Adelphi Orchestra Announces Winners of our 20th Anniversary Young Artist Competition

RIVER EDGE, N.J. - April 30, 2024 - PRLog -- The Adelphi Orchestra is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Adelphi Young Artist Competition which was held on  April 20 2024 at the National Opera Center in Scorca Recital Hall.

Grand prize winner: Matthew Hakkarainen (Violin)

Division Results
Juniors:
1) Jayden King (Violin)
2) Elizabeth Song (Violin)
Senior:
1) Nathaniel Yue (Cello)
2) Johnathan Okseniuk (Violin)

College:
1) Kingsley Hsieh (Clarinet)
2) Yang Yu (Oboe)

Honorable Mention:
1) Simone Hagopian (Violin)
2) Hongbo Cai (Piano)

To learn about the Competition Winners
visit: https://www.adelphiorchestra.org/aofinals-2024

Previous winners include Esther Youjeong Yang, Sophia Werner, Sooah Jeon, SoHyun Ko, Hikaru Yonezaki, Randall Goosby, Bryan Cheng, Xiaoxuan Shi, Nathan Meltzer, Ari Boutris, Ming Nga Cheung, Dylan Wu, Anton Rist, Brieuc Vourch, Jennifer Choi, Lindy Tsai, Ethan Siegel, Philo Lee, and Christina Hughes.

Upcoming Concerts:
Kyunghun Kim - Conductor

Complexity & Simplicity

• May 11, 2024, 2pm | Broadway Presbyterian Church
• May 12, 2024, 2pm | Fair Lawn Community Center Theater
• Featuring:
  • Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
  • Mozart: Concerto for Violin No. 5 in A major |  SoHyun Ko (Violin)
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Wagner & Beethoven

• Oct  5, 2024, 2pm | Broadway Presbyterian Church
• Oct 11, 2024, 2pm | Fair Lawn Community Center Theater
• Featuring:
  • Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
  • Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Nutcracker Ballet with Ballet Arts

• Dec  14, 2024, 2pm | River Dell High School Auditorium
• Dec  15, 2024, 2pm | Fair Lawn Community Center Theater

Shostakovich Anniversary Celebration

• Feb  22, 2025, 2pm | Broadway Presbyterian Church
• Feb 23, 2025, 2pm | Fair Lawn Community Center Theater
• Featuring:
  • Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10

 Young Artist Concert

• May 3, 2025, 2pm | Broadway Presbyterian Church
• May 4, 2025, 2pm | Fair Lawn Community Center Theater
• Featuring:
  • Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47 | Matthew Hakkarainen (Violin)

The Adelphi Orchestra is a professional, non-profit orchestra renowned for its symphonic, chamber, operatic, choral, and dance concerts. Over the past 20 years, the orchestra has hosted the Young Artist Competition and Young Artist Concerts, supporting young talent throughout New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area. The Adelphi Orchestra regularly presents concerts featuring accomplished national and international guest soloists. A finalist in the Jersey Arts People's Choice Award for the Favorite Orchestra/Symphony Division for six years, the Adelphi Orchestra is a proud member of Opera America and the League of Orchestras. Standing as one of northern New Jersey's longest continuously performing orchestras and an integral part of the state's cultural community. To learn more about the orchestra and its programs visit http://adelphiorchestra.org for more information.