Tchaikovsky runner-up wins career grant

Tchaikovsky runner-up wins career grant

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norman lebrecht

March 22, 2016

The pianist George Li, silver medallist in last summer’s Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, has been named among five winners of the annual Avery Fisher career grants in New York.

The others are violinists Alexi Kenney, Tessa Lark and Sean Lee and the cellist Jay Campbell.

Each receives $25,000.

The awards, due to be announced later today, are leaking all over social media.

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Comments

  • esfir ross says:

    Congratulation to our local talent Jay Campbell. Great cellist, was to his recital week ago. Well deserved award.

  • FreddyNYC says:

    Congrats to Tessa for getting some recognition finally – have been a follower of her work over the years on YT……

  • esfir ross says:

    Tessa and Jay’re from Bay Area, California. 2 local trained musicians.

  • Nathan Davis says:

    Very excited and happy for George Li. I’m flying to Salt Lake this weekend to hear him in Rachmaninoff 2nd concerto with the Utah Symphony!

  • debussyste says:

    Congratulations for George Li ! I greatly appreciated him at the Tchaïkovsky competition and now his career take off !

  • Larisa Efimova says:

    Congratulations to George Li! The Tchaïkovsky competition winner is always and everywere winner!

  • Ana Isabel Tavares says:

    Bravo! Congratulations, super talentiert and wonderful George!
    A prize well awarded.

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