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Euclid Symphony Orchestra

Young Artists Competition

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TOM BAKER YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION

2022 Competition Winner
Congratulations to cellist Fiona Tsang, winner of the 2022-2023 competition!
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Fiona Tsang, 17, is a senior in high school and second-year student in the Cleveland  Institute of Music Young Artist Program, and she studies cello with Professor Richard  Weiss. Fiona began her musical journey with piano at the age of five and started playing  cello when she was six. Recently, she performed as a soloist with the Cleveland Institute  of Music Symphony Orchestra as a winner of the Preparatory Concerto Competition. She has received awards from numerous other solo and chamber competitions, including the  Ohio MTNA State Competition, Cleveland Cello Society Scholarship Competition,  Pacific Musical Society Competition, North International Music Competition, US  International Music Competition, American Prize, Mahler Cello Competition, Dresdner Wintersterne Competition, and Junior Bach Festival. She has served as principal cellist  for the CODA Honor Symphony Orchestra, El Camino Youth Symphony, and Bay Area Youth Music Society Orchestra, as well as performed in the Cleveland Institute of Music  Orchestra, CASMEC All-State High School Symphony Orchestra, and University of the  Pacific Orchestra. Fiona is extremely passionate about sharing music with the community,  and she has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for music-related  community service for nine consecutive years. Besides music, she enjoys photography,  hiking, traveling, reading, and video production.

About the competition
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In the 2019-2020 season, the Euclid Symphony Orchestra held its inaugural Young Artists Competition, named after long-time friend, donor and board member of the ESO Tom Baker.

The competition is open to students age 18 and younger who are advanced musicians (instrumental or vocal) capable of playing appropriate level repertoire, including concerto-level (or equivalent) virtuosic works.

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The competition winner will receive a $500 cash prize and a performance with the Euclid Symphony Orchestra.



Previous Competition Winners
2021 Daniel Colaner, piano: Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2
2020 Samuel Dishon, saxophone: Glazunov's Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra
2019 Katarina Davies, cello: 
Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations

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