New York Flute Club Competition Winners
1st
Jonathan Figueroa, age 22, is an active soloist and full-time orchestra musician. A native of Puerto Rico, he attended the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory under the tutelage of Michel Debost. A winner of multiple solo artist and concerto competitions, Jonathan has been assistant principal flute of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra since 2010, and a faculty member in the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music's program Musica 100 x 35.
2nd
Thomas J. Wible, age 25, has performed across the world, including solo appearances in Leipzig, Prague, Budapest, and the USA. In 2010 he was a semifinalist in the Concert Artists Guild International Competition and a second prize winner in the NFA Piccolo Artist Competition, and in 2011 he made his Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall debut as first prize winner in the Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition. A first prize winner in the 2012 Atlanta Flute Club Young Artist Competition, he is currently working on his Artist Diploma as a fellowship recipient at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts under the tutelage of Geralyn Coticone.
3rd
Kate Lemmon, age 21, is a senior at the Eastman School of Music. She has been a concerto soloist with the San Antonio Symphony and Youth Orchestra, performed with the Eastman Philharmonia and Wind Ensemble, and was recently invited by conductor Mark Scatterday to record Stravinsky’s Octet for Winds. Kate was a first prize winner at the Rochester Flute Association’s 2011 Young Artist Competition and a finalist in the 2012 Byron Hester Competition. She has studied with Bonita Boyd, Tallon Perkes, and Rebecca Gilbert, and, after a summer as a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, will pursue graduate studies at the New England Conservatory with Paula Robison in the fall.
Young Musicians Contest Winners
Cara Toback, age 8, studies with Noelle Perrin at JCC Thurnauer School in New Jersey. She has studied the flute for three and half years and attends the Elisabeth Morrow School in Englewood, New Jersey. She also enjoys playing the piccolo and cello.
Nadira Novruzov, age 9, studies with Valerie Holmes at the Special Music School in New York City. A previous winner of the NYFC Young Musicians Contest (at ages 6 and 8), she was recently selected to participate in the Suzuki Association of the American Conference.
Eleanor Bent, age 14, studies with Valerie Holmes at the Special Music School in New York City, where she has been a student since kindergarten. A student of both flute and music theory, she has attended the Luzerne Music Camp and competed several times in the NYFC Young Musicians Contest.
Anna Thompson, age 16, studies with Elizabeth Janzen at the Manhattan School of Music, Pre-College. She has been a member of the Delaware Youth Symphony and the Delaware All-State Band. Anna has attended the Kinhaven Summer Music Camp and Interlochen and will be at the Tanglewood Festival this summer.