Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition

The Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition (also known simply as the Cooper International Competition) is a piano and violin competition held annually at the Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. It is sponsored by Thomas and Evon Cooper and is presented jointly by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Orchestra.[1] The competition is for young musicians 13–18 years of age and awards more than $35,000 in prize money, with a first prize of $20,000. The competition gives three finalists the opportunity to play a complete concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra. The competition debuted in the summer of 2010 with a piano competition, followed by a violin competition in 2011, and the competition alternates annually between both instruments.[2] George Li won the first prize in the first piano competition[1] and Sirena Huang won first in the first violin competition.[3]

History

The competition originated as the Oberlin International Festival, first organized by Emeritus Professor Joseph Schwartz in 1985. In 1995, Professor Robert Shannon became the director and the first annual Oberlin International Piano Competition was launched. In 1999, Yeol Eum Son won 1st prize. By the time of its final edition, it gave the winners opportunities to perform with leading orchestras in China, such as the Shanghai Philharmonic.[4] In 2009, the competition was not held due to renovations of the concert hall. In 2010, a new competition named after sponsors Thomas and Evon Cooper replaced it. Since then, the competition holds its final rounds with the Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall.[5] In 2016, the competition doubled its prizes to a $20,000 first prize.[6]

Prize winners

Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition
Year1st prize2nd prize3rd prize4th prize5th prize6th prize
2010 (piano) George Li John Chen Kate Liu Sahun Hong Anna Han Tristan Teo
2011 (violin) Sirena Huang Alexandra Switala Laura Park Mayumi Kanagawa Gergana Haralampieva Kelly Talim
2012 (piano) Leonardo Colafelice Xiaoyu Liu Micah McLaurin Sahun Hong
Annie Zhou		not awarded Sarina Zhang
2013 (violin) Ching-Yi Wei
Kyumin Park		 Ming Liunot awarded Gallia Kastner Jieming Tang Angela Wee
2014 (piano) Tony Yike Yang Zitong Wang SaeYoon Chon Gyu Tae Ha Evren Ozel Min Jun Lee
2015 (violin) Gallia Kastner

Belle Ting

 Joshua Brown not awarded Karisa Chiu Alice Lee Maya Buchanan
2016 (piano) Ryota Yamazaki Evren Ozel Nathan H. Lee Chaewon Kim Andrew Li Clayton Stephenson
2017 (violin) Johan Dalene Christina Jihee Nam

Qing Yu Chen

 not awarded Zachary Brandon Maya Anjali Buchanan Kiarra Saito-Beckman
2018 (piano) Tony Siqi Yun Kai-Min Chang Yunchan Lim Ryan Zhu William Chen William Yang
2019 (violin) Eric Charles Chen Shihan Wang Isabella Brown Jin Yucheng Yiyang Hou Enrique Rodrigues

Oberlin International Piano Competition
Year 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize 4th Prize 5th Prize 6th Prize
1995 Gloria Chien
1996
1997
1998 Hyo-Sun Lim
1999 Yeol Eum Son Marko Pavlovic
2000 Ying Li Tian Tian Esther Park
2001 Darret Zusko Eun Taek Kim

Ji Yeon Shin
2002 Jung Lim Kim Jeanette Fang Martin Leung
2003 Rachel Naomi Kudo Kevin Kordi Ye Jin Lee Sarah Oh Kei Neidra
2004 Wang Da Sejoon Park Sun-A Park Kei Neidra

Hyo Kyun Shin

 Ying Cheng Yang
2005 Ruoyu Huang Sun-A Park Fangzhou Feng Hanmo Qian Vicki Ning Wang
2006 Rui (Ellen) Wang
2007 Yuqing Meng Minsoo Hong Yunqing Zhou Xiao Pei Xu Chai Yu Jen John Choi
2008 Junle Li George Fu Wanting Zhao Eunjin Bang Jae Young Kim Dong June Kim

References
  1. "NEC Preparatory School Pianist George Li, 14, Wins Inaugural Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition". NEC News. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. "The 5th Annual Cooper International Competition for Piano Takes Place at Oberlin Conservatory". LorainCounty.com. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. "Cooper Competition". www.oberlin.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  4. "Behind the Scenes at the Piano Competition and Festival – The Source – Oberlin College". oncampus.oberlin.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  5. "AAF - News". www.alink-argerich.org. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  6. "Cash Prizes Doubled for Oberlin's 2016 Cooper Competition July 16-22". 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
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