Grantees 2024 - Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation

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Arvin Gantumur

Born in Mongolia/ November 20,1997 (currently living in Seattle)

Education; Bachelor’s Diploma in Piano Performance from Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at the California State University, Long Beach

Awards received:

Concerto Competitions Grand Prize Winner/ Andrys Basten Award (2021)
CAPMT 2020 State Final Winner- 1st Place
Winner of the 2019 Bob Cole Concerto Competition at the CSULB
George & Beverly August Piano Award in Fall 2019 (Bob Cole Conservatory of Music)- 3rd Place
George & Beverly August Piano Award in Spring 2019 (Bob Cole Conservatory of Music)- 2nd Place
State VOCE Competition 2017, Anstamur Trio – 1st Place
Sonata/Sonatina Festival of 2016 – 1st Place
Gyeonggi-Do Teenager Piano Competition Seoul, Korea – 2nd Place (2014)
Milosz Magin 13th Annual International Piano Competition- 1st Place (2010)
Chuluun Youth Piano Competition in Mongolian Conservatory of Music- 1st Place (2008)
Naidal 2008 International Piano Competition- 2nd Place
Gonchigsumlaa’s Youth Piano Competition in Mongolian Conservatory of Music- 4th Place (2004)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2ztbK60Qes

Arvin Gantumur

Mikhail Kaploukhii

Born: Moscow, 2002

Studied: Gnessin College of Music and Royal College of Music

Prizes: RCM Concerto Competition and International Ettlingen Piano Competition

Mikhail Kaploukhii

Kyle Hutchings

Born Worcester, 2000

Studied: Trinity Laban Conservatoire

Prizes; Nancy Thomas Prize and Director’s Prize for Excellence

Kyle Hutchings

Ariel Mo

Place and date of birth: Guangzhou, China 13 Nov 1998

Place of study: New England Conservatory (BM ’16 , MM ’22 , GD ’24)

Highlights of prizes / awards received.

2022:
NEC – Tourjée Alumni Award
NEC – Entrepreneurial Musicianship Grant for WATERx
New Music On the Point – Yvar Mikhashoff Piano Fellow
Fellowships at Norfolk New Music, Bang On A Can
2021: Tan Family Scholarship
2018: NEC Piano Concerto Competition – Mesisaen’s Turangalîla

https://www.arielmo.com

Ariel Mo

Gabriele Sutkute

Born: Lithuania, 1997

Studied: Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music

Prizes include: First Prize, Chappell Piano Competition, Mills Williams Fellowship

Gabriele Sutkute

Jamie Cochrane

Born, England, 2001

Studied: University of Oxford, Royal Academy of Music

Prizes include: Essex Young Musician of the Year

Jamie Cochrane

Giacomo Tora

Born: Italy, 1995

Studied: Conservatorio di Mantova, Trinity Laban Conservatoire

Prizes include: 2nd Prize, Carles and Sofia Piano Competition

Giacomo Tora

Arzas Voskanyan

Born 17/05/2005 Armenia

Studied

2018-2022 Tchaikovsky Specialized Secondary Music School, Yerevan, Armenia
2021 Zuyd Conservatorium Maastricht, Niderlands
2012 – 2018 Sayat-Nova Music School, Yerevan, Armenia

Awards

2020 New names of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
2019 Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition Brussels, Belgium
2022 King’s Peak International Music Competition USA

Arzas Voskanyan

Mateus Restani

Born in Brazil, 1999

Studied

BM in Piano Performance at University of São Paulo (2021)

M.M in Piano Performance at Roosevelt University (2024)

Performance Diploma at Roosevelt University (present)

Prizes/awards received:

3rd Place – GruPiano Young Soloists Competition (2019)

1st Place – Gilberto Tinetti 1st Piano Competition (2019)

1st Place – Piano em Foco Competition (2021)

Recital prize – 53rd edition of the International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão (2023)

1st Place – LVMS Piano Competition (2023)

3rd Place – 8th International Piano Competition Yamaha ‘José Jacinto Cuevas’ (2023)

Winner of Chicago College Performing Arts Concerto Competition (2024)

3rd Place – 1st National Chopin Competition of Brazil (2024)

2nd Place – XIV Prof. Edna Basseti Habith Competition (2024)

Mateus Restani

Nathan Zhang

Born in USA, 2007

Studied with Sasha Starcevich, beginning studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with Professor Michelle Cann

1st Prize, Virginia Waring International Piano Competition Junior Solo and Concerto Competition

1st Prize, MTNA National Junior Performance Competition

Finalist, National YoungArts Competition

Medalist, Hilton Head International Piano Competition

6th Prize, Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition

Nathan Zhang

Xizong Chen

Born China, 1998

Studied: Xinghai Music Conservatory, Changchun University, Royal Northern College of Music

Awards include: First prize, Changjiang Piano Competition, Changchun University

Xizong Chen

Nathaniel Eck

Coming soon

Nathaniel Eck

Samuele Piccinini

Born: Italy, 1993

Studied:

G B Martini Conservatorio, Bologna

Guildhall School Music and Drama

Awards:

Leverhulme Arts Scholarship

Samuele Piccinini

Peter Smith

Born: USA, 1998

Studied: University of Michigan. Ann Arbor

Awards: NOMEA Competition

Peter Smith

Max Hammond

Born: 2000 United States

Studied: Yale College, Juilliard School

Awards received:

First place, Juilliard Concerto Competition, 2024.
First place, Lansum International Piano Competition
V. Browne Irish prize for contribution to “the nurturing and flourishing of the performing arts in the College and the University,” Silliman College, Yale University, May 2024
Joseph Lentilhon Selden Memorial Award for “verve, idealism and constructive interest in music and the humanities,” Yale University, April 2023
Terry E. And Irene A. Sharp Prize for Most Outstanding Performer in the Junior Class, Yale University, May 2022

Max Hammond

Angeliki Giannopoulou

Born, Greece, 1998

Studied: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Academy of Music

Awards: Kalous Foundation Prize, Jack Holden Mozart Prize

Angeliki Giannopoulou

Magdalene Ho

Born, USA, 2003

Studied Royal College of Music

Awards Winner, Clara Haskil International Piano Competition

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Kyle Hutchings

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Jamie Cochrane

Arzas Voskanyan

Mateus Restani

Nathaniel Eck

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