BENNINGTON Taylor Cobb of Bennington finished eighth and won $10,000 in the invitation-only Magic Arena Championship Tournament, which was held online.
Polly van der Linde, owner/director/faculty member Sonatina Piano Camps, in Bennington, VT, received Musical America 2022 Top Professionals of the Year: The Resilient Warriors award. According to Musical America: “The 2022 Top Professionals of the Year dealt with the pandemic and its aftereffects on the performing arts through game-changing innovation or endless toil, or both.” While the award was based on resilience in the aftermath of the pandemic, Musical America in this case zoned in on Polly’s Ukrainian piano music benefit concert for Ukrainian victims of war. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, she organized a fundraiser with an online
/PRNewswire/ More than 50 pianists from nine countries are coming together virtually on April 23 in a concert to benefit the Global Giving Ukraine Crisis.
BENNINGTON After watching from afar as the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continued to unfold, a Bennington pianist reached out to her fellow musicians and coordinated a virtual six-hour fundraising