Awards
Description
of International Competitions and Awards
Arthur
Campbell and pianist Helen Marlais were nominated
for the 2013 International Classical Music
Awards, one of the most prestigious
distinctions available to classical musicians today.
Winner
of Fono Forum's Star of the Month April, 2012
Winner
of Stereo Magazine's CD of the Month January, 2012
Best
of SEAMUS Award, 2011
Campbell’s live performance of Benjamin Broening’s
Radiance at the 2011 National Convention of the Society
of Electro-Acoustic Music in the US was selected for
the Best of SEAMUS Award.
Recomendado
Award, CD Compact Magazine (Spain) March, 2007
Following
review in CDCompact by Veronica Maynes in March 2007,
Campbells
recording, J. Brahms: Clarinet Chamber Music
received
the Recomendado Award.
Magnifique
Award, Opus Magazine (France) March, 2007
Following
review in OPUS by Jean-Jacques Millo in March 2007,
Campbells
recording, J. Brahms: Clarinet Chamber Music
won
OPUS magazines Magnifique award.
Supersonic
Award, (Belgium) January, 2007
Pizzicato
Classical Music Magazine, Luxembourg, gave Campbells
Brahms recording the Supersonic Award following review
in the magazine in January 2007. Click
to see announcement. (PDF)
Winner in the
International Web Concert Hall Competition 2001
In September 2001,
Campbell was selected as one of six winners of the 2001 International
Web Concert Hall Competition. This important new international
competition, which began in 1999, has quickly established itself as
one of the leading competitions for professional classical musicians
because of the worldwide exposure the winners receive. The
competition is not limited by category and is open to pianists,
instrumentalists of all types, and to singers. In 2001 six winners
and one overall winner were chosen. Campbell was the only wind player
to be selected as one of the six winners. The overall winner was
Russian cellist, Denis Shapovalov, winner of the 1998 Tchaikovsky
Cello Competition. Campbell will have performances broadcast on the
Web Concert Hall for the next five years and each broadcast is
announced to concert booking agents and classical music related
organizations throughout the world. As one of the 2001 winners,
Campbell has been featured in press releases and articles in
newspapers and journals throughout the world, and has given an
extensive interview for the online classical music journal,
MusicalOnline. To listen to the broadcast, see artist interviews, and
program information see www.webconcerthall.com.
U.S. Department
of State: American Artist Abroad Award, 2000
In August of 2000
Campbell was awarded the prestigious American Artist Abroad Award.
The U.S. Department of State sponsors the competition for this award.
Winners are selected as representatives of the highest levels of arts
activity in the United States for international audiences. Other
recent winners of this award include, The American String Quartet, NY
composer/performer Philip Glass, and Grammy Award winning vocal group Chanticleer.
ICA
International Competition Winner and Featured Artist, 1996
To launch their CD
recording project, the International Clarinet Association held an
international competition, which accepted 74 contestants from 12
countries. Campbell was one of six overall winners chosen and one of
only two solo artists to be featured on the CD recording Music from
the ICA.
National Music
Festival of Canada, Top clarinetist, 1988
And winner of
Second Prize overall Woodwind category
Arthur Campbell
holds the distinction of being one of only three people ever to have
completed a doctoral degree as a student of renowned clarinetist and
pedagogue Robert Marcellus. |