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PRISCILA NAVARRO. Is a PERUVIAN PIANIST born in Trujillo, PERU, on April.27.1994. Priscila,17y, is currently the best Pianist in Latin America winner of the F.CHOPIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION in SOUTH AMERICA and one of the best 5 pianists in the United States. Priscila is considered one of the most outstanding pianists of her generation in America and the world.

FGCU BOWER SCHOOL OF MUSIC Sophomore Wins First Prize at CHOPIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION IN SOUTH AMERICA. 8/3/2011 FORT MYERS, FL - Florida Gulf Coast University Bower School of Music sophomore Priscila Navarro won first prize for her performance at the CHOPIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION in Lima, Peru on July 25. The 17-year-old piano music performance major from Peru studies with Head of Keyboard Studies at the Bower School of Music Dr. Michael Baron. As part of her award, Navarro will be sent on an all expense paid trip to study Chopin for two weeks at the Warsaw CHOPIN UNIVERSITY in Poland. The competition was open to all South American pianists up to the age of 30 and consisted of three rounds. The ceremony was held at the auditorium of the Centro Cultural de Petroperu and was attended by members of the jury chaired by Alexandre Lustchevsky Raphael, professor at Chopin Music University Warsaw, and representatives of the Polish Embassy and the National Conservatory of Music. Earlier this summer, Navarro was awarded a full scholarship to study piano at the Tanglewood Festival in Lenox, Mass. In August, she will be performing as soloist in a Chopin Concerto with the National Orchestra of Peru. Last year, she won the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior Competition for the State of Florida; the MTNA Piano Duet Competition for the State of Florida; the Regional Senior MTNA Competition, in which the winners of nine states compete against each other; and the Regional Piano Duet MTNA Division Competition. She was also a winner of the Ares Flores National Concerto Competition in Fort Lauderdale. '''"I am very proud of Priscila for winning this latest major competition," said Baron. "She has brought significant distinction to the Bower School of Music on an international level while maintaining a 3.88 GPA."''' For more information, media representatives should contact Dr. Baron at (239) 590-7209.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC ALLIANCE- Priscila Navarro. Our first concert of the season features the brilliant 17-year-old pianist Priscila Navarro from Lima, Peru. Priscila Navarro is considered one of the most outstanding pianists of her generation. An active performer, she currently studies with Dr. Michael Baron at the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University under full scholarship. She is the first prize winner of many competitions including, this last August, the prestigious International Chopin Competition of South America. We hope you and your students will come hear this young pianist’s stunning virtuosity and heart rendering lyrical gifts. Ms Navarro will be joined for a set of duets by her teacher and RMMA’s Artistic Director, Dr Michael Baron. We hope you will come hear this young pianist’s stunning virtuosity and heart rendering lyrical gifts. Priscila Navarro Priscila Navarro is currently a 17-year-old Sophomore Piano Performance Major studying with Dr. Michael Baron at the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. At FGCU she receives the Steinway Society and Williams scholarships. Priscila Navarro started her piano studies at the age of 9, at the National Conservatory of Music of Peru, under the guidance of Professor Lydia Hung. She received the academic excellence award there for 6 years, and the first place in her level of studies. She was selected by audition to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra of Peru, from 2006 to 2009. In 2007 she won the National Concerto Competition in Lima, Peru. She attended the “International Institute for Young Musicians”, Kansas, in 2008. In 2009 she was awarded the Maddy Summer Artist Award, for being one of the best 15 soloists out of 700, at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, Michigan. She won the Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto, in the Concerto class, and was awarded a special scholarship. Priscila is currently the winner of the Music Teachers National Association Piano Competitions for both solo and piano duets for the State of Florida and the winner of the Regional Competit ions after competing against the winners of nine states. She is also the current winner of the Florida Music Teachers Association Gray Perry and Byrd Piano Competitions which honors the finest undergraduate and finest two-piano ensemble in the state of Florida respectively. This past summer Priscila was awarded a full scholarship to study at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts. She also performed as concerto soloist with the National Orchestra of Peru. Her latest international honor is as winner of the South American Chopin Competition in which she completed against all eligible pianists up to the age of 30 in South America. As part of her prize she will be studying for two weeks at the Warsaw Conservatory in Poland and in August of 2011 she is touring with the National Orchestra of Peru in a Chopin Concerto. 2011-2012 Concert Series      October 29, 2011          February 11, 2012            March 17, 2012

AWARDS. - PRISCILA NAVARRO is the winner of the folowing PIANO COMPETITIONS:

1. July.25.2011. F.CHOPIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION in Lima, PERU.

2. May.14.2011. The Regional Senior MTNA Competition, in which the winners of nine states compete against each other; at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FLORIDA.

3. May.14.2011. The Regional Piano Duet MTNA Division Competition.

4. JAN.8.2011. JEFFERSON SYMPHONY INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ARTIST PIANO COMPETITION in Denver, Colorado.

5. Nov.21.2010. Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior Competition for the State of Florida. 6. Nov.20.2011. MTNA Piano Duet Competition for the State of Florida. 7. Nov.23.2010. Winner of the ARES FLORES NATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION in Fort Lauderdale.

8. Aug.3.2010. Winner of the FINE ARTS DIPLOMA at INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Michigan.

9. Feb.10.2010. TORONTO KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL in Toronto, Canada.

10. Aug.5.2009. Winner of the MADDY SUMMER ARTIST AWARD at INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Michigan.

11. Nov.2007. Winner of the NATIONAL CONCERTO COMPETITION in Lima, Peru.