* denotes a Fenstermaker Scholar Lóránt Najbauer: recently graduated from UCSD earning a B.A. in Economics and a minor in Music and is presently doing graduate work at Yale where he was seen in the fall ‘09 in THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. He has recently performed in BORIS GODUNOV with San Diego Opera, and in OEDIPUS REX and THE MAGIC FLUTE with the La Jolla Symphony. A previous MMF winner (‘06, ’07 and ’08), he has also won first places in the Virginia Hawk Vocal scholarships, H.B. Goodin Scholarship Competition and NATS-SD Singer Auditions, plus second place in the La Jolla Young Artists Competition, along with placing in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Western Regional Finals. He has performed and studied in Austria, Croatia and Hungary. Eugene Ugorski has performed concerti with orchestras in Western Europe, Russia, Korea, Canada, the United States and South America. A concert under Valery Gergiev at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in May of 2005 was broadcast around the world and led to an invitation from Gergiev to perform with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. He debuted with the San Diego Symphony at the age of eight, and returned for three concerts in 2007 as well as performing two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in 2008. He has recently had debuts with Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and in Japan. Eugene has been a MMF winner in ’06, ‘07 and ‘08. Mark Teplitsky, a senior at Torrey Pines High School, is the principal flutist with the San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS). He was a MMF finalist in ’08, and earned firsts in the San Diego Flute Guild competition in ’03, ’04 and’05, in the San Diego MTAC Concert Competition in ’05, SDYS Concert Competition in ’06, at the California State Finals of the VOCE competition intermediate winds division ’06, and senior winds in ’08. He has won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlights 2007 and Orange County Performing Arts Center Tomorrow’s Stars 2008 competitions. He regularly performs throughout San Diego County in community outreach programs and SDYS fundraising events. His piano playing has won him finalist positions in prestigious competitions and his fencing qualified him for the 2007 Junior Olympics. Shuo Vincent Yang was born in Beijing, China immigrating to Canada with his parents when he was 4, where he has won numerous local, provincial and national competitions before moving to San Diego in 2007. He has also won first place in the Glendale Piano competition ’09, Torrance Symphony Concerto Competition ’08, CAPMT Sonata Competition ’09 and the William Grant Still Competition ’08. In January ’09 he made his orchestral debut in the complete Grieg A minor Piano Concerto with the Torrance Symphony. A graduate of Torrey Pines HS, he has accepted a scholarship to the USC Thornton School of Music beginning fall of ’09. Zachary Zinzer in his third year at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music majoring in classical piano performance. James Romeo has been a MMF finalist in ’06 and ’09, and won first place in the San Diego Flute Guild Young Artist Competition (Junior High, Senior High and Jazz divisions) and was a finalist for the Indiana University Woodwind Concerto Competition. He has performed as a featured student soloist with the La Jolla Music Foundation in ’06 and made his orchestral solo debut playing Nielsen’s Flute Concerto with the Roosevelt University Orchestra in ’08. He is a senior at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Victoria Robertson recently won the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artist Competition and the Carlsbad to Karlovy Vary Vocal Competition for classical singers. She has soloed with the San Diego Symphony, La Jolla Symphony and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band. She is earning her artist diploma in vocal performance at SDSU and has tours scheduled for New Mexico and the Czech Republic. Sasha Hashemipour won the NATS SD Singers Audition in ’06, a second place in the ’08 Stewart Brady Competition in San Francisco, and attended the International Institute of Vocal Arts (IIVA) in Chiari, Italy in ’07 performing roles in two operas, returning in ’08 for two more operas, plus attending the IIVA in Montreal. Currently enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music, she recently sang Dorabella/COSI FAN TUTTE and Charlotte/WERTHER in performances of opera scenes in May ‘09, and has sung Siebel/FAUST with the Opera Manhattan Repertory Theater. She is also in training to become a disaster relief volunteer for the Red Cross. Past Years Winners - 2008
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