Anna Im - Amabile (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Anna Im is the First Prize winner of the 10th Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand. In August of 2020, Anna made her MHIVC prize recording through an extraordinary partnership with the Tongyeong International Music Foundation and pianist Ilya Rashkovskiy. Her debut album will be released by the Atoll Records label.

Anna earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Aaron Rosand. Anna was awarded the Curtis/Milka Violin Artist Prize as the year's 'best violin student’ at Graduation Commencement.

Anna has been hailed for her extraordinarily beautiful sound, as a soloist with expressive artistry, and for being an engaging and passionate chamber musician. She has appeared as a soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Salzburger Solisten, and Chungnam Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

In addition to having won top prizes at various competitions in her native Korea at an early age, Anna has been a prizewinner, laureate, and finalist in various international competitions such as the BBC Young Musician, Osaka International Music Competition, and Viktor Tretyakov International Violin Competition. She has also been invited to participate in many festivals including the Kronberg Academy Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, and Aspen Music Festival among others.

Anna began playing the violin at the age of seven and was invited to perform for the Thai Royal Family when she was eight. At the age of nine, she won the Little Mozart Competition in Korea and, as the winner of the competition, was invited to perform at Schlosskonzerte Mirabell in Salzburg, Austria in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth.

TRACKLIST

1. Anna Im - I. Allegro molto ed appassionato - Presto
2. Anna Im - II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza
3. Anna Im - III. Allegro animato - Prestissimo
4. Anna Im - No. 6, None but the Lonely Heart (Arr. M. Elman for Violin & Piano)
5. Anna Im - III. Mélodie. Moderato con moto
6. Anna Im - Cantabile for Violin & Piano, Op. 17, MS 109
7. Anna Im - No. 1, Andante molto
8. Anna Im - No. 2, Allegretto. Mit zartem Vortrage
9. Anna Im - No. 3, Leidenschaftlich schnell
10. Anna Im - I. Allegro amabile
11. Anna Im - II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace
12. Anna Im - III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante



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