Document Type
Press Release
Publication Date
7-10-2012
Abstract
Lawrence University’s Leo Sussman earned first-place honors in the recent 2012 San Francisco Flute Festival competition.
A sophomore at Lawrence, Sussman was one of four flutists selected for the finals of the national competition via submitted video audition.
In a live, 10-minute finals recital conducted June 17 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Sussman performed “Sonata Appassionata” by Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Robert Muczynski’s “Sonata for Flute and Piano, Movement IV: Allegro con Moto.”
For his winning performance, Sussman received a $250 prize and an invitation to perform as a soloist with a flute choir at the 2013 San Francisco Flute Festival next June.
This was the first time Sussman, a San Francisco resident, had entered the competition, which features both an adult (over 18) and youth (under 18) division.
A double degree candidate pursuing majors in flute performance and physics, Sussman is a student in the studio of assistant professor of music Erin Lesser.
Department
Conservatory of Music
Recommended Citation
Lawrence University, "Student Flutist Leo Sussman Wins National Competition in San Francisco" (2012). Press Releases. 387.
https://lux.lawrence.edu/pressreleases/387