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First place winner receives $2,000.00 and a performance with the Riverside Symphonia.
Second place winner receives $1,000.00
The Eighth Biennial Caprio Young Artists Competition will be held Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church of Lambertville. The Caprio Young Artists Competition, held every other year, honors talented young musicians preparing for their own musical careers.
The Riverside Symphonia Young Artists Competition is open to all non-keyboard instrumentalists who will be no more than 22 years of age at the time of the finals competition, May 12, 2012. All contestants must reside in New Jersey, New York, or Pennsylvania. The first place winner receives $2,000 and a performance with the Riverside Symphonia. The second place winner will receive $1,000.
The Seventh Biennial Caprio I Young Artists Competition was held on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the First Presbyterian Church of Lambertville. The Caprio I Young Artists Competition, held every other year, honors the late John-Michael Caprio, the founding conductor of the Riverside Symphonia. In addition to his work as conductor and music director of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Caprio was a former teacher who loved the mix of music and young people, whether it was exposing young listeners to classical music for the first time or working with talented young performers already preparing for their own musical careers.
The Riverside Symphonia Caprio I Young Artists Competition is open to all non-keyboard instrumentalists who will be no more than 22 years of age at the time of the finals competition. All contestants must reside in or study in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. The first place winner received $2000 and a performance with the Riverside Symphonia. The second place winner received $1000.
SEVENTH Bienniel Caprio I
Young Artists Competition
Award Winners
First Prize:
Clare Semes, 17, violin
Prize: $2000
Fox Rothschild, LLP
Second Prize:
Su Hyun Park, 17, Violin
Prize: $1,000
Russell Gilsdorf
Finalist:
Hyewon Kim, 20, Cello
Prize: $500
Jay & Barbara Belding
First Bienniel Caprio II
Young Artists Competition
Award Winners
First Prize:
Kevin Chen, 16, Violin
Prize: $250
Fox Rothschild, LLP
Finalist:
Sean Bailey, 16, Clarinet
Prize: $100
Fox Rothschild, LLP
New this season: the First Biennial Caprio II Young Artists Competition.
The first Caprio II Young Artists Competition was also held on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the First Presbyterian Church of Lambertville. The Riverside Symphonia was pleased to add a younger division to its acclaimed Caprio Competition. The Caprio II was geared to the emerging musician or high school level student who has performance experience and is actively engaged with a youth orchestra. The age limit for Caprio II was 18. Finalists were selected to perform live for the Competition judges.
The first place winner received $250 and the two finalists received $100 each. There will be no Caprio II as a part of the 2012 Competition but look for its return in the future.
The Caprio Competition is made possible by the following sponsors: Fox Rothschild, Russell Gilsdorf, Janice Gerton / The Arts and Letters Foundation, Jay and Barbara Belding, Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Funding has been made possible in part by the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders, through funds administered by the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
The Riverside Symphonia is pleased to offer its performances in a barrier-free venue. Audience members who need special assistance should contact the Symphonia office at 609-397-7300 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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