Candidates Announced for 2022 Sibelius International Violin Competition

The first prize winner will receive €30,000, a number of important international solo engagements — plus a loan of a fine violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from Turin dated 1772, kindly loaned by Jane Ng through J & A Beare and the Beare’s International Violin Society.

To be considered for admission, each applicant submitted a series of recordings featuring movement from a Bach Solo Sonata or Partita, a Paganini Caprice or Ernst's Last Rose of Summer or Erlkonig, the first movement of Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, and an introductory video.

The first round of the competition will feature 40 violinists who will perform from May 19 to 21, 2022. The second round will be held from May 23 to 25 featuring 18 participants. Six competitors will perform in the final round which will be held from May 27-29.

The 2022 jury comprises Sakari Oramo (Chairman), Ilya Kaler, Ida Kavafian, Nam Yun Kim, Henning Kraggerud, Lucie Robert, Daniel Rowland, Elina Vähälä, and Tong Weidong.

The 2022 Sibelius International Violin Competition opening-round candidates include:

• VC Young Artist Diana Adamyan (Armenia)
• VC Artist Inmo Yang (South Korea)
• VC Young Artist Lara Boschkor (Germany)
• VC Young Artist Jevgēnijs Čepoveckis (Latvia)
• VC Young Artist Nathan Meltzer (United States)
• VC Young Artist Fumika Mohri (Japan)
• VC Young Artist Risa Hokamura (Japan)
• VC Young Artist Stephen Kim (United States)
• VC Young Artist Dmytro Udovychenko (Ukraine)
• VC Young Artist Yesong Sophie Lee (United States)
• VC Young Artist Minami Yoshida (Japan)
• Otto Antikainen (Finland)
• Rio Ara (Japan)
• Zach Brandon (United States)
• Karisa Chiu (United States)
• Jung Min Choi (South Korea)
• SongHa Choi (South Korea)
• Hawijch Elders (Netherlands)
• Mira Marie Foron (Georgia/Italy)
• Kaori Furusawa (Japan)
• Molin Han (China)
• Adrián Ibáñez-Resjan (Spain/Finland)
• Anna Im (South Korea)
• Ravil Islyamov (Russia)
• Amia Janicki (Switzerland/Austria)
• Sarah Jégou-Sageman (France)
• Eun Che Kim (South Korea)
• Gyehee Kim (South Korea)
• Jaewon Kim (South Korea)
• Jeewon Kim (South Korea)
• Daniel Kogan (Canada)
• Issei Kurihara (Japan)
• Miyeon Lee (South Korea)
• Chaowen Luo (China)
• Georgii Moroz (Ukraine)
• Maine Nishiyama (Japan)
• Audrey Park (United States)
• Sueye Park (South Korea)
• Aoi Saito (Japan)
• Felicitas Schiffner (Germany)
• Vikram Francesco Sedona (Italy)
• Yoomin Seo (South Korea)
• Karen Su (United States)
• Natsumi Tsuboi (Japan)
• Kasmir Uusitupa (Finland)
• Jaewon Wee (South Korea)
• Qingzhu Weng (China)
• Oukalin Yin (China)
• Galiya Zharova (Russia)

Previous first prize winners include Oleg Kagan, Liana Isakadze, Pavel Kogan, Yuval Yaron, Viktoria Mullova, Ilja Kaler, Leonidas Kavakos, Pekka Kuusisto — and VC Artists Sergei Khachatryan and Nikita Boriso-Glebsky.