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Two Share Top Prize at the 2023 Cooper International Piano Competition
Shelly Rasmussen
For the first time in the history of the Cooper International Competition for piano, the top prize was awarded to two participants.
Three Pianists selected for the Cooper Competition’s Final Round
Shelly Rasmussen
The masterful performances that have graced Warner Concert Hall for the past three days culminated Wednesday evening with the selection of three pianists that have been chosen to move on to the
2023 Cooper International Piano Competition Field Narrowed to Seven Pianists
Shelly Rasmussen
After two days of nineteen semifinal performances, the jury has selected seven pianists to move on to the Concerto Round on Wednesday, August 2.
GEARing Up: Registration Open for the 2023 Girls Electronic Arts Retreat
Joshua Reinier
GEAR is unique every year, and past projects have taken campers to prehistoric worlds, time-traveling spaceships, and even their own planets (made of projections, papier-mâché, and kid-sized
Seohyun Kim Wins 2022 Cooper Competition for Violin
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Seohyun Kim, a 13-year-old violinist from Seoul, South Korea, was named the top prize winner of the 2022 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition at the conclusion of the Finals held in
Three Violinists Advance to the 2022 Cooper Competition's Concerto Finals
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Six violinists gave poised performances in the August 19 recitals during Round Two of the 2022 Cooper International Competition. Three of the artists have earned the right to perform once again in the
2022 Cooper Competition Field Narrowed to Six Violinists
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
After two sessions of Round One competition on Monday and Tuesday, with all seventeen violinists performing 30-minute programs, jury deliberations in the 2022 Cooper International Competition for
Cooper Competition for Violin Returns to Oberlin in August 2022
Erich Burnett
The Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, which brings some of the world’s most talented young musicians to the campus of Oberlin College and Conservatory every summer, returns in 2022
Oberlin Symposium Strives for Actual Change in a Virtual Setting
Erich Burnett
Beginning May 25, Crafting Change presents four weeks of innovative thinking for teachers, students, artists, and others—all of it free.
Summer at Oberlin: Home Edition
Erich Burnett
The conservatory’s popular summer programs experience a virtual reset for 2020.