Aug 19th Tuba/Euph FINALS!!
Aug 19th FINALS!
Today was a very tough day of judging. Five euphonium candidates and three tuba candidates had advanced to the final round of competition.
The euphoniums performed the Kino Concertino by Kasatti. Kino in this case refers not to 'cinema' but rather to the Polish meaning of the word Kino which means 'devil' True to its name, it is a devilishly difficult work that is also and exciting showpiece for the euphonium. Following 5 very solid performances, the judges decision was to award 2 prizes.
Second Prize: Ayano Iwakuro
Third Prize: Ryunosuke Abe
The tubas performed the beautiful and taxing standard of the repertoire, the Bozza Concertino. Again, all 3 performers gave excellent performances with the results of the judges voting being two prizes awarded.
First Prize: Kent Eschelman
Third Prize: Moon Ji-woong
Congratulations are in order for all participants. It was a most difficult competition to judge this time because all competitors were of such comparable abilities!