The Oliver Trio, consisting of Anaïs Feller, Daniel Wango and Mira Kardan, won prizes in the Fischoff Competition.
(photo courtesy of Colburn School)

Colburn School’s The Olive Trio, which includes Music Academy students Anaïs Feller on violin, Mira Kardan on cello and Daniel Wang on piano, won the gold medal and $2,300 prize in the Fischoff Competition’s Junior String Division. Sonarsix Sextet, Conservatory of Music, with stu­dents Martha Chan on flute, Eder Rivera Acosta on oboe, Victor Diaz Guerra on clarinet, Christopher Chung on bassoon Elizabeth Linares Montero on horn and Baogang Hwang on piano, won the Bronze Medal and $2,000 prize in the Senior Wind Division.

Colburn School Music Academy student and cellist Angeline Kiang won the Pinehurst Bronze Medal with a cash prize of $4,000 in the Stulberg International String Competition, and will give a per­formance with the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra, with date to be announced later.

The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition was held May 20 – 22, at the University of Notre Dame, and the Stulberg International String Competition was held May 20-21, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Olive Trio and Sonarsix Sextet were two of four Colburn School ensembles selected from a total of 55 ensembles from around the world to compete in the Fischoff Competition. The NTH Trio and Giovane Quartet, both part of the Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute of Colburn’s Community School of Performing Arts, also competed. The NTH Trio musicians are Holly Lacey on vio­lin, Nathaniel Yue on cello and Qiao (Tiger) Zhang on piano; the Giovane Quartet musicians are Andres Engleman on violin, Scarlett Chen on violin, Irene Choung on vello and Yiting Han on piano.

The Olive Trio is coached by Colburn School faculty Martin Beaver, Fabio Bidini and Clive Greensmith. Feller, Kardan and Wang study individually with Beaver, Greensmith and Micah Yui. The Olive Trio will appear next sea­son on the nationally syndicated radio program “From the Top” and will continue to perform throughout the Los Angeles area and beyond.

The Sonarsix Sextet formed just mere months before the Fischoff Competition. They have appeared at the Verbier, Pacific, Lucerne and Marlboro Music Festivals, as well at Music from Angel Fire, Seoul National University International Chamber Music Festival and have collaborated with such artists as Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Denis Bouriakov, Andy Akiho, members of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet and members of the Orion String Quartet. As orchestral players, they have appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego, and Detroit, the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela, the Müncher Rundfunkorchester and the Karlsruhe Operhaus. The Sonarsix Sextet is proudly men­tored by Colburn Faculty Fabio Bidini and Andrew Bain.