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Two Share Top Prize at the 2023 Cooper International Piano Competition
August 5, 2023
Shelly Rasmussen
For the first time in the history of the Cooper International Competition for piano, the top prize was awarded to two participants.
![Young man with glasses and dark hair and young woman with dark hair holding certificates](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cooper_piano_competition_2023-26.jpeg?itok=ZE3FtRXi)
Three Pianists selected for the Cooper Competition’s Final Round
August 2, 2023
Shelly Rasmussen
The masterful performances that have graced Warner Concert Hall for the past three days culminated Wednesday evening with the selection of three pianists that have been chosen to move on to the...
![Cooper Competition Judges, Participants and Thomas and Evon Cooper on Warner Concert Hall stage](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/img_7169.jpeg?itok=r0rThYGP)
2023 Cooper International Piano Competition Field Narrowed to Seven Pianists
August 1, 2023
Shelly Rasmussen
After two days of nineteen semifinal performances, the jury has selected seven pianists to move on to the Concerto Round on Wednesday, August 2.
![Cooper Competition graphic with seven small photos](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cooper_graphic_w_photos.png?itok=TcCtsxAP)
GEARing Up: Registration Open for the 2023 Girls Electronic Arts Retreat
April 21, 2023
Joshua Reinier
GEAR is unique every year, and past projects have taken campers to prehistoric worlds, time-traveling spaceships, and even their own planets (made of projections, papier-mâché, and kid-sized...
![Girls writing on the board](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cover_3.png?itok=-m5lcv3L)
Seohyun Kim Wins 2022 Cooper Competition for Violin
August 23, 2022
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Seohyun Kim, a 13-year-old violinist from Seoul, South Korea, was named the top prize winner of the 2022 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition at the conclusion of the Finals held in...
![violinist Seohyun Kim performs with Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Canton Symphony Orchestra violinist Seohyun Kim performs with Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Canton Symphony Orchestra](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/kim.png?itok=7Mh0d7u_)
Three Violinists Advance to the 2022 Cooper Competition's Concerto Finals
August 17, 2022
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Six violinists gave poised performances in the August 19 recitals during Round Two of the 2022 Cooper International Competition. Three of the artists have earned the right to perform once again in...
![2022 Cooper Competition awards ceremony following Round Two. Gathering of Cooper Competition jury members, prizewinning violinists, and competition sponsors, on Warner Concert Hall stage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cooper_round_3_jury-violinists.jpg?itok=-ZlR8dYw)
2022 Cooper Competition Field Narrowed to Six Violinists
August 16, 2022
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
After two sessions of Round One competition on Monday and Tuesday, with all seventeen violinists performing 30-minute programs, jury deliberations in the 2022 Cooper International Competition for...
![Cooper Round Two violinists Six young musicians, three girls and three boys, stand on Warner Concert Hall Stage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/round_two-6_news-center.png?itok=AIX1xd7p)
Cooper Competition for Violin Returns to Oberlin in August 2022
February 14, 2022
Erich Burnett
The Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, which brings some of the world’s most talented young musicians to the campus of Oberlin College and Conservatory every summer, returns in...
![Thomas and Evon Cooper Competition at Oberlin.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/2022_cooper_competion_web_page_graphic.png?itok=KEqYpc6i)
Oberlin Symposium Strives for Actual Change in a Virtual Setting
May 18, 2021
Erich Burnett
Beginning May 25, Crafting Change presents four weeks of innovative thinking for teachers, students, artists, and others—all of it free.
![Crafting Change.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/crafting_change_logo.jpg?itok=DPpgQw6t)
Summer at Oberlin: Home Edition
June 17, 2020
Erich Burnett
The conservatory’s popular summer programs experience a virtual reset for 2020.
![front entrance of Bibbins Hall in summer](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bibbins_hall_in_summer_by_bryan_rubin_18.jpg?itok=PgpfIazE)