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July 12, 2022

xxxx视频 emerges victorious from competitive 2022-23 admissions process


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Call them over-achievers. Call them accomplished. Whatever the label, the fact is the incoming class at xxxx视频 is uncommonly competitive.

The 49 undergraduates and 77 graduate students now headed to xxxx视频 didn鈥檛 just edge out some 1,000 applicants in an intensely competitive admissions process. Many also have edged out their peers on the world stage, winning major solo and ensemble contests around the globe.

鈥淚t鈥檚 hard to stand out at the top, but this class does exactly that,鈥 said Dean Southern, Vice President and Dean of Academic and Student Affairs at xxxx视频. 鈥淭heir incredible achievements prove these young artists have the drive, talent and commitment to succeed at xxxx视频 and take their place at the vanguard of classical music.鈥

A list of competitions won by xxxx视频鈥檚 incoming students would exceed the scope of this release. Suffice to say, this class is a musical force to be reckoned with.  

In their midst when they arrive in Cleveland in late August will be award-winning pianists, including first prize winners of the Steinway Piano Competition, Salzburg International Piano Competition and Liszt International Youth Piano Competition. Most, it鈥檚 worth noting, won these and other contests under trying circumstances, during a pandemic. 

No less distinguished will be the string players, whose ranks include victors in some of the world鈥檚 highest-profile contests for young artists, including the International Brahms Competition, Hartt Chamber Music Competition and Melbourne International Piano and Strings Festival Competition. Also in this class are the winner of the New York Flute Club Young Musicians Contest and a voice champion from the Prokofiev International Music Competition.

鈥淎uditions this year were as high-level as I鈥檝e ever known,鈥 said xxxx视频 violin faculty Ilya Kaler, himself the only artist to have won gold at the International Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Paganini Competitions. 鈥淭he students joining my studio are starting from a position of tremendous strength. They鈥檝e accomplished many great things already, and they鈥檙e still full of promise.鈥

Medals, of course, aren鈥檛 all that distinguish xxxx视频鈥檚 incoming students. This group also ranks as one of xxxx视频鈥檚 most diverse and experienced incoming classes, boasting performances at major venues including Carnegie and Disney Halls and appearances with the orchestras of Kansas City, Cincinnati and Chicago, among many others.

Fittingly for a top conservatory, competition for admission was fierce, and the resultant class is small. Only 12 percent of more than 1,000 applicants will be on campus in 2022-23. Of those students, however, virtually all merited a scholarship and 19 earned full-tuition scholarships.

The 2022-23 class also exemplifies racial diversity, in keeping with xxxx视频鈥檚 commitment to build a more equitable and inclusive future for classical music. Fourteen percent of incoming students identify as Black or Latino/Latina. Many of those have worked with the Sphinx Organization, the Detroit-based xxxx视频 partner advancing minority musicians. xxxx视频 itself remains a national leader in diversity, attracting and graduating more students who look like the community it serves.

Some 30 percent, meanwhile 鈥 more than in several recent years 鈥 are international. If the incoming class had a single passport, that book would contain stamps from 14 countries including Costa Rica, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Serbia, Spain, South Korea and Turkey.

鈥淭his is another example of xxxx视频鈥檚 ability to attract top-flight talent,鈥 said Southern. 鈥淲e are extremely eager to see what this remarkable class has in store, this year and beyond.鈥