2007 VSA Arts International Young Soloists Award Recipients Announced
Washington, February 16, 2007 — VSA arts is proud to announce the recipients of the 2007 VSA arts International Young Soloists Award. This year's recipients are:
Melody Gardot, a 23-year-old award-winning singer/songwriter who draws comparisons to Cole Porter, Billie Holliday and Nina Simone burst on the scene in 2006 with her debut album, Worrisome Heart.
Niv Ashkenazi, a seventeen-year-old violin prodigy and concertmaster of the California State University-Northridge Youth Philharmonic.
Yew Choong Cheong, originally from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia is an up-and-coming classical pianist and Ph.D. candidate in piano performance from West Virginia University.
Makabara, a vocal trio from the Jan Deyl Conservatory in Prague who interpret traditional and contemporary Czech music.
Each recipient will receive $5,000 and will perform in concert in the Terrace Theater of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 21, 2007 at 7:30pm. Tickets to this concert are $15 and available through the Kennedy Center’s Box Office at (800) 444-1324 or TTY (202) 416-8524, or online at www.kennedy-center.org. To learn more about his year’s award recipients, visit www.vsarts.org.
