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    ANOUNCING THE RESULTS OF THE 2005 VAKHTANG JORDANIA INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING COMPETITION

    Top40-Charts.com, NY
    Sept 26 2005

    New York, NY (Jeffrey James Arts Consulting) - The Vakhtang Jordania
    International Conducting Competition has announced the results of
    its 2005 competition held in Kharkov, Ukraine between August 29 and
    September 4. This year's competition featured 29 competitors from 16
    countries around the world.

    The jury did not award a Jordania Grand Prize, but did decide on
    two William L. Montague, Jr. Second Prizes - Harutyun Arzumanyan
    of Armenia and Matteo Pagliari of Italy. Third Prize was awarded to
    Christopher Chen of the United States.

    Mr. Arzumanyan is a graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory
    as a violinist and conductor. He founded the Armenian Chamber
    Orchestra and has frequently conducted at the National Opera and
    Ballet Theatre of Armenia. He was the first prizewinner of the 1999
    National Competition for conductors and was 3rd Prizewinner of the 8th
    Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors in Katowice, Poland.

    Mr. Pagliari currently holds assistant conductor positions to both
    Riccardo Frizza and Roberto Abbado. He has made many guest appearances
    with opera companies and orchestras throughout Italy and the United
    States. He holds a conducting degree from the Conservatorio Arrigo
    Boito in Parma, Italy.

    Mr. Chen is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory and is currently
    Assistant Conductor of the Baltimore Opera. He is a frequent guest
    conductor in Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and Finland. He
    was recently selected as one of eight conductors in the American
    Symphony Orchestra League's 2005 National Conductor preview.

    As William L. Montague, Jr. Second Prizewinners, Mr. Arzumanyan and
    Mr. Pagliari will receive concert engagements during the 2006-2007
    concert season with orchestras in Ukraine, the U.S., and other
    countries to be named.

    Third Prizewinner Mr. Chen will receive a concert engagement during
    the 2006-2007 concert season with an orchestra in Ukraine.

    The Orchestra Favorite prize was awarded to Boguslav Kobierski of
    Poland, who is the current conductor of the Etela-Karjala Sinfonietta
    of Finland.

    The Audience Favorite prize and a special distinction certificate
    was awarded to Shigekazu Yonezaki of Japan, who is a regular guest
    conductor of many orchestras in his country, including the New Japan
    Philharmonic.

    Jennifer Bailey of Australia was also a Third Round participant and
    special distinction certificate awardee. She is the Conductor and
    Director of the Orchestra at St. Mary Magdalen in Oxford, England.

    Other participants in the competition included: Kerim S. Anwar, a
    citizen of Canada who lives in the Czech Republic, Rihards Buks of
    Latvia, Shawn Eugene Burke-Storer of the United States, Timothy Dixon
    of the United States, Lawrence Golan of the United States, Yasuhiko
    Ishige of Japan, Vladimir Kern of Russia, Sergey Kiss of Russia,
    Maksim Kuzin of Ukraine, Sang-Hwan Lee of South Korea who lives in
    Austria, Tai-Wai Li of Hong Kong, Christian Lombardi of Germany,
    Octavio Mas Arocas of Spain, Paolo Paroni of Italy, Georgi Patrikov
    of Bulgaria, Benjamin Rous of the United States, Elior Sharivker of
    Israel, Yosyp Sozanskyy of Ukraine, Jin Tanaka of Japan who lives
    in Wales, Yasutaka Tsuda of Japan, Viatcheslav Valeev of Russia,
    Shin Watanabe of Japan and Alexander Zverunov of Russia.

    The competition jury was composed of Jooyong Ahn of the United States,
    Yuri Alzhnev of Ukraine, Giorgi Jordania of Republic of Georgia,
    Joan McNeill Murray of the United States, Jonathan Sternberg of the
    United States and Yuri Suchkov of Moscow.

    This year's Third Round Contemporary Compositions selections were a
    new orchestral work by Yuri Alznev, Christopher Kaufman's Island, Dana
    Paul Perna's Bucks County Ballad and Judith Lang Zaimont's Stillness -
    Poem for Orchestra.

    The 2005 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting
    Competition was a great success, both artistically and as a
    means for continuing to bring the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra
    (http://www.jamesarts.com/KHRKVPHILWEBPAGE.htm) to the rest of the
    world. In addition to the lively competition, contestants also
    participated in a series of Master Classes and special events
    and enjoyed the opportunity to have individual and small group
    instruction and interaction with jury and orchestra members. Also
    important was the chance to meet and spend time with other
    conductors from around the world. More about the competition at
    http://www.jamesarts.com/VJKRKVCNDCMP05.htm.

    Building on the great success of this year's event, planning for
    an expanded and even more international 2006 Vakhtang Jordania
    International Conducting Competition has already begun.

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