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Violinist Sirena Huang Wins 2011 Cooper Competition
August 20, 2011
Jessica R. Downs
Sirena Huang, a 17-year-old violinist from South Windsor, Connecticut, is the first-prize winner of the 2011 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition. Her stellar performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, with Jahja Ling conducting the Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall on Friday, August 19, brought her the top prize of $10,000, one of the largest awards offered by an international youth competition.
![Sirena Huang performs with the Cleveland Orchestra](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sirena_huang_cooper-2011_by-roger-mastroianni.jpg?itok=mQcT5Drb)
Pianist George Li, 14, is the Winner of the 2010 Cooper Competition
July 31, 2010
Marci Rich ’91
George Li, a 14-year-old pianist from Lexington, Massachusetts, is the first-prize winner of the inaugural Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition.
![George Li Performing on piano with the Cleveland Orchestra.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/george-lee_cooper2010_credit-roger-mastroianni.jpg?itok=vwntnLFJ)