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With the New Orleans Keyboard Festival and Piano Institute kicking off this weekend, WWNO's Diane Mack chats with MASNO Executive Director Cara McCool Woolf on this week's edition of Inside the Arts! 

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Congratulations to MASNO's N.O. Piano Institute Alum, 2014 NOIPC Bronze Medalist, 2017 Keyboard Festival Guest Artist, and this year's Nocturne Guest Artist KENNY BROBERG for winning Bronze Medal in the XVI Int'l Tchaikovsky Competition! Kenny gave magnificent performances in all 3 rounds, and we couldn't be more proud of and happy for him. Come here him in November when he returns to New Orleans as our NOCTURNE XVII Guest Artist!

MASNO is thrilled to cheer on KENNY BROBERG in the Finals of the Tchaikovsky Competition! As a N.O. Piano Institute Alum, winner of the NOPI Concerto Competition, Bronze medalist of the 2014 N.O. Int'l Piano Competition, 2017 Keyboard Festival Guest Artist, and this year's NOCTURNE Guest Artist, Kenny is a dear friend of MASNO; and we could not be more proud of and for him. The Tchaikovsky Finals can be viewed online, and Kenny performs Thursday, July 27. We wish you the best, Kenny!

Support MASNO on GiveNOLA Day, May 7, 2019!

GiveNOLA Day, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is a one-day online giving event. For 24 hours, everyone who loves the New Orleans region can support their favorite local causes by donating to one or more of 700+ participating nonprofit organizations. This year, consider making MASNO one of the organizations you support.

Why give on GiveNOLA Day? Your pledged dollars during the 24-hour period will be amplified by GNOF's "Lagniappe Fund," possible awards, and hourly prizes. More information about GiveNOLA Day (including scheduling donations before May 7) is available at their website. 

THIS SATURDAY! Come see our 2018 New Orleans International Piano Competition Medalists, Ziang Xu (Gold), Sung Chang (Silver), and David Jae-Weon Huh (Bronze) perform again with Maestro Carlos Miguel Prieto and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets start at $20 ($10 for students) and can be purchased through the LPO's website here.

We want to thank NOPI Directors Igor Resnianski and Joni Jensen, MASNO Executive Director Cara McCool Woolf, and our outstanding faculty, guest artists, and students who work so hard each summer to continue its excellence. We would also like to thank our sponsors, including Hall Piano, Loyola University College of Music and Fine Art, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, and WWNO. The awards ceremony will be held at Hotel Monteleone on Friday, February 22 at 11 AM. For more information about the award and tickets, click here.

NOCTURNE is the Annual Gala and Fundraiser of the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans. Held at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown New Orleans, this beautiful event has become one of the most anticipated evenings of the year. The evening includes a champagne reception, salon recital by piano duo Anderson & Roe, and a fabulous dinner. For more information about NOCTURNE and to purchase tickets, visit MASNO's "Events" page. 

MASNO and the New Orleans Museum of Art invite you to join us in two weeks on Wednesday, November 7, for Baroque and Beyond: Les Arts Musicaux - a concert celebrating NOMA's Tricentennial Exhibit The Orléans Collection. The concert featuring trumpeter Vance Woolf and pianists Cara McCool Woolf and Dustin Gledhill is inspired by the musical and visual arts of the 17th and 18th centuries and includes works by such composers as Mouret, Rameau, Loeillet, Soler, Fauré, Debussy and Enescu. Tickets and more information here!

The Musical Arts Society of New Orleans is pleased to announce our 2018 NOIPC Medalists! 

Gold Medal: Ziang Xu, China

Silver Medal: Sung Chang, South Korea

Bronze Medal: David Jae-Weon Huh, South Korea

On behalf of MASNO, congratulations to all the Medalists and Semifinalists in the 27th NOIPC! 

2018 New Orleans International Piano Competition Finalists Announced! 

The three advancing Semifinalists are:

Sung Chang, South Korea

David Jae-Weon Huh, South Korea

Ziang Xu, China

The 2018 NOIPC Finals will take place at 2:00 PM on Sunday, July 29 in Loyola's Roussel Hall. Each finalist will play a memorized recital not exceeding 50 minutes. 

The performance order for the Final Round is: 

2:00 PM: David Jae-Weon Huh

3:00 PM: Ziang Xu

4:00 PM: Sung Chang

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS