Parisot honored by Sejong Soloists
The International Sejong Soloists,
one of the world's top conductorless string orchestras, honored renowned Yale
cello professor Aldo Parisot at its annual benefit concert on November 12 at
Carnegie Hall. Hyo Kang, artistic director of the Sejong Soloists and a member
of the School of Music faculty, invited Parisot and the 20 members of the Yale
Cellos ensemble to perform on the program. CNN anchor Paula Zahn hosted the
festivities; an amateur cellist, she joined the group for two pieces. Two YSM
alumni had leading roles in the musical tribute: Ole Akahoshi ’95CERT, now on
the school's faculty, is principal cello of both Sejong and the Yale Cellos,
and Jian Wang ’88CERT, a renowned international soloist and recording artist,
was a featured soloist.
Yale musicians win in Italy and
Chile
Darrell Ang, a conducting fellow at
the Yale School of Music from Singapore, was a top prizewinner in the 2006
Antonio Pedrotti International Competition for Orchestra Conductors. The
grueling competition, open to conductors of all nationalities, took place in
Trento, Italy, over a two-week period ending on October 12. The 40 conductors
chosen to compete in Trento were given a repertoire of 24 pieces to prepare,
ranging from Mozart symphonies to a new work by Luca Mosca that was
commissioned for the competition, but were not told which piece they would be
conducting for the competition until they stepped to the podium. All had
auditioned for the competition in New York, Tokyo, Trento, Brussels, or Prague.
Mr. Ang is a first-year master of music student, studying with Shinik Hahm.
On November 11, Rumanian cellist
Mihai Marica ’04CERT won the 33rd International Music Competition in Vina del
Mar in Chile, regarded as one of the most prestigious music competitions in the
world. Marica, a student of Aldo Parisot, won a substantial cash prize, two
appearances as soloist with the Chilean Symphonic Orchestra, and an appearance
in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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