The sixth annual Artscape National Youth
Music Competition rendered several surprise results at the finalist gala
concert on October 13.
Two talented young pianists walked off with
the laurels with, to the decimal perfect, matching scores by eight
adjudicators. Sulayman Human (19) of Oudtshoorn, and Kensuke Kawajiri (14) of
Hyde Park in Johannesburg clinched the gold medal(s) and R25 000 prize from six
finalists at the grand finale concert.
As part of their first prize, they will be
invited to perform in a concert at Hilton College near Pietermaritzburg in
2013.
Other category winners were Sakhile Humbane
(16) of Kwa Mashu in Durban and Lieva Starker (17) of Tamboerskloof in Cape
Town who each received R5,000 and a silver medal. Humbane also won the R4,000
Leon Hartshorne Prize for the best Wind Instrumentalist and Starker walked away
with the R4,000 Pieter Schoeman Award for best violinist.
Artscape’s competition for classical
musicians aged between 14 and 19 years offered prizes worth R106,000.
“The overall standard of this year’s 25
semi-finalists surpassed all previous competitions. This is the only youth
music competition in the country where the finalists get an opportunity to play
with a professional symphony orchestra as part of the competition,” says
Michael Maas, CEO of Artscape.
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