A great opportunity for young musicians.

Young Artists Festival I and II Adjudication and Concerto Competition held on January 27, 2024 at  Norwalk City Hall

The Norwalk Symphony Young Artist Festival reinstated the Festival I & II Level Adjudication opportunity for students that have studied 2+ years and are the ages of five to fourteen. This event, designed to be an encouraging opportunity for students to test themselves in a manner that is traditionally available to music students studying everywhere, brought twelve young students to the Concert Hall to perform for our judges and get professional feedback to support their future learning and playing.

The 12th Annual Concerto Competition offered a more rigorous opportunity for young musicians under 18 years of age to test their musicianship with peers from the Fairfield County region of Southwestern Connecticut. Congratulation to all the participants for sharing their talents across violin, cello and piano performances. Gia Lin, Violin, was our winner and Andrew Maskoff, Piano, took Honorable Mention.

Ms. Lin will perform her winning piece with the full orchestra on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at our “Music for All Ages” concert.

For general information our Concerto brochure for 2023-2024 provides details on participation in this event. Watch this space in Summer 2024 for information on the 13th Annual Young Artist Festival and Concerto Competition in January 2025.

Congratulations to Gia Lin, violinist, as our Young Artists Concerto Competition winner for 2024! She performed the Concerto in D major, op. 35, 1st movement by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Past Winners:

2022-2023 - Beatrice Low, Violin - Wieniawski Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 22, 1st Movement: Allegro moderato

2021-2022 - Caleb Sharp, Cello - Elgar Concerto in E Minor, op. 85, 1st movement – Adagio

2020-2021 - Sadie Goodman, Flute - Hüe Fantaisie pour flûte

2019-2020 - Avery Duer, Piano - Rachmaninoff Concerto #2, 1st Movement

2018-2019 - Hudson Ragins, Piano - Beethoven Piano Concerto #1 in C Major, 3rd Movement

2017-2018 - Mark Xu, Violin - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, 1st movement

2016-2017 - Kate Wegener, Oboe - Mozart Oboe Concerto, 1st Movement

2015-2016 - Cameron Chase, Violin - Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto #5

2014-2015 - Jingye Yang, Flute - Chaminade Concertino

2013-2014 - Madison Howard, Cello - Lalo Cello Concerto in D Minor, 1st Movement

2012-2013 - Gita Abhiraman, Piano - Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Andante sostenuto