{{Short description|Music foundation}} {{Multiple issues| {{more footnotes|date=February 2016}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2016}} }} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} The '''Walter W. Naumburg Foundation''' sponsors competitions and provides awards for young classical musicians in North America. Founded in 1925, it operates the prestigious Naumburg Competition.
==Foundation and concerts== It was founded in 1925 by Walter Wehle Naumburg, a wealthy amateur cellist and son of noted New York City music patron and philanthropist Elkan Naumburg. Elkan Naumburg, owner of the eminent Wall Street bank E. Naumburg & Co., founded the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts in 1905. The concerts were originally performed at the bandstand on the concert ground of New York's Central Park, and starting in 1923 were performed in the Naumburg Bandshell at the same location.
==Naumburg Competition== The Naumburg Competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious music competitions in the world. The website San Francisco Classical Voice writes that "the Naumburg Competition has one of the best track records of selecting young musicians who, in short order, build significant careers".<ref name="San Francisco Chronicle">{{cite news|last=Serinus|first=Jason Victor|title=The Naumburg Competition: Formula One for Finding Talent|url=https://www.sfcv.org/article/the-naumburg-competition-formula-one-for-finding-talent|website=sfcv.org|date=2010-12-28}}</ref> The first competition was held in 1926. In an open audition format, pianists, violinists, and cellists were all eligible to compete. In 1928 it was expanded to include vocalists. The prize included cash awards and the opportunity to play concerts in New York's Town Hall, which virtually insured reviews by New York's most influential music critics. In 1946, Aaron Copland and William Schuman joined the Naumburg Foundation board of directors, and shortly afterwards the Foundation began awarding composers with recording projects. In 1961, the format of the competition was changed into a professional competition with a single winner, for one particular discipline. In 1965, the competition was expanded to include chamber music ensembles.
Since the early 1970s, the Naumburg Competition has generally rotated three different categories – piano, strings, and voice – on a triennial basis (although there have also been competitions for flute, clarinet, and classical guitar). Winners receive a cash prize and two recital appearances in Alice Tully Hall. Other opportunities include a recording project, a commission (to be premiered in one of the Alice Tully Hall recitals) and many performance opportunities throughout the United States.
Previous winners of the International Naumburg Competition include Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Elmar Oliveira, Dawn Upshaw, Robert Mann, Adele Marcus, Jorge Bolet, Kun-Woo Paik, Leonidas Kavakos, Abbey Simon, William Kapell, Stephen Hough, and Harvey Shapiro. Winners of the Chamber Music Award include the American, Brentano, Miro, and Muir string quartets, and the Eroica Trio.
===Winners=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} {{No col break| ;1925 :Catherine Wade-Smith, violinist :Adeline Masino, violinist :Bernard Ocko, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1926 :Phyllis Kraeuter, cellist :Margaret Hamilton, pianist :Sonia Skalka, pianist}} {{No col break| ;1927 :Dorothy Kendrick, pianist :William Sauber, pianist :Sadah Schwartz-Shuchari, violinist :Daniel Saidenberg, cellist :Julian Kahn, cellist}} {{No col break| ;1928 :Adele Marcus, pianist :Helen Berlin, violinist :Louis Kaufman, violinist :Olga Zundel, cellist :George Rasely, tenor :August Werner, baritone}} {{No col break| ;1930 :Helen McGraw, pianist :Ruth Culbertson, pianist :Mila Wellerson, cellist :Louise Bernhardt, contralto}} {{No col break| ;1931 :Lillian Rehberg Goodman, cellist :Marguerite Hawkins, soprano :Edwiria Eustis, contralto :Kurtis Brownell, tenor}} {{No col break| ;1932 :Milo Miloradovich, soprano :Foster Miller, bass-baritone :Dalies Frantz, pianist :Huddie Johnson, pianist :Inez Lauritano, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1933 :Catherine Carver, pianist :Harry Katzman, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1934 :Joseph Knitzer, violinist :Ruby Mercer, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1935 :Benjamin De Loache, baritone :Judith Sidorsky, pianist :Aniceta Shea, soprano :Harvey Shapiro, cellist :Florence Vickland, soprano :Marshall Moss, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1936 :Frederick Buldrini, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1937 :Jorge Bolet, pianist :Ida Krehm, pianist :Pauline Pierce, mezzo-soprano :Maurice Bialkin, cellist}} {{No col break| ;1938 :Carroll Glenn, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1939 :Mara Sebriansky, violinist :William Horne, tenor :Zadel Skolovsky, pianist :Gertrude Gibson, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1940 :Abbey Simon, pianist :Harry Cykman, violinist :Thomas Richner, pianist}} {{No col break| ;1941 :William Kapell, pianist :Robert Mann, violinist :Lura Stover, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1942 :Jane Rogers, contralto :Annette Elkanova, pianist :David Sarser, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1943 :Dolores Miller, violinist :Constance Keene, pianist :Ruth Geiger, pianist}} {{No col break| ;1944 :Jeanne Therrien, pianist :Jean Carlton, soprano :Carol Brice, contralto}} {{No col break| ;1945 :Jane Boedeker, mezzo-soprano :Paula Lenchner, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1946 :Leonid Hambro, pianist :Jeanne Rosenblum, pianist :Anahid Ajemian, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1947 :Berl Senofsky, violinist :Abba Bogin, pianist :Jane Carlson, pianist}} {{No col break| ;1948 :Sidney Harth, violinist :Paul Olefsky, cellist :Theodore Lettvin, pianist}} {{No col break| ;1949 :Lorne Munroe, cellist}} {{No col break| ;1950 :Angelene Collins, soprano :Esther Glazer, violinist :Betty-Jean Hagen, violinist :Margaret Barthel, pianist}} {{No col break| ;1951 :June Kovach, pianist :Laurel Hurley, soprano :Joyce Flissler, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1952 :Diana Steiner, violinist :Yoko Matsuo, violinist :Lois Marshall, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1953 :Gilda Muhlbauer, violinist :Lee Cass, bass-baritone :Georgia Laster, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1954 :William Doppmann, pianist :Jean Wentworth, pianist :Jules Eskin, cellist :Martha Flowers, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1955 :Ronald Leonard, cellist :Mary MacKenzie, contralto :Nancy Cirillo, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1956 :Donald McCall, cellist :Wayne Conner, tenor :George Katz, pianist}} {{No col break| ;1957 :Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano :Angelica Lozada, soprano :Michael Grebanier, cellist}} {{No col break| ;1958 :Joseph Schwartz, pianist :Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano :Elaine Lee, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1959 :Howard Aibel, pianist :Sophia Steffan, soprano :Ralph Votapek, pianist}}
;1960 :Joseph Silverstein, violinist
;1961 :Werner Torkanowsky, conductor
;1964 :Elizabeth Mosher, soprano
;1968 :Jorge Mester, conductor {{No col break| ;1971 :Kun-Woo Paik, pianist :Zola Shaulis, pianist}}
;1972 :Robert Davidovici, violinist
{{No col break| ;1973 Voice :Edmund LeRoy, baritone first prize :Barbara Hendricks, soprano second prize :Susan Davenny-Wyner, soprano third prize}} {{No col break| ;1974 Piano :Andre-Michel Schub, first prize :Edith Kraft, second prize :Dickran Atamian, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1975–76{{nobold| (50th Anniversary Competitions)}} :Piano: Dickran Atamian, pianist :Voice: Clamma Dale and Joy Simpson, sopranos (co-winners) :Violin: Elmar Oliveira, violinist}} {{No col break| ;1977 Cello :Nathaniel Rosen, first prize :Thomas Demenga, second prize :Georg Faust, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1978 Flute :Carol Wincenc, first prize :Marya Martin, second prize :Gary Schocker, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1979 Piano :Peter Orth, first prize :Miryo Park, second prize :Panayis Lyras, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1980 Voice (four winners) :Faith Esham, soprano :Irene Gubrud, soprano :Jan Opalach, bass-baritone :Lucy Shelton, soprano}} {{No col break| ;1981 Violin :Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg}} {{No col break| ;1981 Cello :Colin Carr}} {{No col break| ;1982 Viola :Thomas Riebl}} {{No col break| ;1983 Piano :Stephen Hough, first prize :David Allen Wehr, second prize :William Wolfram, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1984 Violin{{nobold| (No first prize awarded)}} :Carmit Zori, second prize :Ian Swensen, second prize (co-winners)}} {{No col break| ;1985 Voice :Dawn Upshaw, soprano, first prize :Christopher Trakas, baritone, first prize}} {{No col break| ;1985 Clarinet :Charles Neidich, first prize :John Grey, second prize :Daniel McKelway, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1986 Cello :Andrés Diáz, first prize :Truls Mørk, second prize :Peter Wiley, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1987 Piano :Anton Nel, first prize :Andrew Wilde, second prize :William Wolfram, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1988 Violin :Leonidas Kavakos, first prize :Peter Winograd, second prize :Peter Matzka, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1989 Voice :Stanford Olsen, tenor, first prize :David Malis, baritone, second prize :Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1990 Cello :Hai-Ye Ni, first prize :Gustav Rivinius, second prize :Marius May, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1991 Viola :Misha Amory, first prize :Paul Coletti, second prize :Roberto Diáz, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1992 Piano :Awadagin Pratt, first prize :Mikhail Yanovitsky, second prize :Alan Gampel, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1993 Violin :Tomohiro Okumura, first prize :Yehonatan Berick, second prize :Michael Shih, third prize }} {{No col break| ;1994 Voice :Theresa Santiago, soprano, first prize :Leon Williams, baritone, second prize :Christópheren Nomura, baritone, third prize }} {{No col break| ;1996 Classical guitar :Jorge Caballero, first prize :Jason Vieaux, second prize :Kevin Gallagher, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1997 Piano :Steven Osborne, first prize :Anthony Molinaro, first prize (co-winners)}} {{No col break| ;1998 Violin :Axel Strauss, first prize :Jasmine Lin, second prize :Jennifer Frautschi, third prize}} {{No col break| ;1999 Voice :Stephen Salters, baritone, first prize :Randall Scarlata, baritone, second prize :Hyunah Yu, soprano, third prize}} {{No col break| ;2001 Violoncello :Clancy Newman, first prize :Li-Wei Qin, first prize (co-winners)}} {{No col break| ;2002 Piano :Gilles Vonsattel, first prize :Konstantin Soukhovetski, second prize :Lev Vinocour, third prize}} {{No col break| ;2003 Violin :Frank Huang, first prize :Ayano Ninomiya, second prize :Sharon Roffman, third prize}} {{No col break| ;2005 Voice :Sari Gruber, first prize :Thomas Meglioranza, second prize :Tyler Duncan, third prize :Amanda Forsythe, honorable mention}} {{No col break| ;2006 Viola :David Carpenter, first prize :Eric Nowlin, second prize :Jonah Sirota, third prize :David Kim, honorable mention}} {{No col break| ;2008 Cello :David Requiro and Anita Leuzinger, first prize :Sébastien Hurtaud, third prize :Saeunn Thorsteindottir, Zara Nelsova Prize :Umberto Clerici, honorable mention :David Eggert, Honorable mention}} {{No col break| ;2010 Piano :Soyeon Lee, first prize :Alexandre Moutouzkine, co-second prize :Ran Dank, co-second prize :Christopher Guzman, honorable mention}} {{No col break| ;2012 Violin :Tessa Lark, first prize :Elly Suh, second prize :Kristin Lee, third prize}} {{No col break| ;2014 Voice :Julia Bullock, first prize :Sidney Outlaw, second prize :Hyo Na Kim, honorable mention :Michael Kelly, Honorable mention}} {{No col break| ;2015 Cello :Lev Sivkov, first prize :Jay Campbell and Brannon Cho, second prize}} {{No col break| ;2017 Piano :Albert Cano Smit and Xiaohui Yang, first prize :Tiffany Poon, second prize}} {{No col break| ;2018 Violin :Grace Park, first prize :Shannon Lee, second prize : Danbi Um, third prize}} {{No col break| ;2021 Voice :Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano, first prize :Megan Moore, mezzo-soprano, and William Socolof, bass-baritone, second prize}} {{No col break| ;2022 Saxophone :Valentin Kovalev and Andreas Mader, first prize :Robert (Chance) Stine, second prize }} {{No col break| ;2023 Piano :Yang (Jack) Gao, first prize :Anna Han, second prize :Sahun (Sam) Hong, third prize }} {{No col break| ;2024 Cello :Leland Ko, first prize :Jonathan Swensen, first prize (co-winners) :Aaron Wolff, second prize :Alexander Hersh, second prize :James Kim, second prize (co-prize winners) }} {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{Cite news | author=Robert Mann | author-link=Robert Mann | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/27/arts/the-naumburg-comptition-at-60.html | title=The Naumburg Competition at 60 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=1985-10-27 |access-date=2023-09-16|ref=none }} * [https://www.sfcv.org/article/the-naumburg-competition-formula-one-for-finding-talent The Naumburg Competition: Formula One for Finding Talent], sfcv.org * [http://www.naumburg.org/previous-winners.php Previous Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211185444/http://www.naumburg.org/previous-winners.php |date=December 11, 2011}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://naumburg.org/}}
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