High School Chamber Music Competition

July 11, 2014 Rembrandt Chamber Players Admin

Rembrandt Chamber Musicians Congratulates the 2023 Rembrandt Young Artists:

FIRST PLACE: Goya Trio
Lily Sullivan, Serge Kalinovsky, Noah Kim
Music Institue of Chicago
(Mark George and Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, coaches)

SECOND PLACE: NMS String Quartet
Ella Saputra, Chance Inouye, Nazeeh Shahid, William Tan
New Music School
(Desirée Ruhstrat, coach)

HONORABLE MENTION:
The Bone Rangers
Padriac Sullivan, Genesis Morales, Jonathan Martinez, Calleigh Riordan
Merit School of Music
(Tim Riordan, coach)

Founded in 1995, the Rembrandt Chamber Musicians Annual High School Chamber Music Competition is widely regarded as one of the premier competitions of its kind in the Midwest, drawing participants from the Music Institute of Chicago, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, Midwest Young Artists, Merit School of Music, and a variety of public and private schools. Competition winners have gone on to prestigious careers in music with some holding positions in the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and San Diego Symphony Orchestras as well as the New York Philharmonic.

In addition to the prestige of being named Rembrandt Young Artists, winning ensembles receive cash prizes, master class instruction from Rembrandt musicians, and performance opportunities throughout the region. Competition winners also participate in the RYA Outreach Program, bringing interactive educational sessions to Chicago-area schools that lack an established music program. Click here to learn more and watch a brief video about our recent partnership with the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School.

Next year will mark the 29th anniversary of the competition. Stay Tuned for details on Rembrandts 2024 competition!

Watch a performance by Goya Trio, 2023 Rembrandt Young Artists:

Expansion

In 2007, the Rembrandt Young Artists designation was established, enabling competition winners and honorable mentions to represent Rembrandt by performing in various settings for the entire year. Rembrandt also enhanced and expanded its competition in four ways:

  • Created a free listening and educational experience by opening the competition to the public and informing the audience of the judges’ criteria for rating student performances.
  • Designed a competition within the competition, rewarding the ensemble that attracted the most audience attendees.
  • Sought outreach performance opportunities for the talented young musicians to bring chamber music to community venues such as schools, senior centers, libraries, synagogues, and churches.
  • Took first steps to create an alumni group of former winners to inspire and mentor today’s talented high school chamber musicians.

Recognition of Past Winners

Recent winners will attend this year’s competition to present awards and share experiences as RYA protégées. Past RYA winners have won other important competitions and many have outstanding careers with prestigious orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony.