The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, based in New York City, and the Fairfax Symphony in Virginia are among the 2011 winners of awards from The American Prize, a new annual competition that gives cash awards, professional adjudication, and public recognition for best recorded performances of music by U.S. ensembles. The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony won first prize in the Orchestra Performance category for its live recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, one of seventeen albums recorded by the orchestra, led by Music Director David Bernard. The Fairfax Symphony, under Music Director Christopher Zimmerman, won in the Conducting a Professional Orchestra category, for the FSO’s live performance of Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony. The American Prize, founded in 2009 by the composer/conductor/playwright David Katz and based in Danbury, Connecticut, gives awards in five categories: professional orchestra, community or faith-based orchestra, college/university orchestra, secondary-school orchestra, and youth orchestra. For more information visit the American Prize website.
Posted August 2, 2011
