Contemporary Festival Results 2016-2017

2017 Contemporary Festival
January 8 at Los Angeles Valley College
Chair: Nobuyo Nishizaka

Winners

3. Birthday from Album for Children No.4 by A. Khachaturian (Ellen Abrahamyan)
12. Autumn Op. 110 a No. 3 by Tomas Svoboda (Mihilo Kato)
13. Four Waltzes No. 1 by Tomas Svoboda (Miyu Tang)
15. Vagarshapat Dance by Arno Babajanian (Anna Marashlyan)
16. 8 Preludes No. 8 by Frank Martin (Shin Takahashi)
25. Three Fantastic Dances Op. 5 No.1 by D. Shostakovich (Mateo Umaguing)
29. Pas de deux Op. 28 No. 3 by S. Barber (Nicholas Michael)
30. The Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev (Trevor Le)
31. Fugue from Sonata Op. 26 (mvt. IV) by S. Barber (Jonathan Po)
33. Toccatina Op. 27 No. 12 by D. Kabalevsky (David Hadi)
42. Improvisation No. 15 Hommage a Edith Piaf by F. Poulenc (Lina Hisada)
43. Cantilena No. 3 Jacaranda by C. Guastavino (Emma Wu)
44. Prelude and Fugue Op. 87 No. 7 by D. Shostakovich (Alexander Hurvitz)
46. Idilio Mexicano by M. Ponce (Emma Wu, Lina Hisada)

(Teachers: Jean Deutsch, Gideon Rubin, Ivana Malo, Tsovinar Nazlikian,
Nobuyo Nishizaka, Mark Richman, Gideon Rubin)

Honorable Mentions

5. Four Arabesques No. 1 by Vincent Persichetti (Jasmine Sov)
11. A Little Story, Tarantella from Music for Children Op. 65 by S. Prokofiev (Luca Bistrong)
22. Sonatina I. Allegro giocoso by A. Khachaturian (Jackie Zhang)
24. Gamelan from Java Suite by Leopold Godowsky (Lauren Li)
26. Mango Moon by Edwin McLean (Maya Thompson)
32. Toccata in Morse Code by Nancy Faber (Alexa Liquigan, Lawrence Vilenchik)
40. Three-Quarter Blues, Promnade by George Gershwin (Valentina Moraccini)
41. Album Leaves by Steven Stucky (Samantha Reavis)

(Teachers: Rita Hovanesian, Nobuyo Nishizaka, Mark Richman, Gillian Smith, Regina Verteym)

Repertoire Awards

4. Rain by Geghuni Chitchyan (Annett Grigoryan)
12. Autumn Op. 110 a No. 3 by Tomas Svoboda (Mihilo Kato)
13. Four Waltzes Op. 68 No. 1 by Tomas Svoboda (Miyu Tang)
14. Toccatina-Collage from The Polyphonic Book No. 12 by Rodion Shchedrin (Kevin Liang)
15. Vagarshapat Dance by Arno Babajanian (Anna Marashlyan)
16. 8 Preludes No. 8 by Frank Martin (Shin Takahashi)
24. Gamelan from Java Suite by Leopold Godowsky (Lauren Li)
28. Sonatina in g minor I. Allegretto by C. Guastavino (Adrian Li)
38. Maybe by Lee(Yiruma) Ru-ma (Aidan Robinson)
41. Album Leaves by Steven Stucky (Samantha Reavis)
43. Cantilena No. 3 Jacaranda by C. Guastavino (Emma Wu)
46. Idilio Mexicano by Manuel Ponce (Emma Wu, Lina Hisada)

(Teachers: Tsovinar Nazlikian, Nobuyo Nishizaka, Mark Richman
Sharon Shaheed, Gillian Smith)