April 18, 2021 @ 7PM EST
Zoom
Join us on Zoom for a fun, free event celebrating the very first and most recent winners of our National Recorder Competition and the three finalists who were slated to perform in 2020. Performances will be interspersed with interviews and an audience Q&A.
Competition Winners & Finalists to include:
- Alexa Raine-Wright – our first competition winner: Fantasia 12, TWV40 Georg Philipp Telemann
- Teresa Deskur – our most recent winner: I’d Rather Be In Philadelphia, Pete Rose
- Alex Van Tassel – 2020 finalist: “Tempesta de Mare” Concerto, mvts I & III, Antonio Vivaldi
- Marc Albrechtskirchinger – 2020 finalist: Sonata, Adagio & Allegro, Arcangelo Corelli
- Sridhar Shenoy – 2020 finalist: Meditativo, Peter Carpa
Piffaro has held its bi-annual competition since 2007. The successful venture has featured 18 recorder virtuosi and produced five winners, who are featured on Piffaro’s subsequent subscription season. The first winner of the National Recorder Competition, Alexa Raine-Wright, has received degrees in early music from McGill University and is carving out a successful career for herself on recorder and Baroque flute with Arion Baroque Orchestra and Flute Alors. Two others, Joe Lewnard and Bryan Duerfeldt (who showcased his skills on the October 14, 2012 episode of NPR’s From The Top), have pursued degrees in the sciences, but still consider the instrument an important part of their lives. Martin Bernstein, went on to take first prize in the “Under 21” category of Belgium’s International Mieke van Weddingen Competition, the first American to do so. He was featured on the June 30, 2015 episode of NPR’s From The Top and is now attending the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.
If you are a teacher and interested in providing your students an opportunity to perform in a supportive environment, contact us!