The Michael Hill Violin Competition Charitable Trust has launched a project to help get string instruments in the hands of young players who need them. Executive Director Anne Rodda spoke to Upbeat about the Trust's Instrument Bank initiative, which was set up with the recognition that New Zealand’s young musicians were in need of instruments
Media release Monday 10 August, 2020 2021 MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION CANCELLED New Zealand’s most prestigious international music competition taking a break in 2021. New Queenstown Music Festival to take its spot. The Board of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition (MHIVC) has made the unsurprising yet still difficult decision to cancel the 2021 Competition, which was to have marked the prestigious event’s 20th year. In its place, over Queen’s Birthday weekend in 2021 – when…
Media release Saturday 8 June, 2019 SOUTH KOREAN ANNA IM WINS 2019 MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION South Korean violinist Do Gyung (Anna) Im has won the 2019 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, announced at Auckland Town Hall tonight. In tonight’s Grand Finale, the three finalists – Anna, Eric Tsai from the USA and Jevgēnijs Čepoveckis of Latvia – each performed a concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Giordano Bellincampi. As the winner of the tenth…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s84AVOHf0xs Antonín Dvořák: Romantické kusy pro housle a klavír, op. 75 Housle: Josef Špaček Klavír: Miroslav Sekera Video z benefičního koncertu pro nemocnice bojující s koronavirem, který se uskutečnil bez účasti obecenstva 28. 3. 2020 ve Dvořákově síni Rudolfina.
