Music Street cellist Rainer Crosett Awarded Coveted 2018 Pierre Fournier Award

American Cellist Rainer Crosett Awarded Coveted 2018 Pierre Fournier Award

26-year-old American cellist Rainer Crosett has been awarded the 2018 Pierre Fournier Award - at Wigmore Hall, in London

July 5, 2018

It has been announced today that 26-year-old American cellist Rainer Crosett has been awarded the 2018 Pierre Fournier Award – at Wigmore Hall, in London.

Presented biennially since 1988, the award aims to assist exceptionally talented young cellists, 30 years and younger, who show outstanding promise for an international career.

A graduate of Harvard University and the New England Conservatory, and current student of Ralph Kirshbaum at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, Rainer is a former prize winner at the Houston Symphony Orchestra’s Ima Hogg Concerto Competition.

He will receive a recital at London’s Wigmore Hall, a concerto performance with the Philharmonia Orchestra – plus a CD recording and a number of chamber music opportunities.

RAINER CROSETT & SOMANG JEAGAL | CHOPIN | INTRODUCTION & POLONAISE BRILLIANTE | 2016

20-year-old Hayoung Choi from South Korea was awarded this year’s £1000 incentive grant.

The 2018 jury comprised Ralph Kirshbaum, Guy Johnston, Rebecca Gilliver, Melissa Phelps, Gyorgy Pauk, Raphael Wallfisch, Timothy Walden and Helen Sprott.

Previous recipients include: Chiara Enderle, Mikhail Nemtsov, Gabriel Schwabe, Gemma Rosefield and Richard Harwood.

Annual “Remembering the Rosenthals” Concert Music Street presents “Musical Spice and Musical Soul” 

On Saturday, June 10th at 4:00pm, the West Tisbury Library’s annual “Remembering the Rosenthals” concert will showcase collaborative pianist Diane Katzenberg Braun and musicians of the New England Conservatory in Boston. Braun, in collaboration with clarinetist Alexis Lanz, violinist I-Jung Huang, and cellist Jiyoung Lee will present “Musical Spice and Musical Soul.” This performance will include pieces by Vivaldi, Paganini, Arensky, Milhaud, Beethoven, and more. The “Remembering the Rosenthals” concert series is made possible by the generous support of Sara Rosenthal MD and Julie Prazich MD. Refreshments will be provided. No reservations necessary. This concert is free and open to the public.

West Tisbury Library's ANNUAL “REMEMBERING THE ROSENTHALS” CONCERT

 

On Sunday, May 31 @ 4pm the West Tisbury Library’s annual “Remembering the Rosenthals” concert will showcase collaborative pianist Diane Katzenberg Braun and award winning past and present musicians of the New England Conservatory in Boston. Braun, in collaboration with violinist Daniel Koo, cellist Rainer Crosett, and clarinetist Amy Advocat will present “Musical Borrowings.” This performance will include pieces by Beethoven, Handel-Halvorsen, Bruch, Ravel, Bartok, and Piazzolla. The “Remembering the Rosenthals” concert series is made possible by the generous support of Sara Rosenthal MD and Julie Prazich MD. Tickets are free and available to the public but they must be reserved in advance due to space limitations. Call 693-3366 or stop by the library desk to reserve your tickets.

Diane Katzenberg Braun is a graduate of Oberlin College where she majored in Sociology after one year in the Oberlin Conservatory. After 25 years of teaching piano privately in Lincoln, MA and later at The Groton School and Indian Hill Arts, Ms. Braun earned her master’s degree with honors in 2001 in Collaborative Piano at New England Conservatory. For many years she assisted mezzo soprano D’Anna Fortunato in her studio as a vocal coach and accompanist. Currently an instrumental staff accompanist at New England Conservatory, she collaborates with some of the finest young musicians in the music world today and is at home with repertoire ranging from brass to winds to strings. Ms. Braun also enjoys performing new works of Boston area composers.

In the fall of 2013 Diane Katzenberg Braun founded Music Street, an organization that brings high level classical music performances to institutions or people in need as well as to musical lovers in general. In its "pianos to shelters" initiative Music Street finds quality pianos to donate to institutions for their performances by outstanding alumni and current students of the New England Conservatory. During the 2014-15 concert season Ms. Braun presented numerous themed salon concerts around Boston with soprano Bethany Worrell. In March 2014 the pair brought a Vocal Residency to the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.In March 2015 they premiered a new song cycle by composer Thomas Oboe Lee at Boston College. In April 2015 Ms. Braun collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and baritone Jack Hornor in a program of Russian music.