Semi-Finalists Announced at Austria’s Brahms International Violin Competition

The 12 Semi-Finalists have been announced at the 2019 Brahms International Violin Competition

The 12 Semi-Finalists have today been announced at the 2019 Brahms International Violin Competition – in Pörtschach, Austria.

The 2019 Semi-Finalists are:

• Gennaro Cardaropoli (Italy)
• Murasaki Fukuda (Japan)
• Asako Iimori (Japan)
• Yerassyl Khamit (Kazakhstan)
• Polina Krasovskaya (Poland)
• Tikhon Lukyanenko (Russia)
• Arthur Rusanovsky (Netherlands)
• Mio Saito (Japan)
• Elisa Scudeller (Italy)
• Lisa-Maria Sekine (Austria)
• Paolo Tagliamento (Italy)
• Simon Wiener (China)
• Hwapyung Yoo (South Korea)
• Rino Yoshimoto (Japan)
• Jingzhi Zhang (China)

Open to international violinists aged between 14 and 40, the 1st prize winner will receive EUR 2500.

The 2019 jury comprises: Andrej Bielow, Arik Braude, Michael Frischenschlager, Anna Kandinsky, Elisabeth Jess-Kropfitsch, Orfej Simic and Andreas Vierziger.