Maya Todorov, United States

This piece was painted with acrylic on canvas. My intention was to place the conductor at the focal point, his baton gleaming the brightest shade of the painting, as if he were spotlighted. The musicians around him also point their bows upward to convey a sense of unity. Like the sun reaching its highest point at midday, the orchestra arrives at its apex, bows high as if swelling with the music. The conductor’s baton is raised, signifying the intensity of the score’s climax, as he is overwhelmed by the energy of the performance.

Maya Todorov attends high school in Fort Lauderdale. She has submitted to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, in which she has received three regional Gold Keys, a national Silver Key, and an American Visions Award nomination. She recently won her district’s Congressional art competition, and prior to this she has been published in the Saving Daylight Magazine. Aside from painting, she loves video games, and she’s a huge cat person!