Bryan Anderson ('15) Wins Gold Medal at Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition
The Curtis alumnus claimed the top prize and a contract with Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists
Bryan Anderson (Organ ’15) has been announced as the top prize winner at the prestigious Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, receiving the $40,000 Pierre S. du Pont First Prize, a 2023–24 performance at Longwood, and a highly coveted contract with Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists. Mr. Anderson, who entered Curtis in 2010 and studied with Alan Morrison (’93), Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies, also won the AGO Philadelphia Chapter Prize of $1,000, which recognizes the outstanding performance of the judges’ chosen piece.
“Bryan exemplifies all that the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition is about,” said Longwood Gardens Director of Performing Arts Tom Warner. “He created magnificent music that expertly showcased the Longwood Organ and his extraordinary talent.”
Read the official announcement HERE and visit Bryan Anderson’s website HERE.
Portrait of Mr. Anderson courtesy of Tam Photography. Photo of the top three finalists in the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, (left to right) Ádám Tabajdi, Bryan Anderson, and Colin MacKnight, courtesy of Longwood Gardens.