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"content": "\u003cp>Want to see the classical music stars of tomorrow, today? One of the most prestigious competitions for young people in the world is right here in our backyard. For a quarter of a century the \u003ca href=\"http://kleincompetition.org/\">Irving M. Klein International String Competition\u003c/a> has nurtured talent, launched careers and inspired young players around the world, and they’re kicking off their 25th Anniversary competition with a gala celebration concert. Past finalists will join superstars like pianist Jon Nakamatsu, cellist Gary Hoffman, the Cypress String Quartet and the Alexander String Quartet at 8pm, Thursday, June 10, 2010 in San Francisco State’s Knuth Hall, the competition’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mitchell Sardou Klein, the Music Director of the Peninsula Symphony and one of the Competition’s founders, says that the idea for a “kinder, gentler” competition began as a tribute to his late father, a renowned cellist and music teacher. By the mid-1980s music competitions had been getting — somewhat deservedly — a bad reputation as hothouses of pressure, rewarding robotic perfection over artistry, and stifling creative development by throwing young performers to the critical wolves and then leaving them hanging. Films like \u003cb>The Competition\u003c/b> and, especially, \u003cb>Shine\u003c/b> give a pretty good idea of the atmosphere. Klein says that he and his partners felt it was important to make sure the setting would be friendly and supportive; “Music,” he says, “is not a competition, it’s a shared artistic experience.” Competitors are hosted by local families, they get coaching, play chamber music together, and they get to play their jury pieces all the way through — nobody has to worry about the dreaded “thank you” interrupting them. 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There are cash prizes — it wouldn’t be a competition without them — but the winner also gets solo appearances with the Peninsula and Santa Cruz Symphonies, recitals with Chamber Music Tulsa and Music in the Vineyards, and a San Francisco Bay Area benefit concert. The California Music Center, the competition’s parent organization, follows all the finalists, providing guidance through the early stages of their careers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the director of a competition that prides itself on its “family” atmosphere, it’s probably not surprising that some of Mitchell Klein’s favorite memories have nothing to do with the music being made. One violinist, whom Klein declined to identify except to say that she is now a world-renowned soloist, came to the competition with a reputation of being temperamental, and did nothing to alter that impression in the competition’s early stages. 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