Mozart Trio Prize

5 May 2016

On Sunday 1 May, ten Stoic musicians competed in the prestigious annual Mozart Trio Prize competition in the Ugland Auditorium. They demonstrated an exceptionally high standard of musicianship across a wide range of instruments. The adjudicator for the evening was Sam Dunkley, a distinguished singer and member of the British and International Federation of Festivals. He delivered his adjudication with style and humour, and he was extremely complimentary about all the performances.

I would like to congratulate Maria Di Carlofelice (Lower Sixth, West), flute, Caspar Wallersteiner (Lower Sixth, Chatham), voice, William Motion (Upper Sixth, Chatham), trumpet, Emily Woodhead (Upper Sixth, Nugent), trumpet, Alex McQuitty (Upper Sixth, Walpole), double bass, Sam Lodge (Upper Sixth, Walpole), tuba, and Arabella Coldstream (Lower Sixth, Lyttelton), voice, for their performances and for making this evening such a memorable one.

I would especially like to congratulate Lewis Bell (Lower Sixth, Grenville), piano, who won first prize for his performance of Debussy’s La cathédrale engloutie and a Sonata by Haydn, Laura Brogden (Upper Sixth, Queen’s), flute, for winning second prize with her performance of Doppler’s Hungarian Fantasy, and Alex Grinyer (Lower Sixth, Walpole), piano and French horn, winning third prize after his performance of a Rachmaninov Prelude and Mozart’s Horn Concerto no.3.

Ben Andrew, Head of Keyboard