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- Third prize for Mahlon Berv in Connecticut
(2 August 2007)Young composer Mahlon Berv has won another prize. In the Connecticut International Young Artist Competition (June 8-10, 2007) he ended third, after first prize winner Victoria Levchenko and second prize winner Dayton Kinney. He won the prize with his piano trio and violin sonata. [more info]
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- Mahlon Berv finalist in the ASCAP competition
(16 April 2007)Mahlon Berv was recently honored as a finalist in the ASCAP competition for composers under the age of 30 for the first movement of his sonata for violin and piano, a work in progress.
[Source: <corno123
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(9 March 2007)Mahlon Berv, 15, student of Eleanor Cory at Mannes recently won first prize (for Connecticut) in the National Federation of Music Clubs 2007 junior composers competition. He won for his Trio, for Piano, Cello , and Clarinet.
Mahlon, a sophomore at Westhill High School in Stamford, CT., hopes for a future in music.
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Music
Neo-romantic; some atonal.
Life
Mahlon started piano and flute at age 7, became a student of Oxana Yablonskaya, Juilliard piano faculty and recitalist, at age 14. Also began composition studies with Eleanor Cory at Mannes. He has been improvising since he began piano. His grandfather and his two great uncles played French horn with Arturo Toscanini in the NBC Symphony, his mother has two degrees in violin performance from Juilliard, and his father, a physician, played horn in the New Haven Symphony during college. Mahlon has a great interest in history, literature, cinema, and political satire...