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Paderewski Concerto Competition

2003 Winners

18-19 April, 2003
First Prize $1200
Performance
with the Orchestra
on May 16 & 18, 2003

Jennifer Hsiao

Second Prize
(shared) $800
Joanna & Barbara
Truszkowska

History of the competition

The first Paderewski Concerto competition took place on March 3, 2001
at the "Wesoly-Sloper" Cultural Center, New Britain,

The winners were:

Lily Francis
violin,
First Prize: $1,200
Solo performance
with the Connecticut
Virtuosi Chamber
Orchestra on
March 16th, 2001
Jennifer Hsiao violin,
Second Prize: $800
Solo performance
with the Connecticut
Virtuosi Chamber
Orchestra on
March 16th, 2001
Maya Shankar violin,
Third Prize: $500
(funded by the Hartford Conservatory)
Solo performance
with the Connecticut
Virtuosi Chamber
Orchestra on
March 16th, 2001 Emilie-Anne Gendron
violin,
Chopin Society of Connecticut: $150
Special Award for best performance of a piece by a Polish composer Grace Kim soprano,
Honorable Mention