THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE MARKOW TOTEVY FOUNDATION
CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC
Milka Violin Artist Fellowship:
Nadia Barilli Piano Fellowship:
Milka Violin Artist Prize:
- 2006: Solenne Paidassi, France
- 2007: Stephanie Jeong, USA
- 2008/09: Bella Hristova, Bulgaria/USA
- 2010/11: Joel Link, USA
- 2012/13: Richard Lin, Taiwan
- 2014: Katya Poplyansky, Poland/Canada
- 2014/15: Victor Zeyu Li, China
- 2014/15: Sin Ying Chan, Hong Kong
- 2016/17: Eric Tsai, USA
- 2017/18: Sin Ying Chan, Hong Kong
- 2017/18: Eric Tsai, USA
Nadia Barilli Piano Fellowship:
- 2002-2006: Sara Daneshpour, Iran/USA
Milka Violin Artist Prize:
- 2004: Erin Keefe, USA
- 2008: Tien Hsin Wu, South Korea
- 2009: Malwina Sosnovski, Poland/Switzerland
- 2010: Petr Matejak, Czech Republic
- 2011: Elizabeth Fayette, USA
- 2012: Nikki Chooi, Canada
- 2013: Nigel Armstrong, USA
- 2014: Eunice Kim, South Korea
- 2015: Ji-won Song, China
- 2016: Yu-Ting Chen, Taiwan
- 2017: Timothy Chooi, Canada
- 2018: Stephen Kim, South Korea
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NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - YOUTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - YOUTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Milka Violin Fellowship / Milka Viola Fellowship:
NSO/Milka Violin or Viola Prize:
- 2014/15: Tavifa Cojocari, Moldova
- 2014/15: Eric Costantino (viola), USA
- 2015/16: Julia Angelov, USA
- 2015/16: Eric Costantino (viola), USA
- 2016/17: Yukino Takahara, South Korea
- 2016/17: Bethlehem Hadju (viola), USA
- 2017/18: Julia Angelov, USA
- 2017/18: George Pekarsky, USA
NSO/Milka Violin or Viola Prize:
- 2015: Eric Costantino (viola), USA
- 2016: Yukino Takahara, South Korea
- 2017: Jillian Khoo, USA
- 2018: Julia Angelov, USA
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PABLO CASALS FESTIVAL ACADEMY - Summer Session
PABLO CASALS FESTIVAL ACADEMY - Summer Session
Milka Violin Grant / Milka Viola Grant:
- 2015: Amalia Hall, New-Zealand
- 2015: Didi Park, USA
- 2015: Alexander Ullman (piano), UK
- 2016: Yukino Takahara, South Korea
- 2017: Jillian Khoo, USA
- 2018: Julia Angelov, USA
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FONTAINEBLEAU AMERICAN CONSERVATORY - Summer Session
FONTAINEBLEAU AMERICAN CONSERVATORY - Summer Session
Milka Violin Grant / Milka Viola Grant:
- 1999: Veselina Manikova, Bulgaria
- 2000: Elena Kodin, Bulgaria
- 2001: Nikolai Spassov, Bulgaria
- 2002: Kiril Tsanevski, Bulgaria
- 2003: Dimiter Tchernookov, Bulgaria/France
- 2004: Diana Slavova, Bulgaria
- 2005: Krassimir Dzhambazov, Bulgaria
- 2006: Svetlina Panayotova, Bulgaria
- 2007: Humberto Lopez, Mexico
- 2008: Alejandro Valencia, Mexico
- 2009: Cecilia Pinto, Peru
- 2010: Sadra Fayyaz, Iran
- 2010: Kalina Miteva, Bulgaria
- 2011: Marina Thibeault, Canada
- 2011: Marin Maras, Croatia
- 2012: Amalia Hall, New-Zealand
- 2012: Marco Graziani, Croatia
- 2013: Born Lau, Hong Kong
- 2013: Nicole Leon, Venezuela
- 2014: Katya Poplyansky, Poland/Canada
- 2015: Marlene Dijkstra, The Netherlands
- 2016: Alexandru Morariu (composer), Romania
- 2017: Andrea Obiso, Italy
- 2018: Jack Hugues (composer), USA
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NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
Milka Violin Scholarship:
- 2002: Stephanie Moraly, France
- 2002: Aude Puccetti, France
- 2003: Elsa Grether, France
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ASTRAL ARTISTS
ASTRAL ARTISTS
Milka/Astral Violin Prize:
- 2006: Jennifer Curtis, USA
- 2009: Benjamin Beilman, USA
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OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS
OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS
Hochschule für Musik Mannheim, Germany:
Rotterdam Conservatorium (Codarts), The Netherands:
Mannes College of Music, New York, USA:
- 2004-2006: Kiril Tsanevski, Bulgaria
Rotterdam Conservatorium (Codarts), The Netherands:
- 2007/08: Krassimir Dzhambazov, Bulgaria
Mannes College of Music, New York, USA:
- 2005-2007: Dimiter Tchernookov, Bulgaria/France
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OTHER SPONSORSHIPS
OTHER SPONSORSHIPS
Festivals:
Concert events:
Ensembles:
Composers:
Soloists:
- Festival de Dinard, France
- Festival Classique au Large, Saint-Malo, France
Concert events:
- Palais des Invalides; Palais de Soubise; Salle Cortot; Musee Carnavalet; Paris, France
- Chateau de Fontainebleau, France
- National Gallery, Washington DC, USA
- Embassy Series, Washington DC, USA
- Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington DC, USA
- Field Concert Hall (Curtis Institute of Music), Philadelphia PA, USA
Ensembles:
- Dover Quartet, sponsored for 2 years at the Curtis Institute of Music
- Grand Air Trio, with violinist Dimiter Tchernookov, vice-president of the Markow Totevy Foundation
- Eighth Blackbird
- PRISM Quartet, 2011/12 performance and residency at the Curtis Institute of Music made possible through the Foundation's support
Composers:
- Matthias Pintscher
- Daniel Temkin for the 'Milka Piano Trio'
Soloists:
- Olivier Perin, organist, France
- Francois Chaplin, pianist, France
- Dan Zhu, violinist, China