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2020 BMF Int'l Music Competition for the Blind Winners' Highlights Division I Julia LaGrand, USA, Division I, 1st Prize Violin Sonata No. 2, movement 1, "Obsession" by Eugène Ysaÿe Ryan Maxwell, USA, Division I, 2nd Prize Rhapsody Op. 79, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms Sihu Hwang, S. Korea, Division I, 3rd Prize Piano Sonata Op.49, No.2, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven Laura Parra Muñoz, Spain, Division I, Encouragement Award A la amiga by Ricardo Lamotte de Grignón Division II Fernando Apan, Mexico, Division II, Encouragement Award Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 by Frédéric Chopin Guillem León, Spain, Division II, 3rd Prize Prelude Op. 23, No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff Mackenzie Jacquemin, USA, Division II, 2nd Prize Ach, ich fühl's from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jisun Kim, S. Korea, Division II, 1st Prize Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 by Pablo de Sarasate -------------------------------------------------------------------- We are so sorry to announce that we won't be able to hold the winners' concert originally scheduled on May 1st, 2021 because the US is still fighting a vaccine shortage, and multiple variants of the virus are circulating globally, and our winners' and other audiences' safety is our priority during COVID-19 pandemic. We will postpone the concert to Spring, 2022. We hope that this COVID-19 situation gets under control soon, so we can meet you with our winners’ concert and BMF concert series. Thank you all finalists for participating in the 2020 Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition and congratulations on making it as a finalist! With a large number of very musically talented contestants from all over the world including the United States of America, Australia, Spain, South Korea, Colombia, Mexico and New Zealand, our 2020 Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition for the Blind and Visually impaired was very successful and the final round was extremely competitive. Our 2020 competition jury, Dr. Julia Bullard (Head Judge), Mr. Hyong Jo, and Ms. Mira Kim, was touched by everyone’s beautiful music and wishes them all the best in their musical careers. Special thanks to Dancing Dots, Seong Min Kim & Youn Suk Lee, Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, and our head judge, Dr. Julia Bullard! The winners of the 2020 Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition: DIVISION I : Junior Division (10-18) 1st Prize: $600 / 2nd Prize: $400 / 3rd Prize: $300 * Dancing Dots’ accessible music notation software will be awarded to the winners. 1st Prize winner: Julia LaGrand - Violin (USA) 2nd Prize winner: Ryan Maxwell - Piano(USA) 3rd Prize winner: Sihu Hwang - Piano (S. Korea) Encouragement Award winner: Laura Parra Muñoz - Piano (Spain) DIVISION II : Young Artist Division (19-30) 1st Prize: $2,000 / 2nd Prize: $1,000 / 3rd Prize: $500 * Dancing Dots’ accessible music notation software will be awarded to the winners. 1st Prize winner: Jisun Kim - Violin (S. Korea) 2nd Prize winner: Mackenzie Jacquemin - Voice (USA) 3rd Prize winner: Guillem León - Piano (Spain) Encouragement Award winner: Fernando Apan - Piano (Mexico) The next BMF Music Competition for the Blind will be held in 2022. Please join us on May 1st, 2021 at 7pm in the New York City (Marc A. Scorca Hall: 330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001) for the Bella Music Foundation Spring Concert featuring the winners of the 2020 BMF International Music Competition for the Blind and Visually Impaired! They are awesome! Thank you!   Thank you to all the contestants who entered the 2020 Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition for the Blind and Visually impaired! Amazingly, we had a large number of very musically talented contestants from all over the world including the United States of America, Australia, Spain, South Korea, Colombia, Mexico and New Zealand for the 2020 Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition for the Blind and Visually impaired this year. Every contestant was very talented and well prepared, so the preliminary round process was highly competitive. We appreciate all of the contestants for their beautiful music and wish them all the best in their musical careers.
Congratulations to the finalists of the 2020 Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition for the Blind and Visually impaired! DIVISION I : AGES 10 - 18 Jaebaek Lee - Piano (South Korea) Julia LaGrand - Violin (USA) Laura Parra Muñoz - Piano (Spain) Madeline Mau - Piano (USA) Matthew Herrera - Voice (USA) Ryan Maxwell - Piano (USA) Sihu Hwang - Piano (South Korea) DIVISION II : AGES 19 - 30 Daniel Gillen - Composition (USA) Fernando Apan - Piano (Mexico) Guillem León - Piano (Spain) Jeong Woo Lee - Voice (South Korea) Jisun Kim - Violin (South Korea) Mackenzie Jacquemin - Voice (USA) Yookyung Kang - Voice (South Korea) The next Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition for the Blind and Visually impaired will be held in 2022.  2020 Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition for the Blind and Visually impaired The Bella Music Foundation International Music Competition of 2020 Application is now closed. The finalists will be notified by email and announced on our website on November 19, 2020 at 1PM EST. Thank you! Application Deadline: October 31, 2020 Preliminary Round (Recorded Video Audition) : November 03-16, 2020 Final Round (Virtual Live Audition) : Division I: Dec. 04, 2020 EST Division II: Dec. 11, 2020 EST CATEGORIES DIVISION I : AGES 10 - 18 1st Prize: $600 / 2nd Prize: $400 / 3rd Prize: $300 DIVISION II : AGES 19 - 30 1st Prize: $2,000 / 2nd Prize: $1,000 / 3rd Prize: $500 * Dancing Dots’ accessible music notation software will be awarded to the winners. WINNERS' CONCERT MAY 1, 2021 AT 7 PM MARC A. SCORCA HALL 330 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10001 More Info. 1-551-255-0570 (USA) www.BellaMF.org info@bellamf.org General Information |
