Gemma New receives Solti Conducting Award
(c) Roy Cox
The Solti Foundation U.S. has announced that New Zeeland born conductors Gemma New, 34, is the recipient of this year’s Georg Solti Conducting Award. New is Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor Gemma New 12th recipient
of largest U.S. grant currently given to young American
conductors
The
Solti Foundation U.S. revealed today the twelfth recipient
of the organization’s major grant,
The Sir Georg Solti
Conducting Award. Given annually to a single promising
American conductor 38 years of age or younger,
The Sir
Georg Solti Fellow, as it is also called, provides
career guidance, industry connections, and a cash purse of
$30,000 to allow grant recipients to further hone their
skills.
Announced by Foundation Board Chair
Penny Van Horn and
Elizabeth
Buccheri, Artistic and Awards Committee Chair from
their respective homes, the grant continues to help
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Guitarist to play with Vancouver Symphony By James Bash for The Columbian
Published: February 25, 2021, 6:02am
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Classical guitarists are real-life Wolverines, said Adam Levin, an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist who will be performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra this weekend.
“We have really hard fingernails!” Levin said with a laugh. “Our fingernails are basically like having five picks. They allow for a lot of dexterity, speed, and control. But I was not blessed with the strongest nails. So, I have to reinforce them with acrylic, which is a powdery substance, and super glue.”
Levin’s performance with the orchestra will be the fifth in a series of concerts livedstreamed from Skyview Concert Hall into living rooms around the globe.