Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra has announced this year’s first-place winner of the BSO Young Artist Concerto Competition: Leah Deobald, a 15-year-old pianist from Shoreline, who performed Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37, 1st movement” for her entry.
Deobald is a student of Professor Duane Hulbert, who is known for his Grammy Nomination for recordings of Glazunov piano works. As a top prize winner, she has appeared in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Weil Recital Hall in New York, Benaroya Nordstrom Recital Hall in Seattle, Pavlovsk Palace near
St. Petersburg in Russia, Thayer Hall in the Colburn Conservatory and John Perry Music Academy Concert in Southern California.
She has frequently performed on Classical King FM radio and NW Focus Live hosted by Sean MacLean. Last year, she enjoyed performing Liszt Totentanz with Conductor Evin Lambert during the 23rd Orchestral Recital Series in Tacoma.
Adrian Steele, violin, was awarded second place for his performance of Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto, 1st movement,” and Kyran Adams, piano, was awarded third place for his performance of Liszt’s “Hungarian Fantasy.”
As the winner of the BSO’s annual competition, Deobald will perform Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37, 1st movement” with the orchestra on June 3 and June 5.
The BSO’s spring concert will also feature the Washington state premiere of “9 Ancestors” by Christopher Theofanidis — one of the most performed composers of the 21st century, as well as one of Antonín Dvořák’s most-beloved and uplifting symphonies, “Symphony No. 8 in G major.”
