>> THEY SHARE A COMMON BOND,
YOUNG PERFORMERS DRIVEN BY
PASSION, COMMITMENT AND THE
PURSUIT OF A LIFELONG DREAM.
MUSIC DIRECTOR JOHN DEMAIN AND
THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
WELCOME THE FOUR FINALISTS TO
OVERTURE HALL.
HANNAH WHITE.
ARIANNA BRUSUBARDIS.
JESSICA JIANG.
AND ISABELLE KRIER.
IT'S "WISCONSIN YOUNG ARTISTS
COMPETE": THE "FINAL FORTE."
MAJOR FUNDING PROVIDED, IN PART,
BY:
DIANE BALLWEG·
JULIE AND LARRY MIDTBO·
STEPHEN MORTON·
FRED AND MARY MOHS·
JOE AND MARY ELLYN
SENSENBRENNER·
WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM:
A. PAUL JONES CHARITABLE TRUST·
JAMES DAHLBERG AND ELSEBET LUND·
W. JEROME FRAUTSCHI·
ANN AND ROGER HAUCK·
KATO PERLMAN·
CYRENA AND LEE PONDROM·
MARC VITALE AND DARCY KIND
SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY·
AND FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU AND HELLO.
WELCOME TO "FINAL FORTE," THE
CULMINATION OF THE 2018 BOLZ
YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION.
I'M LORI SKELTON, HOST OF
"AFTERNOON CLASSICS."
>> I'M HOST OF WISCONSIN LIFE,
ANGELA FITZGERALD.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS
FORMED TO RECOGNIZE AND
CELEBRATE SOME OF THE AMAZING
ACHIEVEMENTS OF WISCONSIN'S
YOUNG PERFORMERS.
>> TONIGHT, LIVE FROM MADISON'S
MAGNIFICENT OVERTURE HALL, FOUR
MUSICAL GIFTED TEENAGERS WILL BE
COMPETING FOR TOP HONORS.
THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S
COMPETITION WILL RECEIVE A
$2,000 SCHOLARSHIP N AND THE
MARION PRIZE.
>> SECOND PLACE WILL RECEIVE A
$2,000.
TWO HONORABLE MENTION
SCHOLARSHIPS OF $1,000 WILL BE
AWARDED AS WELL.
>> TONIGHT'S FINALISTS EMERGED
FROM 40 STUDENTS WHO AUDITIONED
FOR THIS COMPETITION IN JANUARY.
THEY ARE VIOLINIST ARIANNA
BRUSUBARDIS OF DOUSMAN.
VIOLINIST HANNAH WHITE OF
GERMANTOWN.
JESSICA JIANG OF MADISON AND
ISABELLE KRIER OF OREGON.
>> EACH WILL PERFORM HERE
TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE WONDERFUL
MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER
MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN.
>> WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE
ORCHESTRA PERFORMING "THE MERRY
WIVES OF WINDSOR.
COMPLOAS "
OASCOMPL
>> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE
MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN.
[APPLAUSE]
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WAS THE MADISON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN PERFORMING
"THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR."
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO HEARING
FROM EACH OF OUR FOUR FINALISTS
THIS EVENING.
FIRST UP IS VIOLINIST ARIANNA
BRUSUBARDIS.
>> MY NAME IS ARIANNA
BRUSUBARDIS.
I AM 17 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN
DOUSMAN, WISCONSIN.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PLAYING THE
VIOLIN SINCE I WAS THREE YEARS
OLD.
I REALLY LIKE ALL OF THE
DISCIPLINE IT'S GIVEN ME.
YOU KNOW, WITH PRACTICING
SELF-MOTIVATION.
I THINK I'VE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY
THAT TO EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE.
I HAVE THREE OLDER BROTHERS, AND
THEN I HAVE TWO OLDER SISTERS.
ONE AFTER THE OTHER EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF US JUST KIND OF PICKED UP
THE VIOLIN.
WE WOULD GIG WITH EACH OTHER
LIKE AT WEDDINGS, ANY TYPE OF
PARTY EVENT.
BUT THIS LAST YEAR WE'VE STARTED
TO PLAY MORE SERIOUS REPERTOIRE
LIKE BEETHOVEN QUARTETS
SHOSTAKOVICH QUARTETS.
>> IT HAS TO BE INTERESTING.
OKAY?
>> MY TEACHER IS BERNARD ZINCK.
I'VE BEEN WITH HIM FOR EIGHT
YEARS NOW.
I REALLY LIKE THAT HE'S BUILT MY
TECHNIQUE IN A WAY THAT I CAN
PRACTICE ALL THE TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES ON MY OWN.
>> WEIGHT, RATHER THAN SPEED.
>> WHEN I GO TO HIM FOR A
LESSON, THEN WE CAN WORK ON HOW
TO SHAPE ALL THE NOTES AND HOW
TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE NOTE
MATTER.
>> SUSTAAAAAAAAIN.
[ZINCK SINGS FINAL NOTES]
>> I WILL BE PERFORMING THE
SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD THE
THIRD MOVEMENT OF THE SIBELIUS
I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT
RIGHT AWAY.
IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY DIFFICULT
RUNS AND SOME DISSONANT
INTERVALS.
I WANTED TO PERFORM SOMETHING A
LITTLE BIT MORE ENERGETIC, A
LITTLE BIT MORE FIERY.
I REMEMBER THINKING THAT IT'S
NOT VERY TYPICAL.
I REALLY LIKE TO SEW.
I HAVE SEWN A COUPLE OF DRESSES
AND A QUILT.
MY GRANDMA TAUGHT ME IN THE
BEGINNING HOW TO KNIT, AND THEN
I STARTED DOING MORE
COMPLICATED, INTERMEDIATE THINGS
THAT SHE WAS LIKE "THAT'S TOO
HARD FOR ME.
YOU CAN JUST DO THAT ON YOUR
OWN."
[LAUGHS]
>> I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED
PERFORMING EVER SINCE I WAS
REALLY LITTLE, SHARING MY MUSIC
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
SHARING ALL MY HARD WORK WITH
THE AUDIENCE.
IF THEY LISTEN TO ME AND THEN
LEAVE THINKING, "AH, LOOK HOW
TECHNICALLY PERFECT THAT PIECE
WAS!"
THAT'S NOT ALL I WANT.
I ALSO WANT THEM TO LEAVE WITH
JUST AS MUCH PASSION, FIRE THAT
I'M PUTTING INTO IT.
I WANT THEM TO FEEL EXHILARATED
AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW ARIANNA BRUSUBARDIS
IS TAKING THE STAGE, ALONG WITH
MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> SHE WILL BE PERFORMING THE
THIRD MOVEMENT OF SIBELIUS'S
CONCERTO IN D MINOR, ORIGINALLY
WRITTEN IN 1904, REVISED THE
FOLLOWING YEAR AFTER A
DISASTROUS PREMIERE IN HELSINKT.
THIS IS SIBELIUS'S ONE AND ONLY
CONCERTO.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WAS 18-YEAR-OLD ARIANNA
BRUSUBARDIS PERFORMING THE THIRD
MOVEMENT OF SIBELIUS' VIOLIN
CONCERTO IN D MINOR.
SHE IS THE FIRST OF FOUR
COMPETITORS IN THE FINAL ROUND
OF THE 2018 BOLZ YOUNG ARTIST
COMPETITION.
>> 2018 MARKS THE 92nd YEAR OF
THE COMPETITION.
THE 12TH YEAR THE FINALS HAVE
BEEN BROADCAST TO A STATEWIDE
AUDIENCE ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
RADIO, WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION AND MILWAUKEE PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
>> OUR NEXT COMPETITOR TONIGHT
IS VIOLINIST HANNAH WHITE.
>> MY NAME IS HANNAH WHITE.
I AM 18 YEARS OLD, AND I LIVE
IN GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN.
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING VIOLIN
SINCE I WAS SEVEN.
I STARTED ON PIANO.
AND THEN MY BROTHER WAS
PLAYING VIOLIN, AND I SAW HIM.
I WAS LIKE, "OOH, I WANT TO DO
THAT!"
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, MY MOM USED
TO TELL ME, "HANNAH, GO
PRACTICE!"
BUT THEN, AS I GET OLDER, I JUST
REALLY ENJOY IT.
IT'S LIKE A PART OF ME NOW.
COMPETITIONS ARE MY FAVORITE
THING.
I REALLY ENJOY THE PREPARATION.
IT REALLY PUSHES ME TO WORK FOR
PERFECTION.
MY TEACHER IS DANIELLE BELEN.
SHE TEACHES AT UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN.
I STARTED TAKING LESSONS WITH
DANIELLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
>> AH!
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE
REALLY HEARD THE ACCENTS THAT I
WANTED TO HEAR!
>> SHE WAS VERY BLUNT AND
HONEST.
AND SHE'S BEEN REALLY FOCUSING
ON MY VIBRATO AND SOUND.
>> AND THEN BE A LITTLE SASSIER
WITH THE TRILL.
DA - DA - DAH!
>> SHE REALLY PULLED IT OUT OF
ME.
>> I LIKE THAT!
LET'S CHANGE THAT.
>> I'LL BE PERFORMING THE
"SAINT-SAENS NO. 3 FIRST
MOVEMENT."
I REALLY LOVE THE SLOW PART.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL SLOW PARTS OF ANY
CONCERTO, I THINK.
MY TEACHER'S ALWAYS TELLING ME
"PULL OUT OLD SOUNDS FOR THIS
PIECE.
IT HAS TO BE REALLY WARM."
ON MY FREE TIME, I HANG OUT
WITH MY BROTHERS OR MY COUSINS.
I REALLY LOVE MY COUSINS.
SOMETIMES WE'LL GO TO ARCADE
THINGS.
IT'S JUST REALLY FUN.
>> MA'AM, DO YOU KNOW WHY I
PULLED YOU OVER TODAY?
>> MY BROTHERS AND I HAVE
RECENTLY BEEN INTO THIS THING
WHERE WE MAKE FILMS.
JUST SHORT FILMS, THAT ARE
UNDER A MINUTE, FOR INSTAGRAM.
[HANNAH SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> NO ENGLISH, NO ENGLISH.
>> WELL, HOW ABOUT YOUR PARTNER
THERE?
>> OH, NO.
I DON'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH.
>> SO FAR WE HAVE ABOUT 630
FOLLOWERS.
SO, WE'VE BEEN GETTING
REALLY SERIOUS INTO THIS.
[LAUGHS]
>> I REALLY ENJOY PERFORMING.
I LIKE THE CHALLENGE AND THE
PRESSURE LEADING UP TO IT.
I FEEL LIKE I PLAY BETTER
WITH MORE PRESSURE.
AS I WALK ON STAGE, I PRAY.
I LOOK IN THE AUDIENCE.
I USUALLY LIKE A BIG CROWD.
I FEEL LIKE I CAN SPEAK THROUGH
MY VIOLIN.
AND I LIKE TO EXPRESS WHAT GOD
HAS GIVEN TO ME TO OTHERS AND
INSPIRE THEM.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HANNAH WHITE IS COMING ON
STAGE NOW TO PERFORM THE FIRST
MOVEMENT OF SAINT SAEN'S
CONCERTO.
>> THIS WAS COMPOSED IN MARCH,
1880.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WAS 18-YEAR-OLD HANNAH
WHITE PERFORMING THE FIRST
MOVEMENT OF SAINT-SAENS VIOLIN
CONCERTO NO. 3 IN B MINOR.
[APPLAUSE]
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, WE'D LIKE
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHO
WILL BE JUDGIN TONIGHT'S
COMPETITION.
MYUNG HEE CHUNG IS A PROFESSOR
OF MUSIC AND KEYBOARD
COORDINATOR AT UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER.
>> LINDA COOK IS CURRENTLY AN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT
ST. NORBERT COLLEGE IN DE PERE.
>> DAVID PERRY IS A PROFESSOR OF
VIOLIN AT UW-MADISON AND A
MEMBER OF THE PRO ARTE QUARTET.
>> THE JUDGES TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION A RANGE OF
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, INCLUDING
QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY OF TONE,
MATURITY OF SOUND, MUSICALITY
AND STAGE PRESENCE.
>> COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING
TO HEAR FROM OUR THIRD FINALIST,
PIANIST JESSICA JIANG.
>> I'M JESSICA JIANG.
I'M A 13-YEAR OLD FRESHMAN AT
MADISON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
MY FIRST INSTRUMENT WAS THE
PIANO.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN MY MOM
PLAYED A CD, AND I REALLY LIKED
THE RICH SOUND OF THE PIANO.
SO I ASKED HER LIKE, "HEY, CAN I
START PLAYING THE PIANO?"
IN 2015, I SWITCHED TO LEARNING
WITH MR. BILL LUTES.
BILL LUTES IS ONE OF THE MOST
KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE MUSICALLY
THAT I KNOW.
HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT NOT ONLY
HOW TO PLAY THE REPERTOIRE WELL,
BUT ALSO BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ON
THE COMPOSERS OR THE MUSIC.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT HE SAYS
AND NOT MAKE IT SOUND UNNATURAL.
THAT IS A TRICK, ISN'T IT?
[LAUGHING]
>> AND HE'S VERY, VERY FUNNY.
LIKE, HE ALWAYS WEAVES HUMOR
INTO OUR LESSONS.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> THEY'RE VERY ENJOYABLE.
>> THAT'S IT.
OKAY?
>> THIS PAST YEAR, I DISCOVERED
MY PASSION FOR TENNIS, AND I
THOUGHT, "HEY, THIS IS ACTUALLY
SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY FUN."
SO I WENT TO THE TENNIS TEAM AND
I GOT ONTO VARSITY.
I TOOK A DRAWING CLASS THIS YEAR
BECAUSE I WANTED TO IMPROVE MY
ART SKILLS.
I'VE IMPROVED SO MUCH, AND IT'S
BEEN A REALLY ENJOYABLE CLASS
FOR ME.
*
>> IN SIXTH GRADE I STARTED WITH
THE SAXOPHONE.
SAXOPHONE IS A VERY DIFFERENT
QUALITY OF SOUND.
IT'S A LOT MORE JAZZY.
SYMPHONIC BAND IS ALSO LIKE A
REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE BECAUSE
THESE KIDS ARE VERY ADVANCED.
IT'S REALLY FUN PLAYING WITH
THEM.
AND THEY FOOL AROUND SOMETIMES
SO IT'S REALLY CASUAL AND JUST
FUN.
I'LL BE PLAYING
"MENDELSSOHN'S FIRST PIANO
CONCERTO IN G-MINOR."
I REALLY LIKE THIS CONCERTO
BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT
COLORS IN IT AND SO MANY
DIFFERENT EMOTIONS.
MUSIC IS LIKE A PATHWAY TO
DISCOVERING YOURSELF BECAUSE IT
REALLY IS ABOUT EMOTION AND A
STORY.
BY PLAYING WITH MSO IN THE
OVERTURE CENTER, I CAN INTRODUCE
MY PEERS TO THE BEAUTY OF THE
WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.
JUST WALKING ONTO THE STAGE OR
LIKE, ALL THE LIGHTS, JUST LIKE
"WOW, THIS IS MY MOMENT.
I CAN FINALLY SHARE MY PIECE."
[APPLAUSE]
>> OUR THIRD COMPETITOR, JESSICA
JIANG, IS COMING ON STIEJ.
>> SHE'S PERFORMING THE FIRST
AND THIRD MOVEMENT OF
MENDELSSOHN'S FIRST PIANO
CONCERTO IN G-MINOR.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WAS JESSICA JIANG
PERFORMING THE FIRST AND THIRD
MOVEMENTS OF MENDELSSOHN'S FIRST
PE IPIANO CONCERTO IN G-MINOR.
THERE'S A COMPETITION FOR
YOUNGER MUSICIANS AS WELL.
>> THE FALL YOUTH CONCERTO
COMPETITION IS OPEN TO AGE EIGHT
THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE WINNER GOES ON TO PERFORM IN
A PROGRAM WITH THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
>> NEXT WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO VIOLINIST ISABELLE KRIER.
>> MY NAME IS ISABELLE KRIER
AND I'M A JUNIOR AT OREGON HIGH
SCHOOL.
MY MOM ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT ME
AND MY SISTER ALWAYS PLAYED AN
INSTRUMENT THROUGHOUT K-12.
SO WHEN MY SISTER DECIDED SHE
WANTED TO PLAY FLUTE IN THE
THIRD GRADE, KINDERGARTEN
ISABELLE WAS LIKE "I WANT TO
PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, TOO."
AND SO I DECIDED TO DO THE
VIOLIN.
THE BEST PART ABOUT
PRACTICING AND PLAYING THE
VIOLIN IS THE OUTCOME.
SO WHEN YOU DO END UP PERFORMING
YOUR PIECE AFTER WORKING ON IT
FOR X AMOUNT OF MONTHS AND
GETTING THAT FEELING OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THEN GETTING
PRAISE FROM THE AUDIENCE
CLAPPING, IT JUST MEANS A LOT.
*
>> FOR WYSO'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
CONCERT, WE PLAYED IN OVERTURE
HALL.
SO I WAS ABLE TO PLAY WITH THE
ORCHESTRA AND ALONE IN A CHAMBER
QUARTET.
>> THAT'S IT, EXACTLY.
>> I AM CURRENTLY CONCERTMASTER
OF THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA.
LAST YEAR, I ALSO DID WYSO'S
ADVANCED STRING ORCHESTRA, WHERE
I LED THE ORCHESTRA MYSELF AS
THE CONCERTMASTER.
I LIKE TO DO TENNIS, SO I DO
TENNIS YEAR ROUND.
I'VE BEEN ON VARSITY TENNIS FOR
THE PAST THREE YEARS IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
I PLAY NUMBER TWO SINGLES THIS
YEAR.
AND SO I'VE BEEN PLAYING TENNIS
SINCE THE SIXTH GRADE, I WOULD
SAY.
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN VERY SERIOUS
ABOUT IT UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL.
I STUDY WITH MR. EUGENE PURDUE.
AND I'VE BEEN STUDYING WITH HIM
SINCE THE THIRD GRADE.
>> YEAH, IT WAS
PROBABLY THESE MEASURES.
>> HE'S ALMOST LIKE A WARM TEDDY
BEAR.
>> MAYBE, BUT THAT WAS GOOD NOW.
>> HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE
DOING WRONG, BUT HE WILL NEVER
BE HARSH ABOUT.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> HE NEVER TELLS YOU DIRECTLY
HOW TO FIX SOMETHING.
HE WANTS YOU TO FIGURE IT OUT
YOURSELF.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'LL BE
LOOKING FOR?
>> THAT WAY, WHEN HE'S NOT
AROUND, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT
YOU NEED TO DO DURING PRACTICE.
*
>> I'LL BE PLAYING TCHAIKOVSKY'S
"VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR, THE
THIRD MOVEMENT."
IT'S A VERY HAPPY PIECE, I WOULD
SAY.
AND IT'S VERY LIGHT AND LIKE A
DANCE.
I'VE PLAYED THROUGH THE WHOLE
CONCERTO, BUT I PREFER THE THIRD
MOVEMENT JUST BECAUSE IT IS SO
LIGHT AND HAPPY.
*
>> MUSIC CAN BE UNDERSTOOD IN
EVERY CULTURE, IN EVERY
LANGUAGE.
IT'S A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, SO
ANYONE CAN FEEL WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO SAY THROUGH YOUR
INSTRUMENT AND THROUGH YOUR
PIECE.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN IS COMING
ON STAGE WITH VIOLINIST ISABELLE
KRIER, WHO WILL PERFORM THE
THIRD MOVEMENT OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S
CONCERTO IN D-MAJOR.
>> THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1878 IN
CLARENS.
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, THAT WAS OUR FINAL
CONTESTANT THIS EVENING,
ISABELLE KRIER FROM OREGON.
HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE
FOR OUR FOUR AMAZING PERFORMERS?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> AND AT THIS POINT WE'D LIKE
TO INVITE MAESTRO JOHN DEMAIN TO
JOIN US OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE
OF THE STAGE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MAESTRO.
NOW, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE,
THIS IS THE 12TH YEAR OF "FINAL
FORTE" BROADCAST.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HAS
CHANGED THE MOST IN 12 YEARS,
THE FINALISTS THEMSELVES, THE
MUSIC THEY CHOOSE OR THE
PERFORMANCES WE'VE HEARD?
>> OH, THAT'S A -- YOU KNOW, I
THINK THAT WE'VE HAD OUTSTANDING
YOUNG PRODIGIES RIGHT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
OH, MY GOD, A DOZEN YEARS OF
DOING THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
BUT THIS YEAR I THINK IT'S THE
FINEST ALL FOUR.
I HATE TO BE A JUDGE RIGHT NOW.
THE LEVEL IS REALLY, REALLY
HIGH.
AND I PART OF IT IS BECAUSE OF
THIS SHOW.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS TELEVISION
SHOW, WHICH GOES ALL OVER
WISCONSIN, IT JUST REAFFIRMS AND
CELEBRATES THE HARD WORK THAT
THESE TEENAGER DO AND THEIR
PASSION FOR MUSIC.
AND OF COURSE NOT TO MENTION
TONIGHT'S CASH PRIZE ALL THE WAY
AROUND.
ALL FOUR OF THEM GET SOMETHING
FROM IT.
AND THE CHANCE TO PLAY WITH THIS
FABULOUS ORCHESTRA WHICH IS WHY
THEY SAY THEY REALLY DO IT.
I THINK IT'S A WIN/WIN ALL THE
WAY AROUND.
WE HAVEN'T -- THESE ARE SOME OF
THE MAJOR CONCERTO PIECES.
AND THEY DO REAPPEAR OVER THE
YEARS, YOU KNOW.
IT'S JUST THE APLOMB AND THE
CONFIDENCE AND THE TALENT IS
AMAZING.
>> AND HOW HAS THE ORCHESTRA
RESPONDED TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE?
>> WELL, WE ARE A LITTLE
JEALOUS.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT MOST
OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ORCHESTRA
WERE AT THAT LEVEL AT THAT AGE
OR THEY WOULDN'T BE PLAYING IN
THIS ORCHESTRA.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO PLAY TRIBUTE, I
WAS SAYING EARLIER THAT WE HAVE
TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE PARENTS,
WHO HAVE THE FORESIGHT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR CHILDREN
HAVE SPECIAL TALENT AND THAT
SPECIAL TALENT NEEDS SPECIAL
TEACHING.
BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO
PRACTICE HOURS A DAY.
IT'S ANOTHER THING HOW YOU
PRACTICE THOSE HOURS A DAY, HOW
YOU SPEND THAT TIME.
AND WE ARE JUST BLESSED IN THIS
AREA, WE'RE PROBABLY BLESSED ALL
OVER THE UNITED STATES, ALL OVER
THE WORLD WITH GREAT TEACHERS.
BUT WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE
TEACHERS, SOME OF WHO ARE IN THE
AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM
AND TO THANK PARENTS FOR
BRINGING THE EFFORT TO BRING
THEM TO STUDY.
IT'S GREAT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, MAESTRO.
AND THANK YOU, PARENTS AND
TEACHERS.
>> AND NOW WHAT WILL THE
ORCHESTRA BE PERFORMING TO CLOSE
OUT THE CONCERT?
>> WE'RE GOING TO PLAY "THE
FINAL DANCE" FROM THE
THREE-CORNERED HAT BY MANUEL DE
FALLA.
>> THANK YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAESTRO
JOHN DEMAIN AND THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
[APPLAUSE]
*
[APPLAUSE]
>> JOHN DEMAIN AND THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH "THE
FINAL DANCE" FROM MANUEL DE
FALLA'S "THREE-CORNERED HAT."
AND NOW, THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL
BEEN WAITING FOR.
MAESTRO DEMAIN AND OUR FOUR
COMPETITORS, WILL YOU PLEASE
JOIN US ON STAGE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> BEFORE WE PRESENT THE AWARDS,
WE FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
FACT THAT ALL FOUR OF THESE
TRULY EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG
PERFORMERS ARE REALLY WINNERS.
THEY EACH WON THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PERFORM HERE WITH THE MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
[APPLAUSE]
>> SO STARTING WITH THE TWO
HONORABLE MENTIONS,
CONGRATULATIONS, ISABELLE KRIER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND ARIANNA BRUSUBARDIS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> OUR SECOND PLACE WINNER IS
JESSICA JIANG.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WHICH MEANS THAT HANNAH WHITE
HAS TAKEN THE FIRST PLACE AWARD
FOR THE 2018 BOLZ YOUNG ARTIST
COMPETITION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FOUR
OF OUR FINALISTS ALONG WITH
MUSIC DIRECTOR JOHN DEMAIN AND
THE MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
>> AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU
JUROR JFORJOINING US THIS EVENING.
FROM OVERTURE HALL IN MADISON,
I'M LORI SKELTON.
>> AND I'M ANGELA FITZGERALD.
GOOD NIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
*
>> MAJOR FUNDING WAS PROVIDED IN
PART BY:
DIANE BALLWEG·
JULIE AND LARRY MIDTBO·
STEPHEN MORTON·
FRED AND MARY MOHS·
JOE AND MARY ELLYN
SENSENBRENNER·
WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM:
A. PAUL JONES CHARITABLE TRUST·
JAMES DAHLBERG AND ELSEBET LUND·
W. JEROME FRAUTSCHI·
ANN AND ROGER HAUCK·
KATO PERLMAN·
CYRENA AND LEE PONDROM·
MARC VITALE AND DARCY KIND
SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY·