The Reno Chamber Orchestra held its 23rd annual College Concerto Competition on Saturday, January 17 in Nightingale Concert Hall. After some exciting and spirited playing, our judges arrived at the following results.
First Prize went to pianist Maria Pisarenko, a doctoral student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She will be performing the piece with which she won the Competition, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, at the RCO’s concerts on February 27 and 28.
Second Prize went to violist Deanna Said, a graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno and a frequent member of the RCO’s viola section, for her performance of Bartók’s Viola Concerto.
Third Prize went to trumpeter Joshua Dunlap of UNR for his performance of Riisager’s Concertino.
Funding for the College Concerto Competition was provided by The Bretzlaff Foundation. The RCO offers its congratulations to all the Competition participants, as well as to judges Phillip Ruder, Richard Waller, and Natsuki Fukasawa, accompanist Andrea Lenz, and everyone else who made the Competition possible.
