The Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition is held each February at MSM by the department chairs of strings, piano, woodwinds, voice, harp, percussion, and guitar.
The winners perform with one of MSM’s orchestras in the following academic year. This year, the competition winners were drawn from the areas of strings, woodwinds, guitar, and voice.
Pictured above: 2020 Eisenberg-Fried Competition Brass Winner Liana Hoffman (BM ’20), horn, performing with the MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76) on April 14, 2022.
2021 Eisenberg-Fried Competition Voice Winner Rosario Armas (BM '20, MM '22), mezzo-soprano
2021-2022 Eisenberg-Fried Competition Winners
Strings Winner
Jaeook Lee (PS ’21, DMA), Violin
Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Student of Mark Steinberg
Alternate
Risa Hokamura (BM ’24), violin
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Student of Lucie Robert and Koichiro Harada
Piano Winner
Dmitry Yudin (BM ’23), piano
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2, Op. 16, G minor
Student of Horacio Gutierrez
Alternate
Helen Nebeker (MM ’22), piano
Britten Diversions on a Theme for Left Hand and Orchestra, Op. 21
Student of Alexander Moutouzkine
Woodwinds Winner
Marcos Ruiz (BM ’23), Flute
CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D Minor, H. 425
Student of Linda Chesis
Alternate
Hyun Jo Lee (BM ’23), Flute
Liebermann Flute Concerto, Op. 39
Student of Robert Langevin
Guitar/Harp/Percussion Winner
Eduardo Gutterres (MM ’23), guitar
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto No. 1, Op. 99, D major
Student of Mark Delpriora
Alternate
Giuseppi Buscemi (DMA), guitar
Giuliani Concerto No. 1, Op. 30, A major
Student of David Leisner
Voice Winner
Shan Hai (BM ’20, MM ’22), soprano
Mozart Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, K. 418
Student of Marlena Malas
No alternate.
2020 Eisenberg-Fried Competition
Upcoming concerts featuring winners of two other prestigious MSM competitions
May 3 | TUES
7:30 PM
Ruth Widder Competition Winners’ Concert
Greenfield Hall
The Ruth Widder String Quartet Competition, funded by the Widder Foundation in consultation with faculty member Laurie Carney, honors the memory of Ruth Widder, whose lifetime of generosity to Manhattan School of Music, the American String Quartet, and other arts institutions has had a lasting effect on the cultural life of New York. The competition was created in 2015 to encourage high-level study of the string quartet literature by MSM students, and is open to quartets of current students who have played together for at least two semesters.
May 5 | THURS
7:30 PM
Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition Winners’ Concert
Greenfield Hall
The Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition takes place each semester and includes outstanding groups nominated by the chamber music faculty. Winning groups are invited to perform in this public concert held in Greenfield Hall.
