Damodar Das Castillo also received a diploma for eminent style, as well as one for the best performance of a virtuoso piece.

Damodar Das Castillo

Damodar Das Castillo

The Filipino cellist Damodar Das Castillo has won first prize in Cello Category B at the Young Musician Tallinn 2019 International Competition for Pianists, Violinists and Cellists, held in Estonia last month.

The 11-year-old musician, who is now studying with Barbara Leubke at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria, won the competition with his performance of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater. He also received a diploma for eminent style, as well as one for the best performance of a virtuoso piece.

Joint third prize went to Darya Itpayeva from Belarus and the Estonian cellist Alexander Traksmann.

 

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