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"I m not a musician, but I get a really different feeling from each of these violinists," said an audience member sitting behind me Wednesday night at the first Classical Finals concert for the
INDIANAPOLIS What gives a competition its reputation? Certainly the "level of playing" at the competition itself factors highly, but the career trajectory and ongoing artistry of its laureates also plays an important role.
When past laureates include violinists such as Augustin Hadelich, Leonidas Kavakos, Jaakko Kuusisto, Simone Lamsma, Yura Lee, Bella Hristova, Tessa Lark, Benjamin Beilman, Andrés Cárdenes, Ida Kavafian, Soovin Kim, Frank Huang, Jaakko Kuusisto, Stefan Milenkovich, David Kim, Martin Beaver, Mihaela Martin as well as