Thursday, June 12th
Classical Piano - Level 8 - Group D
Adjudicator: Brigitte Poulin
Montreal-based, Brigitte Poulin is an active and accomplished soloist, chamber musician and teacher whose repertoire covers all periods. A proponent of 20th and 21st century music, Brigitte has commissioned and premiered more than fifty works for solo piano, prepared piano and various chamber ensembles.
Graduated from the Université de Montréal (DMus), the Vienna Music Academy and the Montreal music Conservatory, Brigitte has been several times artist in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts.
Brigitte counts among her faithful collaborators doublebassist Ali Yazdanfar and pianist Jean Marchand. She has also founded two contemporary chamber ensembles: Ensemble Transmission and Trio Phoenix.
Brigitte Poulin teaches as a part-time lecturer at The Schulich music School of McGill University. She is also accompanying at both McGill Schulich School of Music and Université de Montréal. She is regularly called upon to adjudicate for Arts Councils grant proposals as well as Music Festivals across Canada. She is as well a member of the Summer Academy of Orford Music. As well since September 2021, she is teaching piano at the École de musique de Verdun and the Villa Sainte-Marcelline.
Her most recent CD recordings include: Folklore imaginaire music by Ana Sokolović (Naxos), Pierrot lunaire (Atma), Transmission, and her own solo CD Édifices Naturels (Dame). Her performances can be heard on Naxos Records and YouTube.
Location
Wilfrid Laurier University - Room M3018
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
Classical Piano - Level 8 - Group D - Morning
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:30 AM | Name:Maxwell Scandlan | Titles: Sonata in C Major, K 545, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nocturne in B flat Major, H 37 by John Field | Home Festival:Brant |
| Time:9:40 AM | Name:Amber Li | Titles: Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Mysterious Summer's Night by Larysa Kuzmenko | Home Festival:St. Thomas |
| Time:9:50 AM | Name:Lucas Ling | Titles: The Spruce, op. 75, no. 5 by Jean Sibelius Sonata in C Major, K 545, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
| Time:10:00 AM | Name:Liam Welford | Titles: Jazz Exercise No. 2 by Oscar Peterson Invention No 13 In A Minor, BWV 784 by Johann Sebastian Bach | Home Festival:Lambton County |
| Time:10:10 AM | Name:Sihan Qian | Titles: Sonata in C Major, K 545 , 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tango callejero by Mike Springer | Home Festival:IMFC |
| Time:10:20 AM | Name:Jennifer Lee | Titles: Sonata in G Major, op. 49, no. 2, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven Chanson triste by Vasili Kalinnikov | Home Festival:Guelph |
| Time:10:30 AM | Name:Percy Xing | Titles: Sonata in B Flat Major, C 27 by Domenico Cimarosa Waltz in B Minor, op. posth. 69, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:10:40 AM | Name:Kayden Fung | Titles: Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq 117/2, H220 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Nocturne in B flat Major, H 37 by John Field | Home Festival:Star-MVP |
| Time:10:50 AM | Name:Mingyi Wang | Titles: Sonata in C Major, K 545, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Seven Good-humored Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 51, no. 4 by Dmitri Kabalevsky | Home Festival:Ottawa Piano |
| Time:11:00 AM | Name:Lucas Lin | Titles: Mysterious Summer's Night by Larysa Kuzmenko Fantasia in D Minor, TWV 33:2 by Georg Philipp Telemann | Home Festival:Unionville |
| Time:11:10 AM | Name:Christine Liu | Titles: Sonata in B flat Major, C 27 by Domenico Cimarosa Seven of Hearts by Kevin Olson | Home Festival:Kingston |
| Time:11:20 AM | Name:William Trinh | Titles: Tango callejero by Mike Springer Gigue en rondeau by Jean-Philippe Rameau | Home Festival:Chatham |
| Time:11:30 AM | Name:Ivan Hin Ip Liu | Titles: Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven The Spruce, op. 75, no. 5 by Jean Sibelius | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
11:45 AM - Lunch Break
Classical Piano - Level 8 - Group D - Afternoon
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:1:00 PM | Name:Charles Wang | Titles: Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, no. 2, 3rd mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau Seven Good-humored Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 51, no. 4 by Dmitri Kabalevsky | Home Festival:Hamilton |
| Time:1:10 PM | Name:Ulrich Simb Tonfack | Titles: Solfeggio in C Minor, Wq 177/2, H220 by C.P.E. Bach Etude Allegro by Yoshinao Nakada | Home Festival:Oshawa |
| Time:1:20 PM | Name:Corina Yang | Titles: Two Part Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 by Johann Sebastian Bach Scherzo in B flat Major, D593, no.1 by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Yip's |
| Time:1:30 PM | Name:Dexter Yu | Titles: Prelude No. 3 by Michael Valenti Sonata in C Major, K 545, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
| Time:1:40 PM | Name:Nicholai Pan | Titles: Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 by Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in C Major, K 545, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
2:00 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.
4:00 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Piano - Level 8
The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at Conrad Grebel University College - Chapel
140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6