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Home / Blog / Semifinalists for the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition Announced

Semifinalists for the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition Announced

August 29, 2011 By Sébastien Hélary

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The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the world’s premier nonprofit jazz education organization, announces the 12 semifinalists for its illustrious 2011 International Jazz Piano Competition. The 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition Semifinals will take place on Sunday, September 11th from 1 PM – 5 PM at Baird Auditorium at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. Judges for the competition include Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis, Jason Moran, Danilo Perez and Renee Rosnes.

The 2011 competition semifinalists are Kris Bowers (Los Angeles, California), Emmet Cohen (Miami, Florida), Steven Feifke (Lexington, Massachusetts), Beka Gochiashvili (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia), Justin Kauflin (Virginia Beach, Virginia), Pascal Le Boeuf (Santa Cruz, California), Antonio Madruga (Pembroke Pines, Florida), Hod Moshonov (Pardes Hanna, Israel), Can Olgun (born in Marburg, Germany and raised in Berlin, Germany), Harold O’Neal (born in Arusha, Tanzania and raised in Kansas City, Missouri), Joshua White (born in Los Angeles and raised in El Cajon, California) and Glenn Zaleski (Boylston, Massachusetts).

As a part of the Institute’s 25th Anniversary Celebration weekend, the International Jazz Piano Competition will showcase the talents of 12 of the world’s most gifted, young jazz pianists. The three finalists selected will continue on to perform at the 25th Anniversary Celebration and All-Star Gala Concert, co-chaired by Madeleine Albright, Quincy Jones, Debra Lee and Colin Powell and featuring an appearance by Aretha Franklin, the Institute’s Maria Fisher Founder’s Award recipient, on Monday, September 12th, 7:30 PM at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. Other featured performers at the All-Star Gala Concert include competition winners from the past 25 years along with Terence Blanchard, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, T.S. Monk, John Patitucci, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter and many others.

The Institute’s International Jazz Competition, compared in stature to that of the classical Tchaikovsky and Van Cliburn Competitions, has launched the careers of pianists Eric Lewis (ELEW), Marcus Roberts and Jacky Terrasson, saxophonist Joshua Redman, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, bassist Ben Williams, and vocalists Jane Monheit, Gretchen Parlato and Tierney Sutton, among numerous others.

“The Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition is recognized as the most significant jazz competition in the world, and is responsible for discovering the next generation of great jazz musicians, whose musical contributions will define the progression and future of jazz,” said Thomas R. Carter, the Institute’s President. “Jazz is America’s greatest musical contribution to the world, and by nurturing these young talents, the Institute is upholding its 25 year commitment to furthering jazz performance and education.”

Sébastien Hélary

Sébastien Hélary co-founded Nextbop in 2009 with the objective of introducing modern jazz music to a younger generation of fans. Aside from music, his other main obsession is food, particularly ramen and other Japanese delicacies.

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