The 2012 Young Soloist Competition will hold preliminary and semi-final rounds March 21-22, 2012 and the final round recital will take place Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Taiwan Center in Flushing, NY.
The 2012 Young Soloist Competition application form and guidelines are available to download here: YSC Registration Form and Guidelines 2012 The application postmarked deadline is January 12, 2012. To receive a competition announcement flyer, request to be on the YSC mailing list by sending an email to education@queenssymphony.org
Download the guidelines separately here: YSC Guidelines 2012
Watch TV Footage of our 2011 YSC Final Round Recital
Queens Symphony Orchestra is pleased to offer our prestigiousYoung Soloist Competition to the community. The final round of this year's competition was held as a public recital at the Taiwan Center in Flushing on March 6, 2011 at 4 pm, after which the winners were announced. In addition to cash prizes, the first and second place winners of both the senior and junior divisions will be invited to perform with QSO during the 2011-2012 season. The judges included Diane Lee with IMG Artist, Abba Bogin, QSO Personnel Manager and Pianist, Masako Yanagita, QSO Concertmaster and Constantine Kitsopoulos, QSO Music Director. This was truly an opportunity for our gifted youth to be heard by leading members of the industry and perform with the only professional orchestra in the borough of Queens!
WINNERS OF THE 2011 YOUNG SOLOIST COMPETITION
SENIOR DIVISION
First Place - Jung-Hsuan Ko, cello
Second Place - Ting Ru Lai, viola
Third Place - Monica Martin, violin
Honorable Mentions - Ji Young Park, violin & Mina Um, violin
JUNIOR DIVISION
First Place - Angela Wee, violin
Second Place - Ashley Park, violin
Third Place - Dean Deng, piano
QSO’s Young Soloist Competition was sponsored in part by Astoria Federal Savings, the Taiwan Center, the Taiwanese American Association of New York, Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and the Queens Chronicle.