano) Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
2021 ORIGINAL COMPOSITION WINNER
Vadim Fong (Whangarei Boys' High School)
Vadim FONG: 7 Scenes for String Octet
Donald Armstrong (violin), Thomas Bedggood (violin), Malavika Gopal (violin), Rakuto Kurano (violin), Nicholas Hancox (viola), Philippa Lodge (viola), Ken Ichinose (cello), Bethany Angus (cello)
NATIONAL FINALS AWARD CEREMONY
It was livestreamed direct from The Piano in Christchurch
Audio by RNZ Concert
Video by JX Live
