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Shaker Heights Teen Chosen for Cleveland Arts Prize
University School violinist receives Emerging Artist Award; joins ranks of Akron natives The Black Keys, Andrea Levy
A Shaker Heights teen will be honored as one of the region's best artists at the Cleveland Arts Prize ceremony next month.
Chad Hoopes, a student at the University School in Hunting Valley, will be presented with the Emerging Artist award at the Cleveland Museum of Art in June.
Hoopes, a violinist, won the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2008 at age 13. He's played with the Cleveland Orchestra as well as several others in the U.S. and Canada.
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Last year, he signed with a French record label and is expected to release an album this fall.
The ceremony will be June 27 at 5:30 p.m. For tickets and more information, visit ClevelandArtsPrize.org.
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