Lindsay Garritson

Background

American
Jerseyville, IL
30 June 1987

Prizes

Third Prize: USASU Bösendorfer International Piano Competition (USA)
Second Prize: Montreal International Musical Competition (Canada)
First Prize: Yale Woolsey Concerto Competition (USA)
Grand Prize: Mozarteum International Chopin Competition (Austria)

Lindsay Garritson started studying piano at the age of four. She holds degrees from the Principia College (Bachelor of Arts in Music) and Yale School of Music (Master of Music and Artist Diploma). Her piano teachers include Professor Boris Berman, Professor Luiz de Moura Castro, Professor Choong-Mo Kang, Zena Ilyashov, Emilio Del Rosario, the late Jane Allen, and Professor Jennifer Lim Judd.

She has appeared as soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Texas), Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica Barra Mansa (Brazil), the Yale Philharmonic Orchestra and the European Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

Lindsay has participated at music festivals and courses worldwide, including Music@Menlo’s International Program, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute Festival, Prussia Cove International Musicians Seminar in England, Aspen Music Festival, International Holland Music Sessions, Amalfi Coast Music Festival, Prague International Masterclasses, Mozarteum International Masterclasses and Obidos International Piano Masterclasses.

Gallery

2016 Competition Repertoire

Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

  1. Andante
  2. Presto
Carl Vine: Toccatissimo (2011)

Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole S.254
Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt: Ständchen D.889
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Sostenuto e pesante
  3. Allegro molto

Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

  1. Allegro
  2. Scherzo Vivacissimo
  3. Scherzo molto comodo
  4. Quasi variazioni-Andantino de Clara Wieck
  5. Prestissimo possibile
Mikhail Glinka/Mily Balakirev: The Lark
  1. Allegro inquieto
  2. Allegretto
  3. Tempo di valzer, lentissimo
  4. Vivace

Round 2: Accompaniment/Chamber Music

  1. Allegro, ma non troppo
  2. Improvisation: Andante cantabile
  3. Finale: Andante – Allegro
  1. Allegro, ma non tanto
  2. Dumka: Andante con moto
  3. Scherzo (Furiant): molto vivace
  4. Finale: Allegro

Round 1: 18th Century Concerto

  1. Allegro
  2. Romanze
  3. Allegro assai

Round 2: 19th or 20th Century Concerto

  1. Andante sostenuto
  2. Allegro scherzando
  3. Presto