Alumnus Gabriel Quenneville-Belair Earns Second Place in the American Prize in Piano Contest

Gabriel Quenneville-Belair (DMA, 2016, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) has achieved Second Place in The American Prize in Piano contest, 2017-18, in the professional solo division. Quenneville-Belair was selected from applications reviewed this past fall from all across the United States. The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit, competitions unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States based on submitted recordings. The American Prize was founded in 2009 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts. Learn more.