{"id":3102,"date":"2021-03-10T10:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T10:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/?page_id=3102"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:16:25","slug":"judges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/national-string-competition\/judges\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1613553988080{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Preliminary Judges selecting the 15 semi-finalists&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]\n    <div class=\"mv-artists-item\">\n      <div class=\"mv-artists-item-visible-content\">\n                                <a href=\"#mv-artists-item-1617854239052-639fe311-1242\" class=\"read-more-artists\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1I1A0516-Edit1657052609538-scaled-e1719565042558.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\n                        <h3 class=\"artists-name\">IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA<\/h3>\n\n                  <div class=\"artists_group_item_wrap\">\n                      <div class=\"artists_group_item\">\n              <div class=\"artists_group_item_name\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"artists_group_item_content\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        \n                            <a href=\"#mv-artists-item-1617854239052-639fe311-1242\" class=\"read-more-artists btn\">Read More<\/a>\n                \n      <\/div>\n      <div id=\"mv-artists-item-1617854239052-639fe311-1242\" class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-content\">\n        <div class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-content-inner\">\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-close\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/themes\/oceanwp-child\/img\/left-arrow-img.png\" \/> Back to page<\/a>\n          <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-area\"> \n            <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-img-section\">\n              <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-img\">\n                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1I1A0516-Edit1657052609538-scaled-e1719565042558.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                          <\/div>\n              <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-details\">\n                <h3 class=\"artists-name\">IOANA CRISTINA GOICEA<\/h3>\n                                <ul class=\"artists-btn-group\">\n                                                    <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-logo-section\">\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-bottom-area\"> \n            Ioana Cristina Goicea played wonderfully [&#8230;]. She is a true artist, and that is what matters. She has potential to become a star [&#8230;]\u201d &#8211; Vadim Repin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ioana Cristina Goicea is one of the outstanding violinists of her generation. She won First Prize at the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, with critics praising her passionate performance and describing her as \u201ca new star in the musical firmament.\u201d In 2018 she won First Prize at the German Music Competition in Bonn and was a laureate of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. In 2019 she became a prize winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. She is also the winner of the J. Brahms International Competition (2013) and laureate of the \u201dFritz Kreisler\u201d International Violin Competition Vienna (2014).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Goicea has performed as a soloist at renowned venues in Europe, Asia, America, New Zealand and Australia, among them the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, St Martin-in-the-Fields London, the Melbourne Recital Centre, Wiener Konzerthaus, Bozar Brussels, Meistersingerhalle N\u00fcrnberg, the Shanghai Concert Hall, the Athenaeum Bucharest, Townhall Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her career as a soloist, the young violinist is also an avid chamber musician.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ioana Cristina Goicea was born into a family of musicians in Bucharest in 1992. She studied with Mariana Sirbu, Petru Munteanu and Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the Universities of Music Leipzig, Rostock and Hannover.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She plays a J.B. Vuillaume violin, on loan from a generous private donour as well as a modern violin by J\u00fcrgen Manthey (Leipizig, 2021).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ioana Cristina lives in Vienna and holds a Professorship at the University of Music and Performing Arts since 2020.          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  [\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]\n    <div class=\"mv-artists-item\">\n      <div class=\"mv-artists-item-visible-content\">\n                                <a href=\"#mv-artists-item-1617854559750-dec9a420-d5b7\" class=\"read-more-artists\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Victoria-Simonsen-1-CROPPED-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\n                        <h3 class=\"artists-name\">VICTORIA SIMONSEN<\/h3>\n\n                  <div class=\"artists_group_item_wrap\">\n                      <div class=\"artists_group_item\">\n              <div class=\"artists_group_item_name\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"artists_group_item_content\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        \n                            <a href=\"#mv-artists-item-1617854559750-dec9a420-d5b7\" class=\"read-more-artists btn\">Read More<\/a>\n                \n      <\/div>\n      <div id=\"mv-artists-item-1617854559750-dec9a420-d5b7\" class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-content\">\n        <div class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-content-inner\">\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-close\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/themes\/oceanwp-child\/img\/left-arrow-img.png\" \/> Back to page<\/a>\n          <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-area\"> \n            <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-img-section\">\n              <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-img\">\n                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Victoria-Simonsen-1-CROPPED-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                          <\/div>\n              <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-details\">\n                <h3 class=\"artists-name\">VICTORIA SIMONSEN<\/h3>\n                                <ul class=\"artists-btn-group\">\n                                                    <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-logo-section\">\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-bottom-area\"> \n            Cellist\u00a0<strong>Victoria Simonsen<\/strong>\u00a0has been described by The Strad as \u2018a musician of rare quality\u2019 and \u2018utterly compelling\u2019 by The Observer. She enjoys a varied musical life which includes\u00a0solo, chamber music and orchestral work, as well as recording\u00a0film and television soundtracks. Victoria was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is now based in London, U.K., with her two young children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Victoria is a Professor of Cello at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). In New Zealand, she studied at Auckland University with James Tennant before moving to the RNCM, where she studied cello with Ralph Kirshbaum and Karine Georgian and composition with Anthony Gilbert,\u00a0culminating with winning the RNCM\u2019s Gold Medal in 2006.\u00a0 She continued her studies as a string quartet fellow\u00a0at the Guildhall School of Music and later with Julius Berger in Germany. Victoria gained further inspiration through masterclasses with cellists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Anner Bylsma, Bernard Greenhouse, Gary Hoffman, Luis Claret, Philippe Muller, Johannes Goritzki, Colin Carr, Raphael Wallfisch and Jens Peter Maintz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A love of chamber music led Victoria to join the Rautio Piano Trio in 2015. The trio has recorded three albums for Resonus Classics, with plans to complete a cycle of Beethoven trios on period instruments. Her chamber music performances have been broadcast on radio and TV and concerts have included London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, the BBC Proms, Purcell Room, IMS Prussia Cove, Manchester International Festival, Kronberg Germany, Banff Canada and two national tours for Chamber Music New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2005 Victoria was appointed Principal Cellist with Opera North and in 2007 she moved to London and enjoyed a decade as a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra, touring throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America.\u00a0She now works regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as Guest Principal with many of the UK\u2019s major orchestras, including the Royal Opera House, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  [\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Semi-final and Final Round Judge&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]\n    <div class=\"mv-artists-item\">\n      <div class=\"mv-artists-item-visible-content\">\n                                <a href=\"#mv-artists-item-1617854691221-14df0c24-b6f4\" class=\"read-more-artists\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dene-Olding-photo-TIFF-Saunders-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\n                        <h3 class=\"artists-name\">DENE OLDING<\/h3>\n\n                  <div class=\"artists_group_item_wrap\">\n                      <div class=\"artists_group_item\">\n              <div class=\"artists_group_item_name\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"artists_group_item_content\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        \n                            <a href=\"#mv-artists-item-1617854691221-14df0c24-b6f4\" class=\"read-more-artists btn\">Read More<\/a>\n                \n      <\/div>\n      <div id=\"mv-artists-item-1617854691221-14df0c24-b6f4\" class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-content\">\n        <div class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-content-inner\">\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"mv-artists-item-popup-close\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/themes\/oceanwp-child\/img\/left-arrow-img.png\" \/> Back to page<\/a>\n          <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-area\"> \n            <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-img-section\">\n              <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-img\">\n                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhillviolincompetition.co.nz\/nsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dene-Olding-photo-TIFF-Saunders-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n                                          <\/div>\n              <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-details\">\n                <h3 class=\"artists-name\">DENE OLDING<\/h3>\n                                <ul class=\"artists-btn-group\">\n                                                    <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-top-logo-section\">\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"mv-artistsitem-bottom-area\"> \n            Dene Olding is recognised as one of Australia\u2019s most outstanding violinists. Until 2024, he was first violinist for the Goldner String Quartet and the Australia Ensemble (resident at the University of New South Wales) for many years and is Concertmaster Emeritus of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>As a soloist he has worked with all of the Australian Symphony and Chamber Orchestras in a range of repertoire. He has performed over forty concertos and worked with some of the world\u2019s leading conductors including Edo de Waart, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Stuart Challender, Sir Charles Mackerras, Jorge Mester, Gunther Herbig, Werner Andreas Albert, David Porcelijn and Vladimir Ashkenazy. He gave the Australian premiere performance of Lutoslawski\u2019s Chain 2 with the composer conducting, Elliott Carter\u2019s Violin Concerto and the Violin Concerto of Philip Glass. In addition, he has performed world premieres of violin concertos by Carl Vine, Ross Edwards , Bozidar Kos and the Double Concerto for violin and viola by Richard Mills, written for himself and his wife, Irina Morozova.<\/p>\n<p>Dene has also held the position of Leader and Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and is often sought after to lead\/direct concerts with many other orchestras. He has also been the Artistic Director of the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Festival Chamber Music Concert Program. He appears regularly at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and at many festivals in Australasia and Europe. In 2010 he appeared at the Edinburgh Festival as soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conductor, Vladimir Ashkenazy.<br \/>\nDene attended the Juilliard School In New York from the age of fourteen as a scholarship student of Ivan Galamian and Margaret Pardee.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated in 1978 with the Master of Music Degree and was awarded the Morris Loeb Prize. Other studies included master classes with Nathan Milstein and further lessons with Herman Krebbers and Gyorgy Pauk. In 1985, he was awarded the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to further his musical studies and during that year, became a Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Violin Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Solo recordings include a sonata disc of Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart for ABC Classics with his father, Max Olding, the CD premiere of concertos by Frank Martin and Milhaud and concertos by Samuel Barber and Ross Edwards (Maninyas) \u2013 winner of the 1994 A.R.I.A. award for \u201cBest Classical Recording\u201d and the prestigious Cannes award. He has also recorded the Hindemith violin concerti with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Werner Andreas Albert for CPO. His numerous chamber music CD\u2019s have also received acclaim. Recently, the recording of chamber music of Edward Elgar with the Goldner Quartet and pianist Piers Lane for the Hyperion label was selected as Gramophone magazine\u2019s \u201cRecord of the Month\u201d and spent time on the \u201cClassical top 10\u201d in the UK. His recording of the complete Beethoven string quartets with the Goldner quartet for ABC Classics was chosen Classical album of the year by Limelight magazine and a recording of rare Rachmaninov violin works with pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy also received praise from The Strad magazine.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, he gave the premiere performance of the Carl Vine violin concerto with the Australian Youth Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Goldner String Quartet and the Australia Ensemble, he regularly toured to Europe, Asia and New Zealand. He has been awarded the Centenary Medal of Australia and has received numerous awards and accolades for his performances in all spheres of music-making. Dene is passionate about the future of classical music and his role as Artistic Adviser (until 2016) and frequent jury member for the Michael Hill International Violin Competition as making an important contribution to that end. Dene also serves on the Board of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and is Chair of the Australian Music Foundation and Artistic Adviser for the Young Performers Awards<\/p>\n<p>He manages to combine a passion for Aikido and sailing with his busy musical career and spending time with his wife, Irina and son, Nikolai.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to music.          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  [\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1613553988080{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Preliminary Judges selecting the 15 semi-finalists&#8221; 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