 New York, NY — The Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition has announced the results of its 2003 competition held in Kharkov, Ukraine between September 1 and 7.  Jordania Grand Prize Winner was Michael Mishra, who is British and lives in Illinois. Michael is the Director of Orchestral Activities and conductor of the SIUE Chamber Orchestra at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois. He is the former Assistant Conductor of the Greeley Philharmonic in Colorado and has been Guest Conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, the Vratza Philharmonic and the Silesian State Opera of Opava, Czech Republic. We are especially pleased to announce this as Michael was already an alumnae of the first Jordania Conducting Competition in 2001. As Grand Prize Winner, Michael Mishra will receive concert engagements on three continents during the 2004-2005 concert season with The Kharkov Philharmonic of Kharkov, Ukraine, The Saratov Symphony Orchestra of Saratov, Russia, The Bolivian National Symphony in La Paz Bolivia, Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra of Vienna, Austria and the Daegu City Symphony Orchestra in Daegu, South Korea.  The William Montague III Prize was awarded to C. Paige Vickery. She is American and lives in New York City. Ms. Vickery is the Music Director and Conductor of the Boulder Youth Symphony and former Music Director of the Pikes Peak Philharmonic and the Colorado Youth Symphony. She has guest conducted the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra and the Centennial Philharmonic of Colorado. She will receive an engagement with the Kharkov Philharmonic during the 2004-2005 concert season.  Third Prize winner was Park Jong-Hwei, who is Korean and lives in Seoul. He is Chief Conductor of the Ulsan City Youth Symphony and Assistant Conductor of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Pusan and Eunpyong Philharmonic Orchestra of Seoul. He has guest conducted the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Fukuoka Symphony of Japan and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. He will also receive an engagement with the Kharkov Philharmonic during the 2004-2005 concert season. Both the Orchestra Favorite and Audience Favorite prizes were given to Leslie B. Dunner, who also received a special award from Vakhtang Jordania. Other Third Round diploma recipients were: Leslie B. Dunner, an American who lives in Maryland. He is Former Music Director of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, the Dearborn Symphony, Principal Conductor of the Dance Theater of Harlem, Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic and Cover Conductor of the Chicago Symphony. Evgeny Kirillov a Russian who lives in Nizhni Novgorod. He is the Conductor of Symphony Orchestras in Nizhni Novgorod and Yaroslavl and the Conductor of the Nizhni Novgorod Youth Chamber Orchestra and Municipal Chamber Ensemble of Soloists "Sofia." He was the 2nd Prize Winner of the 2002 All-Russia Choral Conductors Competition. Gioacchino Longobardi, an Italian, living in New York. He is the Principal Guest Conductor, Orchestra da Camera di Napoli and the Sofia Festival Orchestra, Bulgaria. He is also the Artistic Director of the International Institute Domenico Scarlatti and has been Guest Conductor of the Kasugai City Philharmonic of Japan and the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra on tour in Italy. Jeffery Meyer, an American who lives in Chicago, Illinois. He is Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic and was the former Director of the Symphony Orchestra at University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. He has been Guest Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic and the Hradec Kralove Philharmonic. Other participants in the competition included Marcos Arakaki of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sylvain Bousquet of Marseille, France, Nikolas Nguyen Caoile of Edmonds, Washington, Victor Costa of Lyon, France, Tido Dejan of Daours, France, Robert Rene Galvan of New York City, Lawrence Golan of Denver, Colorado, Elena Krapchatova of Moscow, Wolfgang Michel of Glashuetten, Germany, Clara Lim Soo Yun of Singapore, Laura Schumann of Cambridge, Ohio, Vladimir Skripchuk of Kharkov, Ukraine, Marit Strindlund of Stockholm, Carlo Tenan of Bologna, Italy, Stephen E. Tucker of Santa Ana, California, and Yaira Yonne of Basel, Switzerland. More information about these participants is available at the Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition website - http://www.jamesarts.com/VJKRKVCNDCMPCONT03.htm. The competition jury was composed of Marcello Abbado of Milan, Italy, Yuri Alzhnev of Kharkov, Ukraine, Joan McNeill of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jonathan Sternberg of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Yuri Suchkov of Moscow and David Winkler of New York City. More information about the jury is also available at the Conducting Competition website - http://www.jamesarts.com/VJKRKVCNDCMPCONT03.htm. This year's Third Round Contemporary Compositions selections were Beth Anderson's Kentucky Swale, Dana Paul Perna's Fanfare to the Day of Infamy, Franklin Stover's Hymn of Memnon and Haskell Small's Really? Ms. Anderson's work was presented by Michael Mishra, Paige Vickery and Gioacchino Longobardi, Mr. Perna's Fanfare was presented by Park Jong Hwei, Mr. Stover's Hymn was presented by Jeffery Meyer and Mr. Small's Really? was presented by Leslie B. Dunner and Evgeny Kirillov. The 2003 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition was a great success, both artistically and as a means for continuing to bring the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra (http://www.jamesarts.com/KHRKVPHILWEBPAGE.htm) to the rest of the world. In addition to the lively competition, contestants also participated in a series of Master Classes and special events and enjoyed the opportunity to have individual and small group instruction and interaction with jury and orchestra members. Also important was the chance to meet and spend time with other conductors from around the world. Building on the great success of this yearŐs event, planning for an expanded and even more international 2004 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition has already begun. For information about the Competition, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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