2013 National Young Artist competition WInner
Victoria Young- Piano
At the tender age of thirteen, Victoria Frances Young has already performed at Steinway Hall, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. In 2011, she was awarded a $10,000 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award in conjunction with her performance on NPR’s From the Top, which features the nation’s top young musicians.
Victoria made her orchestral debut when she was six with the Nevada Chamber Symphony. She has been featured with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra and the Las Vegas Youth Camerata Orchestra as well. Because of her musical achievements and talent, the mayor of the City of Las Vegas proclaimed June 22, 2011 as “Victoria Frances Young Day”. In its November 2011 issue, the Vegas Seven Magazine selected Victoria as one of the 20 most talented kids under 20 years of age.
In March 2013, Victoria was selected as one of the winners in the 8th J.S. Bach International Piano Competition in Würzburg, Germany. This competition was open to all pianists 36 years old and under. Victoria, who just turned 13, became the youngest and the second American prizewinner in the history of the competition. Just two months before this competition, Victoria won the grand prize of the 40th Midland-Odessa Symphony National Young Artists Competition playing a Beethoven concerto. Her other past honors include 1st place in the Partitas and Suites category in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Piano Competition, Gold Medalist in the AADGT International Young Musicians Festival Competition, and 1st prize in the Stony Brook International Piano Festival Competition, as well as numerous local competitions.
Victoria made her international debut when she was 10, at the Eduardo Brito National Theater of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She received a standing ovation for her mesmerizing performance and obtained an excellent review in the local newspaper, El Nacional, which described her as “a miracle”.
In May 2012, Victoria made her San Francisco debut in the annual Pursuit of Excellence recital at the Community Music Center. The audience and the faculty of CMC were in awe of her. She has been invited to return again in September 2013 to premiere their newly formed program Emerging Young Artists.
In 2012, the CEO of NPR’s From the Top chose Victoria as one of the three musicians to present at the E.G. Conference in Monterey, California, which showcases the world’s top innovators, scientists, and artists. Victoria’s 2012 debut in Spain created a buzz in the media and prompted the media to juxtapose her talents with Mozart’s—which Victoria humbly rejected.
Victoria recently performed a solo recital for the Spanish American Music Council’s concert series in New York City. She has also been selected by Classical Pianists of the Future to perform solo concert in Binghamton, New York, in March 2014.
Victoria is currently studying at the New Music School in Chicago with Mary Sauer, principal pianist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New Music School piano department chair. The school recently invited Victoria to participate in their highly selective Fellows Program.
Besides her musical talent, Victoria is a happy and kind-hearted child. She volunteers to perform at two senior centers every month. She is passionate about composing and also loves to paint, swim, cycle, write poetry, and have afternoon tea. Every day—in the future—she wishes to stroll in the woods, walk up a hill, visit a museum, enjoy the sunrise and sunset, and most of all, see the world.
At the tender age of thirteen, Victoria Frances Young has already performed at Steinway Hall, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. In 2011, she was awarded a $10,000 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award in conjunction with her performance on NPR’s From the Top, which features the nation’s top young musicians.
Victoria made her orchestral debut when she was six with the Nevada Chamber Symphony. She has been featured with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra and the Las Vegas Youth Camerata Orchestra as well. Because of her musical achievements and talent, the mayor of the City of Las Vegas proclaimed June 22, 2011 as “Victoria Frances Young Day”. In its November 2011 issue, the Vegas Seven Magazine selected Victoria as one of the 20 most talented kids under 20 years of age.
In March 2013, Victoria was selected as one of the winners in the 8th J.S. Bach International Piano Competition in Würzburg, Germany. This competition was open to all pianists 36 years old and under. Victoria, who just turned 13, became the youngest and the second American prizewinner in the history of the competition. Just two months before this competition, Victoria won the grand prize of the 40th Midland-Odessa Symphony National Young Artists Competition playing a Beethoven concerto. Her other past honors include 1st place in the Partitas and Suites category in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Piano Competition, Gold Medalist in the AADGT International Young Musicians Festival Competition, and 1st prize in the Stony Brook International Piano Festival Competition, as well as numerous local competitions.
Victoria made her international debut when she was 10, at the Eduardo Brito National Theater of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She received a standing ovation for her mesmerizing performance and obtained an excellent review in the local newspaper, El Nacional, which described her as “a miracle”.
In May 2012, Victoria made her San Francisco debut in the annual Pursuit of Excellence recital at the Community Music Center. The audience and the faculty of CMC were in awe of her. She has been invited to return again in September 2013 to premiere their newly formed program Emerging Young Artists.
In 2012, the CEO of NPR’s From the Top chose Victoria as one of the three musicians to present at the E.G. Conference in Monterey, California, which showcases the world’s top innovators, scientists, and artists. Victoria’s 2012 debut in Spain created a buzz in the media and prompted the media to juxtapose her talents with Mozart’s—which Victoria humbly rejected.
Victoria recently performed a solo recital for the Spanish American Music Council’s concert series in New York City. She has also been selected by Classical Pianists of the Future to perform solo concert in Binghamton, New York, in March 2014.
Victoria is currently studying at the New Music School in Chicago with Mary Sauer, principal pianist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New Music School piano department chair. The school recently invited Victoria to participate in their highly selective Fellows Program.
Besides her musical talent, Victoria is a happy and kind-hearted child. She volunteers to perform at two senior centers every month. She is passionate about composing and also loves to paint, swim, cycle, write poetry, and have afternoon tea. Every day—in the future—she wishes to stroll in the woods, walk up a hill, visit a museum, enjoy the sunrise and sunset, and most of all, see the world.