of the 20th Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition

held on Saturday 26 September 2009 at Haverhill Arts Centre

Prizes presented by Haverhill Sinfonia's Chairman, Mrs. Pat Taylor

FIRST PRIZE- Joo Cho (soprano / South Korean)

prizes to the value of £3,975 with 15 performances

recitals for Charterhouse (£225), Haywards Heath Music Society (£225), Hoddesdon Music Club (£225), Leighton Buzzard Music Club (£250), Steyning Music Society (£225), Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society (£225), The King's School, Ely (£225). University of Essex (£225), Witney Music Society (£225).

solo works with Airedale Symphony Orchestra (£325), Bedford Sinfonia (£325), City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra (£325), Lambeth Orchestra (£300), Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra (£325), Wymondham Symphony Orchestra (£325).

SECOND PRIZE - Michael Ierace (piano / Australian)

£250

THIRD PRIZE - Gábor Galavics (clarinet / Hungarian)

£200

FOURTH PRIZE - Aleksei Kiseliov (cello / Belarusian)

£175 donated by Marchant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

FIFTH PRIZE- Chen Chen (piano / Chinese)

£150 donated by The Herbert Group.

SIXTH PRIZE - Dunja Lavrova (violin / Russian)

£125 donated by Frankie & Benny's.

SEVENTH PRIZE - Shuenda Wong (piano / Malaysian)

£100

Highest-placed prize-winner, other than pianist - Joo Cho

solo work with Arnold Sinfonia (£325 donated by Days Inn Haverhill).

Highest-placed prize-winner, other than singer - Michael Ierace

recitals for Brockenhurst Music Society (£225) and Linton Music Society (£225).

Highest-placed violinist or cellist - Aleksei Kiseliov

recital for Music at St. Peter's, Wallingford (£225).

Highest-placed pianist - Michael Ierace

recitals for Bridport & West Dorset Music Club (£225), Bury St. Edmunds Concert Club (£225), Letchworth Music Club (£225), Louth & District Concert Society (£225) and Pound Arts (£225).

Highest-placed woodwind player - Gábor Galavics

recital for The Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts Festival (£225).

Highest-placed woodwind or brass player - Gábor Galavics

solo work with City of Southampton Orchestra (£325).

Highest-placed pianist, violinist, violist, cellist, clarinettist or oboist -

Michael Ierace

recital for Derby Chamber Music Society (£225).

Best performance of a work by a British composer - Dunja Lavrova

£200 donated by Evans-Pughe Strings of Hitchin Ltd.

Best performance of a work written since 1959 - Michael Ierace

£200 donated by Music Sales Group.

Highest-placed string player - Aleksei Kiseliov

£200 donated by Sandarac Ltd.

Best Accompanist - Yasuko Takahashi

£200 donated by Mrs. Pat Taylor and Mr. Nicholas Jarman.

Competition Adjudicators

Kevin Hill MBE – Music Director, Haverhill Sinfonia and Arnold Sinfonia

Piers Lane – Professor of Piano, Royal Academy of Music

Stephen Bryant – Leader, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Timothy Lines – Professor of Clarinet, Royal Academy of Music & Royal College of Music