KATHERINE AUDAS

USA

  • date of birth: November 29, 1995
  • currently studying at Rice University – Shepherd School of Music with Prof. Brinton Averil Smith;
  • performed with the Houston Symphony, Michoacán Symphony, the Shepherd School of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Boise Philharmonic, the Walla Walla Symphony, and the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra;
  • participated in masterclasses given Gautier Capuçon, Lynn Harrell, Ko Iwasaki, Alisa Weilerstein, Clive Greensmith, Joel Krosnick, and Laurence Lesser;
  • performs on a 1696 Grancino composite cello.

Prizes: laureate of the Meridian Symphony Young Artist Competition, Ann and Charles Eisemann International Young Artists Competition, IX Concurso Internacional de Violonchelo Carlos Prieto, Ima Hogg Competition

Program:

First Round

Popper Etude Op. 73 No. 29

Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major Hob. VIIb/1

Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op. 70

 Second Round

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D. 821

Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello

Davidov At the Fountain Op. 20 No. 2

Semifinal

Enescu Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26

Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40

Final

Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante in E minor Op. 125