The 64 candidates have been announced for the 2019 ARD International Cello Competition – to be held in Munich, Germany from 4th to the 13th of September.
The 2019 opening round candidates are:
- VC Young Artist Ivan Karizna (Belarus)
- Riana Anthony (United States)
- Beata Antikainen (Finland)
- Friederike Luise Arnholdt (Germany)
- Basile Ausländer (France/Switzerland)
- Joel Blido (Germany)
- Nepomuk Braun (Germany)
- Konstantin Bruns (Germany)
- Pin-Jyun Chen (Taiwan)
- Min Suk Cho (South Korea)
- Ye Lin Stella Cho (South Korea)
- Hayoung Choi (South Korea)
- Yehjin Chun (South Korea)
- Elia Cohen-Weissert (Germany/Israel)
- John-Henry Crawford (United States)
- Christoph Croisé (Germany/France/Switzerland)
- Simone Drescher (Germany)
- Chiara Enderle Samatanga (Switzerland)
- Rolando Fernandez (Mexico)
- Jeremias Fliedl (Austria)
- Jérémy Garbarg (France)
- Wassily Gerassimez (Germany)
- Johannes Gray (United States)
- Fedor Grigoriev (Russia)
- Anouchka Hack (Germany)
- Sihao He (China)
- Christoph Heesch (Germany)
- Natania Hoffman (Italy/United States)
- Stéphanie Huang (Belgium)
- Raphaël Jouan (France)
- Minji Kang (South Korea)
- Min Ji Kim (South Korea)
- Stanislas Kim (France)
- Marcel Johannes Kits (Estonia)
- Anastasia Kobekina (Russia)
- Maciej Kulakowski (Poland)
- Benjamin Lai (United States/Taiwan)
- Christine JeongHyoun Lee (South Korea)
- Kanghyun Lee (South Korea)
- Yeong-Kwang Lee (South Korea)
- Olivier Marger (France)
- Laura Moinian (Germany)
- Guilherme Nardelli Monegatto (Brazil)
- Dilshod Narzillaev (Uzbekistan)
- Erica Piccotti (Italy)
- Florian Pons (France)
- Nadège Rochat (France/Switzerland)
- Senja Rummukainen (Finland)
- Haruma Sato (Japan)
- Andreas Schmalhofer (Germany)
- Katarina Schmidt (Germany/Sweden)
- Lev Sivkov (Russia)
- Oleksiy Shadrin (Ukraine)
- Ivan Skanavi (Russia)
- Anton Spronk (Netherlands/Switzerland)
- Sayaka Selina Studer (Japan/Switzerland)
- Ildikó Szabó (Hungary)
- Laura Szabó (Hungary)
- Friedrich Thiele (Germany)
- Michiaki Ueno (Japan)
- Volodia Van Keulen (France)
- Guillaume Wang (Australia)
- Sul Yoon (South Korea)
Open to cellists of any nationality born between 1988 and 2000, the 1st prize winner will receive €10,000 (US $11,500).
The 2019 cello jury comprises: Lynn Harrell (Chairman), Ophélie Gaillard, Matt Haimovitz, Maria Kliegel, Torleif Thedéen, Tamás Varga and Pieter Wispelwey.
This year's ARD Competition will be held in 4 instrument categories: Cello, Clarinet, Bassoon and Percussion.
The Violin Channel, as the cello competition’s official media and broadcast partner, will be providing streaming coverage direct from Munich.
