Shoreline teenager wins Bainbridge Young Artist Concerto Competition

Leah Deobald

Shoreline student Leah Deobald, 15, has won first place in the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's 2016 Young Artist Concerto Competition. Leah, a pianist, performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37, 1st movement.

Leah, a sophomore at Shorewood, is the daughter of Dr. Jessie Kim-Deobald and Dr. Lyle Deobald.

Leah has been studying piano for 10 years and is currently a student of Professor Duane Hulbert, known for his Grammy Award nomination of Glazunov piano recordings.

As a top prize winner for local, national, and international piano competitions, Leah has appeared in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Benaroya Hall, Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg Russia and Classical King FM, NW focus Live.

She has been mentored by world renowned concert pianists and pedagogues including Julian Martin from Juilliard School, John Perry, Alexander Sandler from St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia as well as Angela Cheng from Oberlin Conservatory.