CAG Louis & Susan Meisel Competition – Final Round
$20-$30 ($10-$15 student)
- Andrea Caputo, clarinet
- Kayden Kelly, piano
- Anthony Ratinov, piano
- Derek Wang, piano
- Zitong Wang, piano
- Emad Zolfaghari, viola
- Roberto Campa, saxophone
- Laura Ramsay, saxophone
- Kyle Kato, saxophone
- Samuel Dishon, saxophone
- Elizabeth Stewart, violin
- Joosep Reimaa, violin
- Marija Räisänen, viola
- Stergios Theodoridis, cello
Join us for the final round of the 2025 CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Competition!
Come to the Manhattan School of Music for an unforgettable evening of outstanding performances by our eight finalists.
Winners receive management contracts with Concert Artists Guild, a New York showcase performance, professional career development and coaching, and access to CAG's Citizen Musician Training. Our Grand Prize Winner will additionally be awarded joint international representation with CAG and our London Partner, Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT).
Don't miss this opportunity to experience the future stars of classical music in action. See you there!
All tickets include access to our post-competition reception.
About Concert Artists Guild
Concert Artists Guild empowers musicians and launches careers that are sustainable, unique and relevant. Through mentorship and performance opportunities, we identify and develop young artists who will make an impact in the world through music.
https://www.concertartists.org/About Andrea Caputo, clarinet
About Kayden Kelly, piano
About Anthony Ratinov, piano
About Derek Wang, piano
About Zitong Wang, piano
Award-winning Chinese pianist Zitong Wang made her solo recital debut at age 13 in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. She has performed at such venues as the Steinway Hall in New York, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, and Severance Hall in Cleveland. She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic, Yakima Symphony, and Waring Festival Orchestras. She has worked with conductors Jahja Ling, Xian Zhang, Lina Gonzalez-Granados, José Trigueros, and Yang Yang.
Among others, she won first prize in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition and Virginia Waring International Concerto Competition, second prize in the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, and first prize in the Princeton Festival Competition and France Music Competition. In 2022, she won first prize and the “Nelson Freire Prize” for the best performer of a piece by Frederick Chopin in the XXXIII Ferrol International Piano Competition.
https://igor.cn/portfolio/wang-zitong/index.htmlAbout Emad Zolfaghari, viola
About Roberto Campa, saxophone
About Laura Ramsay, saxophone
About Kyle Kato, saxophone
About Samuel Dishon, saxophone
About Elizabeth Stewart, violin
About Joosep Reimaa, violin
https://www.mimirfestival.org/mimir-emerging-artists-2022/joosep-reimaa.html
The William R. and Irene D. Miller Recital Hall at Manhattan School of Music
130 Claremont AveNew York, NY 10027
United States