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Keeping Up With The Play – Jenny’s Winners Tour Blog #4

21 November 2024 After a lively recording session in Hamilton, I was off to Sydney! Having never been to Australia, I was excited to explore the city. We arrived at our hotel around 9:30 pm, right in the heart of Darling Square, where the streets were buzzing with life. I quickly dropped my luggage in…

Photo credit: Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis

National String Competition – Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis

We sat down with Sarah Watkins and Gracie Francis – our collaborative pianists for the 2024 National String Competition – to talk about what it’s like to work with a large number of young artists with a limited amount of rehearsal time…the challenges, the joys and the myriad of things that both competitor and accompanist…

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    Looking back on the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition
    So the Review from the @NZHerald is out... BUT

- it's behind their paywall, which is probably a sign it's a spectacular review!! (Mr Dart knows his stuff!)

But for those who haven't paid for an online subscription to this newspaper - please share your own 'review' in the comments below! 

And if you'd like to revisit or see the Grand Finale for yourself - it's up on our youtube.com/@MHIVC channel and our website homepage... 

Tell us what you thought of the Grand Final in the comments below! 

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#MHIVC2023
    Congratulations Yeyeong Jenny Jin (SOUTH KOREA/ USA) winner of the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

To read all the news and see the full list of winners visit our link in bio
    BREAKING: Yeyeong Jenny Jin (@yjennyjin) has been named the winner of the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, after a dramatic finale performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto. #MHIVC2023 

Link in bio..
    Get your vote in for the Michael Hill International Violin Competition's famous Audience Prize. ALL 16 competitors are eligible to win.

Rank the players in order of your most ‘preferred’, with 1 being your favourite.

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    ATTN: The finalists for the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition are...

Lorenz Karls (Sweden/ Austria)
Claire Wells (USA/Germany)
Yeyeong Jenny Jin (South Korea/USA)

The Grand Finale performance will call on each competitor to perform their chosen concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Andrew Litton. 

The Grand Finale will take place on Saturday 10 June, 7.30pm - Auckland Town Hall.
Please see LINK IN BIO for booking information. 

@yjennyjin @claire.wells #LorenzKarls
    Special congratulations to Julia Mirzoev (Canada) who won the top prize for 'best performance of the New Zealand Composition' - 'Waipounamu' by composer Michael Norris.

#MHIVC2023 @juliamirzoev
    Semi-Finalists announced as the Michael Hill International Violin Competition travels from Queenstown to Auckland

See our website for details - link in bio

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