- On March 14th, four gifted young musicians
will take the stage here at Overture Hall in Madison.
- They're vying for top honors in
the Madison Symphony Orchestra's Bolz Young Artist Competition.
They are violinist Hannah White;
violinist Arianna Brusubardis;
pianist Jessica Jiang;
and violinist Isabelle Krier.
- You'll see them perform as part of our live broadcast,
Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte.
- But before they take the stage, we asked them to tell us
a little about themselves, their love of music...
- ...and what is it that drew them here, into the limelight.
- 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.
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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 3rd grade.
- Eugene Purdue: 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.
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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]