EASTMAN STUDENT WINS $10,000 SILVER PRIZE IN FIRST-EVER DAVID OISTRAKH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

ROCHESTER, NY ― An outstanding final-round performance of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 ― with the Odessa National Philharmonic ― won Eastman School of Music student Grace Lee the silver prize in the first-ever David Oistrakh International Violin Competition, held in September in the legendary city of Odessa in the Ukraine. As second-place winner, Lee…

EAST AND WEST: CHINA AND BROADWAY COME TO EASTMAN FOR A DOUBLE-BILL OPERA PREMIERE BY ALUMNUS CHARLES STROUSE

ROCHESTER, NY — An intriguing new opera by Charles Strouse — one of Broadway’s most prolific composers and one of the Eastman School of Music’s most illustrious alumni — launches Eastman Opera Theatre’s new season this fall. The world premiere performances of Strouse’s new work, The Future of the American Musical Theater, will take place…