2023 Vincent Lenti Piano Competition Winners

The Eastman Community Music School hosted the third annual Vincent Lenti Piano Competition on March 11 and 12th. Congratulations to all winners!   Young Performers Division: First Place: Edwin Xu, student of Elier Suárez Second Place: Bethany Huang student of Howard Spindler Third Place: Amy Ma, student of Scott Cuellar Junior Division: First Place: Aria…

ECMS Students Earn Prizes at the Rochester Philharmonic League’s Young Artist Auditions

Eastman Community Music School students were awarded several awards at the recent Young Artist Auditions for high school musicians held by the Rochester Philharmonic League. Congratulations to the following ECMS students for their success in the 2023 YAA Competition: Grand Prize (an opportunity to perform with the RPO) Winner:  Catalina Wooldridge, Cello, Grade 12, Williamson…

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Mexican Director Octavio Cardenas Debuts with Eastman’s First-Ever Spanish-Language Opera, Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas”

“Why would Florencia open her arms?” asks director Octavio Cardenas in a recent rehearsal of Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, the first Spanish language opera to be performed by the Eastman Opera Theatre. The opera will run Thursday through Sunday, March 30 to April 2, in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. He instructs the…