Semi Finalists Announced for Canada's Bader & Overton Cello Competition

The 8 Semi-Finalists have been announced for the 2020 Bader and Overton Canadian Cello Competition 

The 8 Semi-Finalists have this week been announced for the 2020 Bader and Overton Canadian Cello Competition – to be held in in Kingston, Ontario, Canada from the 6th to the 9th of May.

The 2020 Semi-Finalists are:

• Dominique Beausejour-Ostiguy
• Bryan Cheng
• Olivia Yelim Cho
• Leland Ko
• Jonah Krolik
• Andreas Schmalhofer
• Michael Song
• Tate Zawadiuk

Open to Canadian-based cellists aged 18 and 29 who do not currently hold orchestral positions, the 1st prize winner will receive CAD $20,000 - plus a number of performance opportunities.

The 2020 jurywill comprise: Roman Borys, Minna Rose Chung, Denise Djokic, Joseph Elworthy, Matt Haimovitz, David Hetherington, Christina Mahler, Paul Marleyn, Evan Mitchell, Shauna Rolston and Wolf Tormann.