Above: Raymond Feng, 2017 Hertzog winner, performing Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11 - I. Allegro maestoso with the OSFL on March 11, 2018

The Doreen B. Hertzog Concerto/Aria Competition for Young Artists

Award and Eligibility

The Doreen B. Hertzog Concerto/Aria Competition winner will perform one movement of a concerto or aria with The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes in the at a concert in each season. Students in grades 9 thru 12 are eligible to audition. Eligible instruments are piano, strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, and voice.

Competition

Contestants will perform (from memory) one movement from a concerto or an aria in June of each year. The date of the 2018 Doreen B. Hertzog Concerto/Aria Competition is Saturday, June 9th, 2018. The competition will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Horseheads, NY (1034 W. Broad St. Horseheads, NY 14845). For more information please contact the OSFL office: (607) 936-2873.
The maximum length of the movement is ten minutes; movements of longer duration must be cut. Auditions will be scheduled in 12-minute timeslots, which will be assigned in advance. It is mandatory that each student bring his or her own piano accompanist, as an accompanist will not be provided to the student. The auditions are very competitive. Only one student will be selected to perform with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and the judges may, at their discretion, decide not to select a winner. The decision of the judges is final.

Hertzog Competition Application & Payment

Click here to download the 2018 Hertzog Competition Application form.
Please complete the form and mail it with requested supplemental information to:
OSFL/Hertzog, P.O. Box 15, Corning, New York, 14830     
Be sure to include a $25 check made out to OSFL for your application fee.

Or, you could choose to scan the form and supplemental info and email it to: info@osfl.org
If you email your application, you can pay the application fee by calling the OSFL Office, 607-936-2873, and providing your credit card information.  Or you can pay the fee online with a credit card by using the button below.

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The 2017 Annual Doreen B. Hertzog Concerto/Aria Competition Winner: Raymond Feng

Raymond Feng, piano ​

Raymond Feng, 16, a junior at Pittsford Sutherland High School, has studied piano with Elier Suárez since age 5. Raymond has been a top prizewinner of international and national competitions since age 9, such as the Thousand Islands Chopin International Competition, MTNA Eastern Division Junior Piano Performance, Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition, and MostArts Piano Competition, among others. As a piano soloist, Feng had his orchestral debut at age eleven with the Ashdod Symphony in Italy and since has collaborated with orchestras nationwide including the Mercury Orchestra in Boston, MYA Symphony in Chicago, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and others from Upstate NY. His concerto performance with the Rochester Philharmonic has been broadcast on NPR’s “From the Top”. An ambassador of classical music, Raymond was selected by the Lang Lang International Music
Foundation in 2016 as one of eight Young Scholars worldwide and has been actively organizing and participating in fundraisers supporting music education, children’s hospitals and natural disaster victims. He was invited to perform alongside other Young Scholars and alumni at the 2018 Grammy Salute to Classical Music concert in honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th anniversary, sharing the stage with Lang Lang and other renowned artists. Major concert venues Raymond has performed at include Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium and Weill Recital Hall, Eastman Kodak Hall, Merkin Concert Hall in NYC, Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, and Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. Raymond is also a frequent participant and scholarship recipient of prestigious summer music festivals such as Oxford Piano Festival,
Morningside Music Bridge, Walnut Hill Music Festival, and Southeastern Piano Festival.

​Raymond’s love of music expands to chamber music, violin, and conducting. He is the assistant concertmaster of the Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra (HYSO), the pianist of the Capriccio Scholarship Piano Trio and a conducting apprentice of HYSO and the Virtuosi Scholarship Chamber Orchestra (VSCO). Outside of traditional concert halls, Raymond is deeply engaged in giving back to the community and inspiring the young generation with his passion for music. He
volunteers as a teaching intern at ROCmusic, a tuition-free program for students from the city of Rochester. The “Music for Love” project he founded in 2015 has brought together many young talents in the Rochester area. Together, they have performed at local nursing homes, hospitals, and cancer centers and have organized fundraising concerts. Aside from music, Raymond is an accomplished mathlete who regularly competes at national math competitions and is a three time USA(J)MO qualifier. Composing and playing tennis are among his other interests.