IMAGINE Arts Incubator 2024/25

This competition is now closed. Information is coming soon about the 2024/25 recipients.

Read about the 2023/24 recipients

Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition 2023

Established at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ to foster Canada's top talent and provide professional development support to young Canadian musicians who aspire to a concert career.

Jonathan Mak - First Prize: The Isabel Overton Bader, Clifford Overton and Francoise Landry Prize for $20,000 CAD, a future engagement to perform a concerto with the Kingston Symphony Association, and a future engagement to perform a recital at the Isabel.

Elijah Orlenko - Second Prize: The Margaret Foster and Katherine Foster Prize for $6,000 CAD.

Paul Williamson - Third prize: The Marion Dick Memorial Prize for $4,000 CAD.

Elijah Orlenko - The Bader Family Audience Prize: $1,000 CAD.

Bader & Overton Canadian Cello Competition 2020

Bryan Cheng - First Prize: The Marion Dick Memorial Cello Prize for $20,000 CAD, a future engagement to perform a concerto with the Kingston Symphony Association, a future engagement to perform a recital at the Isabel.

Leland Ko - Second Prize: The Clifford Overton Prize for $6,000 CAD.

Andreas Schmalhofer - Third prize: The Margaret Foster and Heather Dick Prize for $4,000 CAD.

Andreas Schmalhofer - The Bader Family Audience Prize: $1,000 CAD.

Isabel Overton Bader Canadian Violin Competition 2017

Yolanda Bruno - First Prize: The Marion Dick Memorial Violin Prize for $20,000 CAD, a future engagement to perform a concerto with the Kingston Symphony Association, and a future engagement to perform a recital at the Isabel that will be recorded by CBC Radio 2.

Katya Poplyansky - Second Prize: The Clifford Overton Prize for $6,000 CAD.

Lucy Wang - Third prize: The Margaret Foster and Heather Dick Prize for $4,000 CAD.

Yolanda Bruno - The Bader Family Audience Prize: $1,000 CAD.