Candidates Announced for England’s 2017 Cecil Aronowitz Viola Competition

The Semi-Finalists have been announced for the 2017 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition

The 30 Semi-Finalists have today been announced for the 2017 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition - to be held in Birmingham, England from the 18th to the 24th of November.

Open to violists of any nationality aged 21 years or younger, the 1st prize winner will receive £5,000, a recording on the Champs Hill Records label - and a number of important recital opportunities.

The 2017 candidates are:

• Yue Yu, UK (19)
• Kyuwon Yoo, USA (20)
• Gerald Karni, Switzerland (20)
• Anna Krzyzak, Poland (20)
• Alvaro Garcia, Spain (18)
• Lisa Sung , USA (21)
• Shuhan Wang, China (17)
• Guohan Tang, China (16)
• Otoha Tabata, Japan (17)
• Anuschka Cidlinsky, Austria (20)
• Yizilin Liang, China (16)
• Julie Park, New Zealand (21)
• Tabby Rhee, USA (19)
• Sào Soulez Larivière, UK (18)
• Takehiro Konoe, Netherlands (19)
• Josè Filipe Moura Nunes, Netherlands (21)
• Albert Coronado Daza, Spain (21)
• Cristina Cordero Beltran, Spain (19)
• Bella Chich, Russia (20)
• Daniele Valabrega, Switzerland (21)
• Miguel Sobral Gon alves Sobrinho, UK (18)
• Serena Hsu, USA (19)
• Emma Wernig, USA (18)
• Lara Albesano, Italy (21)
• Chris Rogers-Beadle, USA (20)
• Alinka Rowe, UK (18)
• Barbora Butvydaite, Lithuania (20)
• Sofia Silva Sousa, UK (20)
• Silas Zschocke, Germany (20)
• Hayang Park, South Korea (18)

The 2017 jury will include: Nicola Aronowitz, Ettore Causa, Bruno Giuranna, Florian Leonhard, Robin Ireland and Thomas Riebl.

Previous 1st prize winners include VC Young Artist Timothy Ridout.

PICTURED: 2014 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition 1st Prize Winner, VC Young Artist Timothy Ridout.