February 23, 2024

The Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition is held each February at MSM, hosted by the chairs of the Strings, Piano, Percussion, Woodwinds, Brass, and Voice departments at MSM, with a winner chosen from each category.

The winners will perform with one of MSM’s ensembles as part of MSM’s 2024–2025 performance season.

Pictured above: 2023 Eisenberg-Fried Competition Strings winner Sonya Shin (MM ’25), violin, performing as a featured soloist with the MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76) on February 2, 2024.

2024 Eisenberg-Fried Competition Winners

Strings

William Lee (PPD ’25), violin
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 25 by Pytor Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Student of Nicholas Mann & Koichiro Harada

Alternate
Maïthéna Girault (BM ’20, MM ’22, PPD ’24), violin
Violin Concerto, Op. 80 by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Student of Lucie Robert

Piano

Po-Wei Ger (BM ’18, DMA ’26), piano
Concerto for the Left Hand by Maurice Ravel
Student of Solomon Mikowsky

Alternate
Alberto Barba (MM ’24), piano
Tajogaite by Gustavo Díaz-Jeréz
Student of the late Solomon Mikowsky

Woodwinds

Jonah Murphy (MM ’24), flute
Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert
Student of Michael Parloff

Alternate
David Baker (DMA ’26), alto saxophone
Saxophone Concerto, Op. 14 by Lars-Erik Larsson
Student of Paul Cohen

Voice

Donghoon Kang (PPD ’25), bass baritone
Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte by Jacques Ibert
Student of Mark Schnaible

Alternate
Benjamin Sokol (BM ’22, MM ’24), bass baritone
Vier ernste Gesänge by Johannes Brahms
Student of James Morris

Percussion

Glenn Choe (BM ’26), marimba
Concerto for Marimba and Strings by Emmanuel Séjourné
Student of Christopher Lamb

Alternate
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