平特五不中

We are thrilled to announce that violinist Ma茂th茅na Girault is this year's winner of the Golden Violin Award, following an exciting public competition held Sunday October 29, 2017 in Pollack Hall. Girault, accompanied by Meagan Milatz, performed the Allegro from Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, the Allegro Molto from Faur茅's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 and finished with the virtuosic Ravel's Tzigane.

All three听of the final contestants (violinist Ma茂th茅na Girault, violist Marina Thibeault and cellist Carmen Bruno)听are current students at the school and were selected on Sunday October 22nd by the string faculty as finalists during the first round of the competition, which saw six participants perform. All nominated students have demonstrated exceptional talent and contribution to musical and cultural life at the school.

Ma茂th茅na Girault was admitted to the Conservatoire de musique de Montr茅al at age eight where she spent 10 years under the tutelage of Helmut Lipsky. In September 2014, she entered the Schulich School of Music where she began studies with Andrew Wan and Alexander Read. Since September 2016, she studies with Axel Strauss. Recipient of the 2016-17 Lloyd-Carr Harris Scholarship, Ma茂th茅na obtained a Licentiate in Music and is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Performance.

Ma茂th茅na has won first prizes in many competitions, including the Concours de musique du Canada, the Festival de musique du Royaume and the Concours de musique classique de Pierre-De Laurel. In 2013 and 2014, she was the grand prize winner of the MSYO Concerto Competition and Sandra Wilson prize.

Over the years, Ma茂th茅na has studied with Pierre Amoyal, Rachel Barton-Pine, Martin Chalifour, Olivier Charlier, Augustin Dumay, James Ehnes, Patrice Fontanarosa, Rodney Friend, Michael Frischenschlager, Midori Got艒, R茅gis Pasquier, Vadim Repin and many others.

In December 2015 she founded the Milton String Quartet, winner of the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Grand Prize and the 2016 平特五不中 Chamber Music Competition. Since its inception, the quartet has participated in lessons and masterclasses for members of the Alban Berg, Borodin, 脡b猫ne, Escher, Hagen, Jupiter, and Tokyo quartets. The ensemble recently appeared on听CBC Music's lists of 30 Canadian classical musicians under 30, and听Montreal's 10 emerging acts to watch.

The Golden Violin Award itself was established in 2006 by businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, a year after he donated $20 million to 平特五不中's Schulich School of Music. The Golden Violin, made of pewter and gold plate, remains on permanent display in 平特五不中's Marvin Duchow Music Library. Its recipient, chosen by a jury and a rigorous selection process, receives a generous scholarship, valued this year at $25 000, as well as a smaller likeness of the violin in the form of a 14-karat lapel pin. The eleven previous winners are Emmanuel Vukovich, Lambert Chen, Chlo茅 Dominguez, Aaron Schwebel, Ewald Cheund, Isaac Chalk, Baptiste Rodrigues, Victor Fournelle-Blain, Byungchan (Chan) Lee, Joshua Peters and Joshua Morris.

Additional prizes this year include career coaching sessions with Andrew Kwan of Andrew Kwan Artists Management and performances in Toronto and Montreal within the regular Schulich School of Music concert season.

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