Kerson Q Xun LEONG – Canada
Date of Birth: February 26, 1997
Nationality: Canadian
Kerson is studying with Serhii Vyhovskyi at the Tutti Muzik Academy in Ottawa. Kerson has won Grand Prize at the Canadian Music Competition for five consecutive years (2005-2009). He was the youngest finalist in the Canadian Mozart Variation Contest (2006) and won 1st Prize in chamber music at the Canadian Music Competition (2009). Kerson has performed chamber music and solo recitals throughout Canada and his orchestra performances include concerts with the Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
1st ROUND
J.S. BACH Sonata No. 3 BWV 1016, movements 3 & 4
E. GRIEG Sonata in G major, 1st movement
Freestyle Improvisation
O. BULL Rondo – from Cantabile dolorosa and Rondo giocoso
FINALS
J. BRAHMS Sonata No 1 in G major, Op. 78
A. DVORAK Terzetto in C major, Op.74, Introduzione: Allegro ma non troppo and Larghetto
P. SARASATE Zigeunerweisen
Accompanist: Official