Past Classical Recording Foundation Ceremonies

The Tenth Annual CRF Awards Concert and Benefit was held on Monday, November 21, 2011 at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. The ceremony featured CRF Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artists The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performing trios by Schubert; the CRF Young Artist of the Year soprano Susanna Phillips performing selections from her solo debut album, Paysages; MAYA (Sato Moughalian, flute; John Haddfield, percussion; and Bridget Kibbey, harp) performing selections from The Book of Goddesses by CRF Composer of the Year Robert Paterson; and the piano duo Quattro Mani (Alice Rybak and Susan Grace) performing music by CRF Composer of the Year Arlene Sierra.

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The Ninth Annual CRF Awards Ceremony was held on October 4, 2010 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. A benefit reception will follow. The ceremony featured CRF Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artists Award winners violinist Maria Bachmann and pianist Jon Klibonoff performing Philip Glass’s first-ever Sonata for Violin and Piano. In addition, soprano Susanna Phillips and pianist Donald Berman performed new songs by CRF Composer of the Year Scott Wheeler. Performances by rising-star pianists and CRF Young Artists of the Year Natasha Paremski and Orion Weiss completed the program.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's Eighth Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and featured performances by the Loma Mar String Quartet with John Feeney, the Argento Chamber Ensemble performing the music of Fred Lerdahl, Susan Narucki and Donald Berman in songs by Ives, and Soyeon Lee performing the Bach-Busoni Chaconne.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's Seventh Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 8pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and featured performances by Mikhail Simonyan, playing Prokofiev Violin Sonatas; Anne-Marie McDermott, playing Gershwin Preludes for Piano; Paula Robison, playing Places of the Spirit; and The Claremont Trio playing music by Paul Chihara.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's Sixth Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 8pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and featured performances by pianist Garrick Ohlsson, playing music by Justin Dello Joio; Zuill Bailey and Simone Dinnerstein, playing Beethoven’s Sonatas for Cello and Piano; and Vassily Primakov playing Beethoven’s Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's Fifth Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 8pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Performers included The Daedalus String Quartet, pianist Simone Dinnerstein and cellist Zuill Bailey, and pianist/composer Michael Harrison. The Composer of the Year Award was presented to Richard Wernick.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's Fourth Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 8pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Performers included violinist Giora Schmidt and pianist Rohan De Silva, pianist Inon Barnatan, The Juilliard String Quartet, and guitarist Benajamin Verdery. The Composer of the Year Award was presented to Stephen Jaffe.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's Third Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at 8pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Performers included The Jupiter Trio, The Harmonie Ensemble, The Claremont Trio, The Orion String Quartet, and Trio Solisti with David Krakauer. Special Composer of the Year Award was presented to Paul Moravec.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's Second Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at 8 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Performers included Anne-Marie McDermott, Ani Kavafian, Robert Shannon, Andres Diaz and Judith Gordon. Special Composer of the Year Award was presented to George Crumb.

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The Classical Recording Foundation's First Annual Awards Ceremony was held on Oct 23, 2002 at Weill Recital Hall, featuring The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performing Beethoven, Gil Kalish and Joel Krosnick playing Brahms and the Orchestra of St. Lukes performing Bach's Brandenberg Concerto No. 2.

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