The 21 opening round candidates have today been announced for the 2019 47th annual Hudson Valley String Competition – to be held at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York – from the 16th to the 17th of March, 2019.
The 2019 candidates are:
- Tong Chen (21, Violin)
- Herdis Gudmunsdottir (21, Violin)
- Lap Hei Jeremy Hao (25, Violin)
- Annette Jakovcic (21, Cello)
- Deok Yong Clair Kim (20, Cello)
- Halam Kim (24, Viola)
- Andrew Laven (24, Cello)
- Seung Hyun Ariel Lee (21, Violin)
- Seunghyun Dominic Lee (21, Cello)
- Yifei Li (22, Cello)
- Mark Liu (25, Viola)
- Mari Nagahara (20, Cello)
- Jeehyun Ashley Park (22, Violin)
- Ao Peng (22, Viola)
- Rannveig Marta Sarc (23, Violin)
- Adrain Steele (19, Violin)
- Yuzhe Jason Qiu (20, Violin)
- Sarah Switzer (22, Viola)
- Oukalin Yin (23, Violin)
- Chener Yuan (24, Violin)
- Aihao Zheng (24, Cello)
Open to international string soloists aged 18-25 years old, the 2019 1st prize winner will receive US $4,000 – plus a number of solo engagement opportunities.
The 2019 jury will comprise: Carole Cowan, Randall Craig Fleischer and Fred Sherry
Previous 1st prize winners include: Nobuko Imai, Fred Sherry, Ani Kavafian, Karen Dreyfus, Judith Ingolfsson and Arnaud Sussmann.
