Mason and Hamlin Prize
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The Mason and Hamlin Prize was a coveted national piano competition, sponsored by Mason and Hamlin
that awarded a Mason and Hamlin
grand piano. The competition is held annually in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory.
Mason and Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin is a piano manufacturer based in Haverhill, Massachusetts.-The nineteenth century:Mason & Hamlin was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854 by Henry Mason, son of Lowell Mason, the American hymn composer and musical educator, and Emmons Hamlin, a mechanic and inventor who had...
that awarded a Mason and Hamlin
Mason and Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin is a piano manufacturer based in Haverhill, Massachusetts.-The nineteenth century:Mason & Hamlin was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854 by Henry Mason, son of Lowell Mason, the American hymn composer and musical educator, and Emmons Hamlin, a mechanic and inventor who had...
grand piano. The competition is held annually in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory.
Winners
- 1910 – Julius ChaloffJulius ChaloffJulius Chaloff was an American pianist and composer. Born of Russian parentage in Boston, Massachusetts, Chaloff was the father of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff. Serge gained his earliest prominence as a member of Woody Herman's second herd also known as the Four Brothers. Chaloff was...
- 1919 – Naomi Bevard
- 1920 – Jesus Maria SanromaJesús Maria SanromáJesús María Sanromá was a Puerto Rican pianist. He is considered by many to be one of the 20th century's most accomplished and important pianists.-Early years:...
- 1925 – William Beller
- 1935 – Peter Louis Walters
- 1975 – Joseph Evans (professor and chairman of the Music Department, Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
) - 2007 – Nathan J. Knutson