Ibla Foundation to Present Competition Winners in Concert

The Ibla Foundation of New York and Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti will present their International Grand Prize Competition Winners in concert on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 7 PM at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, 154 West 57th Street in Manhattan.

Dr. Moltisanti, internationally recognized as one of the foremost Italian pianists of his generation, presents 2014's Ibla competition winners from around the world making their Carnegie Hall Debut. Foundation Prize Winners who will perform include:

Francesca Adamo, Soprano - Italy
Alessandro Blanco, Guitar - Italy
Giuseppe Blanco, Piano/Jazz - Italy
Nanke Flach, Piano - The Netherlands
Luca Giovannini, Cello - Italy
Miwa Hoyano, Piano - Japan
Cho Hyun Park, Piano - South Korea
Elsa Roux Chamoux, Soprano - France
Annette Scholten, Lame Sonore - The Netherlands
Giuseppe Sinacori, Guitar - Italy
Anna Rutkowka-Schock, Piano - Poland
Andrea Timpanaro, Violin - Italy
Audrey Yamamoto, Piano - Japan

Selections will include instrumental and vocal music by Bach, Verdi, Bizet, Liszt, Chopin, Ginastera, Prokofiev, Bartok, Duke Ellington and other old and new classical and jazz masters. More program information at http://www.ibla.org/.

Tickets for the May 13 concert may be purchased by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, online at http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/5/13/0700/PM/IBLA-Foundation-Winners/ or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office. For press tickets or more information, please contact the Ibla Foundation at 212-387-0111 or visit them online at http://www.ibla.org.

The Ibla Foundation in New York City organizes an annual music competition for pianists, singers, instrumentalists and composers which takes place during each July in Ragusa Ibla, in the southeastern corner of Sicily. Winners are presented the following year in such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, Tokyo Opera City Hall and other prestigious venues in Canada, Europe and the U.S. The 2015 Competition is scheduled to take place from July 6 to 16 in the magnificent baroque quarters of Ragusa Ibla. Visit the Foundation online at http://www.ibla.org/.