EVC Music and The British and International Federation of Festivals are delighted to share the news that Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall was nominated for the Outstanding Classical Music Education Initiative Award at the 2019 Music Teacher Awards for Excellence. We are privileged to offer this unique performance opportunity for the young pianists from around the […]
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Oct
On September 24th, one of the winners of Elena Cobb Star Prize and The Amber Trust beneficiary, Lill Kurata, had a wonderful day at Classic FM with the radio presenter Anna-Marie Minhall. Please watch a video from the Winners Recital at Royal Albert Hall where Lily and her duet partner Ivan Rodriguez Deb performing Mrs Van Der […]
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Oct
Oct
From October 2018, Piano Dreams books by Trinity College London will be featured in the Elena Cobb Star Prize Performance List along with the piano pieces by EVC Music composers and Piano Star books by ABRSM. The series include four books (duets and solos) with pieces for beginner and early intermediate pianists composed by Anne […]
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TV Appearance: Elena Cobb Star Prize Performers from the Albuquerque Institute of Music on the News
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Aug
Aug
Students from the Albuquerque Institute of Music took their skills to the next level by appearing on the KRQE TV at Albuquerque, New Mexico on 10 August 2018. Ivan Belyaev (13yo), Emily Yang (8yo) and their piano pedagogue Tatyana Bayliyeva gave a TV interview to the news reporter where they shared their experience with the […]
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Eva Gevorgyan, The 14-Year-Old Prodigy To Give A Solo Recital At The Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival At The Royal Albert Hall
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Jul
Jul
While many teenagers are busy posting selfies on their Facebook pages, pictures of the young Russian pianist Eva Gevorgyan feature her flamboyantly finishing a concerto with an orchestra at the II Grand Piano Competition in Moscow earlier this year. There are countless concert posters and smiling back stage pictures, images of her trying on concert […]
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We are delighted to invite all Contemporary Composer Category performers at the 3rd Feurich Vienna International Competition to perform at the Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival on 4 April 2019 which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall The Elgar Room in London. A heartfelt thank you to the event organisers: Elena Tolstykh, Maria Pischlöger-Karastoyanova, Inge […]
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Jul
Jul
Huge congratulations to the recipients of the Elena Cobb Star Prize Awards at Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition for Young Artists 2018 and looking forward to seeing you all in London for the 2nd Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall on 4 April 2019. Emily Yang (USA), Elementary A, 1st prize, Hummingbird Étude-Tableau by Andrew Higgins […]
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BBC Young Musician Of The Year To Give Masterclass At The Elena Cobb Star Prize Event 2019 At The Royal Albert Hall
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Jun
Jun
The winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014, pianist Martin James Bartlett, will be conducting a masterclass at the next Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall on 4 April 2019. Martin, 21, who is a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music, already has an impressive list of […]
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May
May
It is great to see that the Bristol Post Live has featured a story about Hannah Coulton from the UK who recently performed at the Elena Cobb Star Prize event at the Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room. In the concert, Hannah performed Herriot Water from the award-nominated A Borders Suite, Celtic PIano Series by Donald […]
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A German newspaper Gründtadter Sonntags-Spiegel has published an article about Nicole Kaucher, Christian Haag and Deva Senguenthree who are all students of Irina Woronow. It is great to see such interest from the local media and many congratulations to the young stars and their teacher! Their piano trip to London where they performed at the Elena Cobb Star […]