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Competitors Announced for 2016 Wieniawski Competition - Including 3 VC ‘Young Artists’

The opening round candidates have been announced for the 2016 Wieniawski International Violin Competition - including 3 VC ‘Young Artists’

The 52 opening round candidates have today been announced for the 2016 Wieniawski International Violin Competition, to be held in Poznań, Poland from October 8th to 23rd, 2016 - including VC ‘Young Artists’ Bomsori Kim, Richard Lin & Erzhan Kulibaev.

The 2016 competitors are:

  • VC ‘Young Artist’ Bomsori Kim (Korea)
  • VC ‘Young Artist’ Richard Lin (Taiwan/USA)
  • VC ‘Young Artist’ Erzhan Kulibaev (Kazakhstan)
  • Hanna Asieieva (Ukraine)
  • Wonhee Bae (Korea)
  • Marie Bégin (Canada)
  • Zufina Bekmoldinova (Kazakhstan)
  • Christina Brabetz (Germany)
  • Maciej Burdzy (Poland)
  • Jung Min Choi (Korea)
  • Dziadek Weronika (Poland)
  • Gregoire Girard (France)
  • Semion Gurevich (Russia)
  • Amalia Hall (New Zeland)
  • Mone Hattori (Japan)
  • Luke Hsu (USA)
  • Florin Silvin Iliescu (Germany/Romania)
  • Yiliang Jiang(China)
  • Kim Hye-Jin (Korea)
  • Kitada Chihiro (Japan)
  • Celina Kotz (Poland)
  • Maria Kouznetsova (France)
  • Alexander Kuznetsov (Russia/Switzerland)
  • Stepan Lavrov (Russia)
  • Marisol Lee  (Korea)
  • Christine Lim (USA/Korea)
  • Kevin Lin (USA)
  • Vera Lopatina (Russia)
  • Robert Łaguniak (Poland)
  • Anna Malesza (Poland)
  • Amelia Maszońska (Poland)
  • Jan Mazur (Poland)
  • Rustem Monasypov (Russia)
  • Haruka Nagao (Japan)
  • Yukino Nakamura (Japan)
  • Shuichi Okada (Japan)
  • Seiji Okamoto (Japan)
  • Kamran Omarli (Azerbaijan)
  • Anna Orlik (Poland)
  • Grace Park (United States)
  • Eva Rabchewska (Ukraine)
  • Hadar Rimon (Israeli)
  • Xingzhou Rong(China)
  • Alexis Roussine (France)
  • Arsenis Selalmazidis (Russia/Greece)
  • Ryosuke Suho (Japan)
  • Maja Syrnicka (Poland)
  • Veriko Tchumberidze (Georgia)
  • Shiori Terauchi (Japan)
  • Yuna Toki (Japan)
  • Maria Włoszczowska (Poland)
  • Vasyl Zatsikha (Ukraine)

Open to violinists of any nationality, born between 1986 and 2000, the 1st prize winner will receive €30,000 (US $33,000).

The 2016 jury will include: Krzysztof Penderecki (Honorary Chairman), Maxim Vengerov (Chairman) and Konstanty Andrzej Kulka – with further details to be announced.

Previous prize winners include luminaries Ginette Neveu, David Oistrakh, Henry Temianka, Boris Goldstein, Ida Haendel, Igor Oistrakh.

PICTURED: 2016 Wieniawski International Violin Competition competitor, VC ‘Young Artist’ Bomsori Kim from South Korea

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