Applications Open for China's 2016 Schoenfeld International String Comp

Applications are now open for the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition - to be held in Harbin, China from July 23rd to August 1st.

Applications are now open for the 2016 Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition - to be held in Harbin, China from July 23rd to August 1st.

Open to violinists, cellists, string quartets, piano trios and piano quartets of any nationality, the 1st prize violin and cello winners will receive US $30,000.

The 1st placed chamber ensemble will receive US $20,000.

Previous 1st prize winners include violinists Ji-Won Song and Jin Joo Cho - and the Goldmund and Gloucester String Quartets.

The 2016 jury will include: Alice Schoenfeld (Founder), Suli Xue (Artist Director), Shlomo Mintz (Violin Jury Chair), Lynn Harrell (Cello Jury Chair), Sergey Antonov, Jindong Cai, David Grimal, Judith Ingolfsson, Josephine Knight, Zhongguo Sheng, Kirill Troussov, Marianna Vasileva and the Kodaly String Quartet.

Applications to be received by April 29th, 2016.

For further details, visit: schoenfeldcompetition.com.

PICTURED: 2014 Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition Violin Division 1st Prize Winner, Ji-Won Song from South Korea.