Indianapolis International Baroque Competition

25/07/2022

Congratulations to our five laureates on fabulous performances yesterday! The $10,000 Devona and Amos Ge**er Prize was awarded to cellist Ayano Kamimura, and the Gail McDermott Bowler Audience Favorite Prize was awarded to recorder player Martin Bernstein! 🤩 What a great weekend!

21/07/2022

The 2020 Indianapolis International Baroque Competition will be adjudicated by a star-studded judging panel comprised of Rachel Barton Pine, Tina Chancey, Clea Galhano, Ronn McFarlane, and Richard Price!

Learn more about the judges --> www.baroquecompetition.org/judges

20/07/2022

*Laureate Feature*

Meet Polish violinist 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘇𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗢𝗹𝘀𝘇𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗮, one of five laureates competing in the final round of the Indianapolis International Baroque Competition this Sunday!

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Katarzyna Anna Olszewska was born in 1995 to a family of musicians specialized in early music, so her interest in this particular field of music developed naturally in very early childhood. In 2019 she graduated from the Academy of Music in Cracow where she studied baroque violin with Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch and Zbigniew Pilch. Her repertoire includes pieces from early 17th until late 19th century and recently enjoys exploring also 20th century music (still played on gut strings).

During the 2016-2017 artistic season she was a member of European Union Baroque Orchestra. As well as being a co-founder of the Modus Consort
early music ensemble, with whom she has given performances at (among other venues) the Poznań Festival of Passion and Paschal Music, the Młoda Muzyka Dawna (Young Ancient Music) Festival or Cracow Bach Festival, she cooperates with ensembles such as Arte dei Suonatori, Il Pomo d’Oro, Capella Cracoviensis, Kore Orchestra. She has taken part in numerous festivals in Poland and abroad - as a concertmaster, soloist, chamber musician or a member of various ensembles, including: Actus Humanus (Gdańsk, Poland), Kromer Biecz Festival (Biecz, Poland), Misteria Paschalia (Cracow, Poland), Opera Rara (Cracow), Muzykaw Raju (Gościkowo-Paradyż, Poland), the Korkyra Baroque Festival (Korcula, Croatia), the
Urbino Musica Antica Festival (Urbino, Italy), the Bucharest Early Music Festival (Bucharest), the Royal Greenwich International Early Music Festival and Exhibition (London), Midsommer Barok Festival (Copenhagen), the Copenhagen Opera Festival, Copenhagen Baroque Festival, Trigonale Festival der Alte Musik (Maria Saal, Austria).

18/07/2022

*Laureate Feature*

Our fourth fabulous IIBC Laureate is violinist 𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓪 𝓞𝓴𝓪𝓭𝓪. Anna will be performing Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 by Jean-Marie LeClair. Tickets still available at www.iemusic.org

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Violinist Anna Okada holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from Whitman College and a Performer Diploma in Early Music from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she studied with Stanley Ritchie.

Anna enjoys performing with period ensembles around the U.S., including the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Byron Schenkman & Friends, Pacific MusicWorks, and Bourbon Baroque. Anna is also a member of Las Aves, a research-oriented ensemble that produces historically informed programs of Renaissance and early Baroque chamber music.

In her spare time, Anna loves cooking, baking, spending time outdoors, and playing duets with her partner.

17/07/2022

*Laureate Feature*

We are pleased to introduce recorder player 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻! Martin will open next weekend's competition program with Vivaldi's Recorder Concerto in G Major, RV 443.

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Martin Bernstein has been heard in performances across the US and Europe – in 16th -century French caves, modern art museums in Reykjavik, and the concert halls of New York City. He performs with many leading early music ensembles, including with Ensemble Masques and Olivier Fortin, in duo with harpsichordist Justin Taylor, and with his own group, Rumore Terribile.

Martin Bernstein began studying recorder at age five, first with jazz pianist Charles Sibirsky and later with Nina Stern. At 18, he left New York City to study at the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague with Reine-Marie Verhagen and Han Tol. He has also studied recorder with Michael Form, and counts many viol players, singers, authors, and friends among his other teachers.

Last year, Martin Bernstein was awarded Harvard University’s Robert Levin Prize in Musical Performance, and second prize at the Moeck/SRP international recorder competition. His other honors and awards include: a 2016 National YoungArts scholarship; an appearance in 2015 on U.S. National Public Radio’s “From the Top” program for young classical musicians; and first prize at the 2014 Internationele Prijs Mieke van Weddingen in Belgium.

Martin Bernstein teaches at the Amherst Early Music Festival. He holds a degree in History and Literature from Harvard College.

15/07/2022

*Laureate Feature*

Meet Brandon Acker 😀 Brandon is a specialist in historical plucked instruments and will be performing Vivaldi's Lute Concerto in D Major during the final round of the Indianapolis International Baroque Competition next weekend!

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Brandon Acker is a specialist on early plucked instruments such as Baroque guitar, lute, and theorbo. His latest passion has been to run his Youtube channel which now has over 346,000 subscribers and 21 million views making him one of the most-watched early plucked instrumentalists on the internet. His channel features performance videos and educational content about classical guitar and early plucked instruments.

Brandon's performance career has led him to tour extensively through England, Canada, Scotland, and Wales, and he has performed with notable groups such as the Leipzig Baroque Orchestra, Piffaro, the Joffrey Ballet, the Chicago Philharmonic, the Newberry Consort, Haymarket Opera Company, Music of the Baroque, Third Coast Baroque, Opera Lafayette, and Bella Voce.

Learn more ---> www.brandonackerguitar.com

15/07/2022

*Laureate Feature*

We are please to introduce cellist 𝗔𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗮 - one of five laureates competing in final round of the Indianapolis International Baroque Competition on July 24!

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Ayano Kamimura began to study Baroque cello in 2018 with Professor Christophe Coin. She is currently playing with Bach Collegium Japan under Maestro Masaaki Suzuki and Masato Suzuki. Kamimura has participated in the Academie Internationale de Musique Sigiswald Kuijken 2018, and has participated in the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto 2019 as a scholarship student. In 2019, she founded the ensemble “Musica Amici”, which had its debut concert on the 2020/21 Freunde Alter Musik Basel series.

As a modern cellist, Kamimura has won several awards including 1st prize in the 65th Japan Student Music Competition, 2nd prize in the 80th Japan Music Competition, 2nd prize in the 5th Tokyo Music Competition and 1st prize in the International Music Competition in Treviso(Italy). She has participated in masterclasses and festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, Kronberg Academy and Piatigorsky Cello Festival.
She is invited by the Miyazaki International music festival and Kirishima International music festival every year as an artist. In 2022, Kamimura was awarded the “23rd Hotel Okura Music Award.”

Learn more at www.ayano-kamimura.com

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12/07/2022

At long last, we are excited to present the final round of the 2020 Indianapolis International Baroque Competition in just 12 days! Tickets for in-person and online viewing are available at www.iemusic.org

Five Laureates have been selected from an international field of applicants to perform in the Indianapolis International Baroque Competition Finals in Indianapolis. Each Laureate will lead the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra in performing a high Baroque solo concerto.

11/02/2022

We're looking forward to welcoming our laureates to Indianapolis this summer! More information about the IIBC and other Indianapolis Early Music programs ---> http://iemusic.org/