Five young area classical instrumentalists have been named winners in the 2016 Pearl and Julius Young Music Competition, sponsored by the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey.
Winners of the 2016 Pearl and Julius Young Music Competition: (from left) Violinist Ania Filochowsa; violinist Kenta Nomura; saxophonist Thomas Kurtz; Dr. Robert W. Butts, conductor and music director of The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey; cellist Chase Park; cellist Daniel Hamin Go; and Lisa Young, Esq., vice president of the Orchestra's Board of Directors and chairperson of the competition. MONTCLAIR -- Five young area classical instrumentalists have been named winners in the 2016 Pearl and Julius Young Music Competition, sponsored by the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey.
Saxophonist Thomas Kurtz, a 21-year-old from Montclair, was the second-place winner and received a $500 prize for his performance of "Concertino da Camera, Movement 1" by Jacques Ibert.
Kurtz was edged out by 17-year-old cellist Chase Park of Englewood Cliffs, who received a $1,000 award and an opportunity to appear with the orchestra in its annual Summer Music Festival for his first-place finish.
Violinist Ania Filochowska, 21, came in third and took home $250 for her "Violin Concerto, Movement 1" by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky.
Cellist Daniel Hamin Go, 19, and violinist Kenta Nomura, 16, were named first and second honorable mention, respectively. They each received $100 cash awards.
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