Candidates Announced for UK's Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition

The Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition will be held in Birmingham, England from November 6 to 12 — with the Final Round streamed LIVE here on The Violin Channel

The 2021 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition announced its opening-round candidates.

Open to international violists 21 years of age and younger, the first prize winner will receive £5000, an album recording with Champs Hill Records, plus a fine viola bow made by Robert Shallock at £3,500 courtesy Bishop Instruments & Bows, and accessories from Pirastro.

The 2021 opening round candidates are:

• Vittorio Benaglia (Italy)

• Alvaro Castello (Spain)

• Yuxin Chen (China)

• Jone Diamantini (Italy)

• Edgar Francis (UK)

• Chang Ge (China)

• Seamus Hickey (Ireland)

• Brian Isaacs (United States)

• Yong-ha Jung (South Korea)

• James Kang (United States)

• Bill Ko (Hong Kong)

• Dagmar Korbar (Croatia)

• Dana Lee (Australia)

• Yat Lee (Hong Kong)

• Yixiu Lin (China)

• Laura Liu (United States)

• Zitian Lyu (China)

• Devin Moore (United States)

• Hanuel Park (South Korea)

• Anuschka Pedano (Netherlands)

• Connie Pharoah (United Kingdom)

• Eva-Maria Radl (Austria)

• Mikel Rollet (United States)

• Alinka Rowe (United Kingdom)

• Noga Shaham (Israel)

• Joseph Skerik (United States)

• Abigail Smith (United States)

• Miguel Sobrinho (Portugal)

• Marvin Stark (Germany)

• Lynn Sue-A-Quan (Canada)

• Nicholas Swensen (Denmark)

• Anna Sypniewski (France)

• Otoha Tabata (Japan)

• Yanan Wang (China)

• Yujie Wang (China)

• Zhupeng Xi (China)

• Mingyue Yu (China)

• Yujie Zeng (China)

• Jaren Ziegler (United Kingdom)

• Paul Zientara (France)

The 2021 jury will comprise Thomas Riebl, Matthew Jones, and Garth Knox.

Previous first prize winners include VC Artist Timothy Ridout.