A talented violin player has made the history books, by becoming the youngest ever musician to win the Kendall National Violin Competition (KNVC).
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Twelve-year-old Dindin Wang was announced the winner on September 15 and received a violin made by luthier Michal Prokop. Dindin was the recipient of Dr Peter Lee winner’s award for $1000 and the Joan Levy Memorial Award of $4000.
Johnny van Gend won the Audience Choice award ($500) sponsored by Pentimento – North Haven, the Best Performance of Bach ($500) sponsored by Gillian Appleton and the Award for Excellence in Performance of the Sonata ($600) in Memorium of Richard Pollett.
Gemma Lee won the best Performance of an Australian Work ($500) sponsored by the Kendall Services and Citizens Club.
Adjudicators Charles Stegeman (USA), Patricia Pollett (QLD), Ole Bohn and Carl Pini (NSW) said it was a very high standard set by the four competitors.
The hall at the Kendall School of Arts was suitably decorated to celebrate the 20th birthday of the KNVC with the theme of 20 years, 20 violins and 20 winners. There was even a birthday cake adorned with edible violins.
It was also adjudicator Ole Bohn’s birthday and so two renditions of ‘happy birthday’ were robustly sung by the audience celebrating KNVC’s 20th year.
Goetz Richter and Jeanell Carrigan received accolades and gifts in appreciation of their amazing contributions to the competition and especially to Kendall.
Carl Pini was acknowledged for his contribution as an adjudicator and supporter for the past 11 years.
KNVC’s Patron, Donald Hazelwood and his wife Helen, were as enthusiastic and appreciative as ever about the high performance of the four competitors.
KNVC is grateful to the Forestry Corporation of NSW for their sponsorship since the inception of the Competition.
The audience was spellbound by a wonderful day of music and returned on Sunday for the celebration concert to hear Dindin Wang play again.
Goetz Richter, Jeanell Carrigan and friends performed works by Mendelssohn.
Patricia Pollett, a KNVC adjudicator, also joined the musicians.
Dindin Wang, the string orchestra and pianist Jeanell Carrigan all received rapturous applause.
It was a wonderful weekend of music and celebrations for the competition’s 20th birthday.
Children at the Kendall Community Pre School, the Kendall and Herons Creek Public schools will also be treated to an interactive music experience with Goetz Richter, Jeanell Carrigan and the string musicians which has been generously sponsored by the Kendall Community Op Shop.
The next PhiloMusica concert is on November 4 at the Kendall School of Arts
