Steinway Concerto Competition
In the 1997-98 season Ars Viva began featuring winners of the Steinway Concerto Competition in performance with the Ars Viva Orchestra, an extraordinary opportunity for a young musician. The first winner was Ching Wen Hsaio who has gone on to attend The Juilliard School in New York. Elizabeth Joy Roe is also a student at The Juilliard School.
Michelle Naughton accepts applause following her performance with the
Orchestra
Winners include the following gifted young musicians:
Paul Juhn, 16
Vernon Hills High School
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor, Op. 11
Andrew Mariano
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Christine Yoon, 15
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2
Jeremy Jordan, 16 yrs old
Walter Payton High School, Chicago
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1
Michelle
Naughton, 15 yrs old
Thomas
Jefferson Middle School
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1
Christina Naughton, 14 yrs old
Thomas
Jefferson Middle School
Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachael Kudo, 14 yrs old
Glenbrook
North High School
Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1
Deborah Hong, 16 yrs old
Glenbrook
North High School
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3
Elizabeth Joy Roe, 17 yrs old
Glenbrook
South High School
Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2
Kristin Figard, 15 yrs old
home
schooled
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2
Ching Wen Hsaio, 18 yrs old
Fremd
High School
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No.