2022 Concerto Competition
The 2022 Concerto Competition will take place on Saturday, 19 February 2022, in Dinkelspiel Auditorium. The competition, which had been previously scheduled to take place on 5 February, has been moved two weeks later because of the two-week delay of in-person instruction in Winter Quarter. The deadline to enter the competition was Friday, 4 February, and no more entrants will be accepted into this year’s competition.
Eligibility for the Concerto Competition is open exclusively to current Stanford University undergraduate or graduate students. The competition is a live event that takes place on the Stanford campus. Entrants must be available to participate in person. Video or long-distance participation is not permitted.
Current private study with a member of Stanford’s performance faculty is highly encouraged.
Due to continuing uncertainty about the coronavirus and variants, and the possibility of further disruptions to our orchestral program, this year the number of potential Concerto Competition winners will be limited to two – a maximum of one to perform with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and one to perform with Stanford Philharmonia – to better ensure that all winners will be able to perform their solo pieces with orchestra. Potential entrants are urged to consider pieces that SP could perform. Philharmonia’s roster usually consists of about 30 string players (8 8 6 5 3); pairs of woodwinds, horns, and trumpets; and timpani. Harp, keyboard, and some percussion can also be included, but usually not trombones or tuba, or additional wind players.
Eligible works include concertos or concert pieces of any duration specifically composed for solo instrument(s) or voice and orchestra. Works for more than one solo instrument (such as Brahms’s Double Concerto) are also eligible. Single concerto movements or excerpts of longer works are ineligible. Transcriptions of solo pieces for alternate instruments are ineligible unless specifically approved by the Director of Orchestral Studies (DOS); inquiries regarding works of this kind should be submitted to the DOS as soon as possible and no later than 17 January 2022. In the case of unusual or unpublished works, the entrant must clearly establish to the DOS that score and parts of the work are readily available for performance, through purchase or rental, before being allowed to enter the competition.
Concertos or concert pieces performed by the SSO and SP during the previous four years will be ineligible for that year’s competition. This list of works will be updated annually and made available with the Guidelines.
All entrants are required to have their work fully mastered by the date of the competition.
Memorization of the concerto or concert piece is highly encouraged but not required.
The Concerto Competition did not take place in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethan Andrew Chi ’22 is a senior majoring in Computer Science and Music, studying piano with Dr. Frederick Weldy and organ with Dr. Robert Huw Morgan. Previously, Ethan studied with Erna Gulabyan. Ethan loves music and can’t imagine a life without it! He finds it gratifying to share the joy of music at senior centers and to perform with friends. Ethan has won awards at competitions such as the San José Young Pianist’s Beethoven Competition, Ross McKee Competition, Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, San José International Competition, and Enkor International Competition. Ethan is a violinist in the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and has served as Co-President of the Orchestra Committee. Outside of music, Ethan is involved with the Stanford NLP Group and enjoys working as a section leader in the Computer Science Department. At home, he can be found playing with the family dogs Steinway and Stradivarius. Ethan will perform the Grieg Piano Concerto with SSO in November 2021.
Addison Jadwin ‘23 is an undergraduate student studying symbolic systems. He started playing violin at age 8, and switched to viola at age 10. In high school, he studied viola with Robert Becker, and took part in regional and All-State honor orchestras. He has given several solo performances with his high school orchestra. Now at Stanford, he studies with Lesley Robertson and is an active member in various chamber music groups, and has served as Principal Viola of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. Addison will perform the Walton Viola Concerto with SSO in March 2022.
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