Walter W. Naumburg Foundation
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The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation sponsors competitions and provides awards for young classical musicians in North America. Founded in 1925, it operates the prestigious Naumburg Competition.
Foundation and concerts
[edit]It was founded in 1925 by Walter Wehle Naumburg, a wealthy amateur cellist and son of noted New York City music patron and philanthropist Elkan Naumburg. Elkan Naumburg, owner of the eminent Wall Street bank E. Naumburg & Co., founded the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts in 1905. The concerts were originally performed at the bandstand on the concert ground of New York's Central Park, and starting in 1923 were performed in the Naumburg Bandshell at the same location.
Naumburg Competition
[edit]The Naumburg Competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious music competitions in the world. The website San Francisco Classical Voice writes that "the Naumburg Competition has one of the best track records of selecting young musicians who, in short order, build significant careers".[1] The first competition was held in 1926. In an open audition format, pianists, violinists, and cellists were all eligible to compete. In 1928 it was expanded to include vocalists. The prize included cash awards and the opportunity to play concerts in New York's Town Hall, which virtually insured reviews by New York's most influential music critics. In 1946, Aaron Copland and William Schuman joined the Naumburg Foundation board of directors, and shortly afterwards the Foundation began awarding composers with recording projects. In 1961, the format of the competition was changed into a professional competition with a single winner, for one particular discipline. In 1965, the competition was expanded to include chamber music ensembles.
Since the early 1970s, the Naumburg Competition has generally rotated three different categories – piano, strings, and voice – on a triennial basis (although there have also been competitions for flute, clarinet, and classical guitar). Winners receive a cash prize and two recital appearances in Alice Tully Hall. Other opportunities include a recording project, a commission (to be premiered in one of the Alice Tully Hall recitals) and many performance opportunities throughout the United States.
Previous winners of the International Naumburg Competition include Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Elmar Oliveira, Dawn Upshaw, Robert Mann, Adele Marcus, Jorge Bolet, Kun-Woo Paik, Leonidas Kavakos, Abbey Simon, William Kapell, Stephen Hough, and Harvey Shapiro. Winners of the Chamber Music Award include the American, Brentano, Miro, and Muir string quartets, and the Eroica Trio.
Winners
[edit]- 1925
- Catherine Wade-Smith, violinist
- Adeline Masino, violinist
- Bernard Ocko, violinist
- 1926
- Phyllis Kraeuter, cellist
- Margaret Hamilton, pianist
- Sonia Skalka, pianist
- 1927
- Dorothy Kendrick, pianist
- William Sauber, pianist
- Sadah Schwartz-Shuchari, violinist
- Daniel Saidenberg, cellist
- Julian Kahn, cellist
- 1928
- Adele Marcus, pianist
- Helen Berlin, violinist
- Louis Kaufman, violinist
- Olga Zundel, cellist
- George Rasely, tenor
- August Werner, baritone
- 1930
- Helen McGraw, pianist
- Ruth Culbertson, pianist
- Mila Wellerson, cellist
- Louise Bernhardt, contralto
- 1931
- Lillian Rehberg Goodman, cellist
- Marguerite Hawkins, soprano
- Edwiria Eustis, contralto
- Kurtis Brownell, tenor
- 1932
- Milo Miloradovich, soprano
- Foster Miller, bass-baritone
- Dalies Frantz, pianist
- Huddie Johnson, pianist
- Inez Lauritano, violinist
- 1933
- Catherine Carver, pianist
- Harry Katzman, violinist
- 1934
- Joseph Knitzer, violinist
- Ruby Mercer, soprano
- 1935
- Benjamin De Loache, baritone
- Judith Sidorsky, pianist
- Aniceta Shea, soprano
- Harvey Shapiro, cellist
- Florence Vickland, soprano
- Marshall Moss, violinist
- 1936
- Frederick Buldrini, violinist
- 1937
- Jorge Bolet, pianist
- Ida Krehm, pianist
- Pauline Pierce, mezzo-soprano
- Maurice Bialkin, cellist
- 1938
- Carroll Glenn, violinist
- 1939
- Mara Sebriansky, violinist
- William Horne, tenor
- Zadel Skolovsky, pianist
- Gertrude Gibson, soprano
- 1940
- Abbey Simon, pianist
- Harry Cykman, violinist
- Thomas Richner, pianist
- 1941
- William Kapell, pianist
- Robert Mann, violinist
- Lura Stover, soprano
- 1942
- Jane Rogers, contralto
- Annette Elkanova, pianist
- David Sarser, violinist
- 1943
- Dolores Miller, violinist
- Constance Keene, pianist
- Ruth Geiger, pianist
- 1944
- Jeanne Therrien, pianist
- Jean Carlton, soprano
- Carol Brice, contralto
- 1945
- Jane Boedeker, mezzo-soprano
- Paula Lenchner, soprano
- 1946
- Leonid Hambro, pianist
- Jeanne Rosenbium, pianist
- Anahid Ajemian, violinist
- 1947
- Berl Senofsky, violinist
- Abba Bogin, pianist
- Jane Carlson, pianist
- 1948
- Sidney Harth, violinist
- Paul Olefsky, cellist
- Theodore Lettvin, pianist
- 1949
- Lorne Munroe, cellist
- 1950
- Angelene Collins, soprano
- Esther Glazer, violinist
- Betty-Jean Hagen, violinist
- Margaret Barthel, pianist
- 1951
- June Kovach, pianist
- Laurel Hurley, soprano
- Joyce Flissler, violinist
- 1952
- Diana Steiner, violinist
- Yoko Matsuo, violinist
- Lois Marshall, soprano
- 1953
- Gilda Muhlbauer, violinist
- Lee Cass, bass-baritone
- Georgia Laster, soprano
- 1954
- William Doppmann, pianist
- Jean Wentworth, pianist
- Jules Eskin, cellist
- Martha Flowers, soprano
- 1955
- Ronald Leonard, cellist
- Mary MacKenzie, contralto
- Nancy Cirillo, violinist
- 1956
- Donald McCall, cellist
- Wayne Connor, tenor
- George Katz, pianist
- 1957
- Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano
- Angelica Lozada, soprano
- Michael Grebanier, cellist
- 1958
- Joseph Schwartz, pianist
- Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano
- Elaine Lee, violinist
- 1959
- Howard Aibel, pianist
- Sophia Steffan, soprano
- Ralph Votapek, pianist
- 1960
- Joseph Silverstein, violinist
- 1961
- Werner Torkanowsky, conductor
- 1964
- Elizabeth Mosher, soprano
- 1968
- Jorge Mester, conductor
- 1971
- Kun-Woo Paik, pianist
- Zola Shaulis, pianist
- 1972
- Robert Davidovici, violinist
- 1973 Voice
- Edmund LeRoy, baritone first prize
- Barbara Hendricks, soprano second prize
- Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano third prize
- 1974 Piano
- Andre-Michel Schub, first prize
- Edith Kraft, second prize
- Dickran Atamian, third prize
- 1975–76 (50th Anniversary Competitions)
- Piano: Dickran Atamian, pianist
- Voice: Clamma Dale and Joy Simpson, sopranos (co-winners)
- Violin: Elmar Oliveira, violinist
- 1977 Cello
- Nathaniel Rosen, first prize
- Thomas Demenga, second prize
- Georg Faust, third prize
- 1978 Flute
- Carol Wincenc, first prize
- Marya Martin, second prize
- Gary Schocker, third prize
- 1979 Piano
- Peter Orth, first prize
- Miryo Park, second prize
- Panayis Lyras, third prize
- 1980 Voice (four winners)
- Faith Esham, soprano
- Irene Gubrud, soprano
- Jan Opalach, bass-baritone
- Lucy Shelton, soprano
- 1981 Violin
- Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
- 1981 Cello
- Colin Carr
- 1982 Viola
- Thomas Riebl
- 1983 Piano
- Stephen Hough, first prize
- David Allen Wehr, second prize
- William Wolfram, third prize
- 1984 Violin (No first prize awarded)
- Carmit Zori, second prize
- Ian Swensen, second prize (co-winners)
- 1985 Voice
- Dawn Upshaw, soprano, first prize
- Christopher Trakas, baritone, first prize
- 1985 Clarinet
- Charles Neidich, first prize
- John Grey, second prize
- Daniel McKelway, third prize
- 1986 Cello
- Andrés Diáz, first prize
- Truls Mørk, second prize
- Peter Wiley, third prize
- 1987 Piano
- Anton Nel, first prize
- Andrew Wilde, second prize
- William Wolfram, third prize
- 1988 Violin
- Leonidas Kavakos, first prize
- Peter Winograd, second prize
- Peter Matzka, third prize
- 1989 Voice
- Stanford Olsen, tenor, first prize
- David Malis, baritone, second prize
- Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano, third prize
- 1990 Cello
- Hai-Ye Ni, first prize
- Gustav Rivinius, second prize
- Marius May, third prize
- 1991 Viola
- Misha Amory, first prize
- Paul Coletti, second prize
- Roberto Diáz, third prize
- 1992 Piano
- Awadagin Pratt, first prize
- Mikhail Yanovitsky, second prize
- Alan Gampel, third prize
- 1993 Violin
- Tomohiro Okumura, first prize
- Yehonatan Berick, second prize
- Michael Shih, third prize
- 1994 Voice
- Theresa Santiago, soprano, first prize
- Leon Williams, baritone, second prize
- Christópheren Nomura, baritone, third prize
- 1996 Classical guitar
- Jorge Caballero, first prize
- Jason Vieaux, second prize
- Kevin Gallagher, third prize
- 1997 Piano
- Steven Osborne, first prize
- Anthony Molinaro, first prize (co-winners)
- 1998 Violin
- Axel Strauss, first prize
- Jasmine Lin, second prize
- Jennifer Frautschi, third prize
- 1999 Voice
- Stephen Salters, baritone, first prize
- Randall Scarlata, baritone, second prize
- Hyunah Yu, soprano, third prize
- 2001 Violoncello
- Clancy Newman, first prize
- Li Wei Qin, first prize (co-winners)
- 2002 Piano
- Gilles Vonsattel, first prize
- Konstantin Soukhovetski, second prize
- Lev Vincour, third prize
- 2003 Violin
- Frank Huang, first prize
- Ayano Ninomiya, second prize
- Sharon Roffman, third prize
- 2005 Voice
- Sari Gruber, first prize
- Thomas Meglioranza, second prize
- Tyler Duncan, third prize
- Amanda Forsythe, honorable mention
- 2006 Viola
- David Carpenter, first prize
- Eric Nowlin, second prize
- Jonah Sirota, third prize
- David Kim, honorable mention
- 2008 Cello
- David Requiro and Anita Leuzinger, first prize
- Sébastien Hurtaud, third prize
- Saeunn Thorsteindottir, Zara Nelsova Prize
- Umberto Clerici, honorable mention
- David Eggert, Honorable mention
- 2010 Piano
- Soyeon Lee, first prize
- Alexandre Moutouzkine, co-second prize
- Ran Dank, co-second prize
- Christopher Guzman, honorable mention
- 2012 Violin
- Tessa Lark, first prize
- Elly Suh, second prize
- Kristin Lee, third prize
- 2014 Voice
- Julia Bullock, first prize
- Sidney Outlaw, second prize
- Hyo Na Kim, honorable mention
- Michael Kelly, Honorable mention
- 2015 Cello
- Lev Sivkov, first prize
- Jay Campbell and Brannon Cho, second prize
- 2017 Piano
- Albert Cano Smit and Xiaohui Yang, first prize
- Tiffany Poon, second prize
- 2018 Violin
- Grace Park, first prize
- Shannon Lee, second prize
- Danbi Um, third prize
- 2021 Voice
- Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano, first prize
- Megan Moore, mezzo-soprano, and William Socolof, bass-baritone, second prize
- 2022 Saxophone
- Valentin Kovalev and Andreas Mader, first prize
- Robert (Chance) Stine, second prize
- 2023 Piano
- Yang (Jack) Gao, first prize
- Anna Han, second prize
- Sahun (Sam) Hong, third prize
References
[edit]- ^ Serinus, Jason Victor (December 28, 2010). "The Naumburg Competition: Formula One for Finding Talent". sfcv.org.
- Robert Mann (October 27, 1985). "The Naumburg Competition at 60". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- The Naumburg Competition: Formula One for Finding Talent, sfcv.org
- Previous Winners Archived December 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine