The Norma Hooks Young Artist International Competition alternates each year between oboe and bassoon and is for players who have not reached their 22nd birthday by the date of the final round of the competition.
2023 Norma Hooks Young Artist International Competition for Bassoon Repertoire:
Repertoire for the Preliminary Round:
Njabulo Phungula
Circles for solo bassoon (published by the composer)
Libby Larsen
Jazz Variations for solo bassoon (E.C. Schirmer)
Repertoire for the Final Round:
Libby Larsen
Jazz Variations for solo bassoon (E.C. Schirmer)
Osvaldo Lacerda
Suite for bassoon and piano (Edition Viento/Trevco)
HyeKyung Lee
Dreaming in Colours for bassoon and piano (published by the composer)
2023 Norma Hooks Young Artist Bassoon Contact:
Jennifer Auerbach, Chair
E-mail: auerbach@idrs.org
The winners of the 2022 Norma Hooks Young Artist International Competition for Oboe (in alphabetical order) are:
- 1st Prize: Kara Poling (USA), student of Elaine Douvas at The Juilliard School/li>
- 2nd Prize: Franz Hartmann (Germany), student of Dominik Wollenweber at the Carl Philip Emanuel Bach Gymnasium Berlin
- 3rd Prize: Klara Borgqvist (Sweden), student of Max Artved at The Royal Danish Academy of Music
The finalists of the 2022 Norma Hooks Young Artist International Competition for Oboe (in alphabetical order) are:
- Klara Borgqvist (Sweden), Student of Max Artved at The Royal Danish Academy of Music
- Franz Hartmann (Germany), Student of Dominik Wollenweber at the Carl Philip Emanuel Bach Gymnasium Berlin
- Kara Poling (USA), Student of Elaine Douvas at The Juilliard School
The alternate is: Josef Wijk (Sweden), student of Marten Larsson at the Academy of Music and Drama, Gothenburg