The 19 candidates progressing to the 2nd round of the 2018 Lutosławski International Cello Competition have today been announced - in Warsaw, Poland.
The 2018 2nd round candidates are:
- Nepomuk Braun (Germany)
- Yibai Chen (South Korea)
- Hayoung Choi (South Korea)
- Vera Dickbauer (Austria)
- Rolando Lara Fernandez (Mexico/Cuba)
- Oliver Herbert (USA)
- Minji Kim (South Korea)
- Ji Min Kim (South Korea)
- Kanghyun Lee (South Korea)
- Yeongkwang Lee (South Korea)
- Antonin Musset (France)
- Gunwoo Park (South Korea)
- Florian Pons (France)
- Haruma Sato (Japan)
- Caroline Sypniewski (France)
- Friedrich Thiele (Germany)
- Michiaki Ueno (Japan)
- Alejandro Viana (Spain)
- Krystyna Wiśniewska (Poland)
Open to international cellists aged 28 years and younger, a total of €25,000 will be distributed amongst this year's prize winners.
The 2018 jury comprises: Kazimierz Michalik, Andrzej Bauer, David Geringas, Louise Hopkins, Roman Jabłoński, Antonio Meneses, Ivan Monighetti, Kenji Nakagi, Pieter Wispelwey and Marcin Zdunik.