BREAKING | Finalists Announced at Leipzig’s 2018 Bach International Violin Competition

The 6 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2018 Bach International Violin Competition – in Leipzig, Germany

The 6 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2018 Bach International Violin Competition – in Leipzig, Germany.

The 2018 Finalists are:

• Maia Cabeza (25, United States/Canada)
• Elly Suh (29, United States/Republic Korea)
• Rita Wang (28, Taiwan)
• Maria Wloszczowska (26, Poland)
• Rachell Ellen Wong (26, United States)
• Hed Yaron Meyerson (28, Germany/Israel)

Open to international violinists and baroque violinists, aged 16 to 32, the 2018 1st prize winner will receive €10,000 – plus a number of important debut concert invitations.

The 2018 jury comprises: Reinhard Goebel (Head of Jury), Pierre Amoyal, Cecylia Arzewski, Chiara Banchini, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Tatiana Grindenko and Ryo Terakado.

Hosted quadrennially since 1950, previous Bach International Violin Competition prize winners include: Rachel Barton Pine, Antje Weithaas, Axel Strauss, Daniel Phillips and Oleg Kagan.

PHOTO: 2018 BACH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION FINALIST, MAIA CABEZA FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADA

PHOTO CREDIT: GENE SMIRNOV