Date: 24 Oct 2024 - 18 Nov 2024 The 2024 Winners Tour
Presented by the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in partnership with Chamber Music New Zealand, the Auckland Philharmonia and Piano+.
The Sydney International Piano Competition and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition are the most prestigious and celebrated international competitions in our region. Both competitions crown winners of outstanding promise and star power. 2023 was an exceptional year for both events, producing two remarkable winners in Jeonghwan Kim (piano) and Yeyeong “Jenny” Jin (violin).
Jenny will commence her tour with a concerto engagement with the Auckland Philharmonia, before joining with Sydney International Piano Competition winner Jeonghwan Kim and embarking on a 12-venue recital tour across New Zealand and Australia.
The Winners Tour our brings together two virtuosic soloists of bright subtlety and emotional depth in concerts centered on one of the most beloved instrumental combinations in music.
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Jenny Jin
2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition winner
In addition to this first prize place at last year’s competition, Jenny was also named as the winner of the Chamber Music Prize, donated by Frances Bell and was the recipient of the Sheila Smith Prize, a three-year loan of an exquisite Domenico Montagnana violin, c1735 – 39, facilitated through the Rare Violins of New York Consortium. She has also won top prizes at the 2022 Zhuhai International Violin Competition and the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition.
Jenny started her violin studies at the age of two and was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at the age of nine, studying with the renowned pedagogue Ida Kavafian. Jenny currently attends The Juilliard School as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, studying with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin.
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Jeonghwan Kim
2023 Sydney International Piano Competition winner
Also from South Korea, Jeonghwan Kim was the winner of the 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition, where he received the first prize along with two special prizes; the Best Overall Concerto Prize and a prize for his performance of Bartok’s second piano concerto.
Jeonghwan began his piano studies at the age of six, winning a number a comopetitions which led to his acceptance into the Seoul Arts Center Academy for Young Talented Musicians at nine years old. He moved to Berlin at 11 years old, and has studied at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in the class of Professor Konrad Maria Engel since 20q7.
In 2019, Jeonghwan won the Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark, prompting immediate Invitations to perform with the Aarhus and Odense Symphony Orchestras.
In 2022, he was awarded first prize at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy competition in Berlin, and the audience prize at the Sendai International Piano Competition.
Jeonghwan has given concerts in major halls in Berlin, Weimar, Hamburg, and Aarhus, among others.
Programme
Giuseppe Tartini Devil’s Trill Sonata
Béla Bartók Three Burlesques, Op 8
Eugéne-Auguste Ysaye Sonata No 5
Henryk Wieniawski Polonaise de concert, Op 4
Interval
Michael Norris Waipounamu [1] or
Dame Gillian Whitehead Bright Silence [2]
Frédéric Chopin Andante spinato and grand polonaise brillante, Op 22
Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75
[1] Invercargill, Nelson, Christchurch, New Plymouth, Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne
[2] Palmerston North, Hawkes Bay, Hamilton, Queenstown, Dunedin, Wellington
Tours dates and tickets
| day | date | location | time | venue | details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Oct-24 | Auckland | 7.30pm | Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall | Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 'Strassburg' | Tickets |
| Sunday | Oct-27 | Palmerston North | 7.30pm | St Peters | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Tuesday | Oct-29 | Hawke's Bay | 7.30pm | MTG | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Wednesday | Oct-30 | Hamilton | 7.30pm | GAPA | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Thursday | Oct-31 | Invercargill | 7.30pm | Civic | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Friday | Nov-01 | Nelson | 7.30pm | NCMA | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Sunday | Nov-03 | Christchurch | 7.30pm | The Piano | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Monday | Nov-04 | Queenstown | 7.30pm | The Lodge, The Hill's Home | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Tuesday | Nov-05 | Dunedin | 7.30pm | Glenroy | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Friday | Nov-08 | New Plymouth | 7.30pm | 4th Wall | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Saturday | Nov-09 | Wellington | 7.30pm | St Andrews | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Sunday | Nov-10 | Auckland | 7.30pm | Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Saturday | Nov-16 | Sydney | 7.30pm | Verbrugghen Hall | Recital Programme | Tickets |
| Monday | Nov-18 | Melbourne | 7.00pm | Melbourne Recital Centre | Recital Programme | Tickets |
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