Candidates Announced for South Korea’s 2017 Isangyun International Violin Competition

The 25 candidates have been announced for the 2017 Isangyun International Violin Competition - including VC Young Artist Fedor Rudin

The 25 candidates have been announced for the 2017 Isangyun International Violin Competition – to be held in Tongyeong, South Korea from the 28th of October to the 5th of November, 2017.

The 2017 violin candidates are:

• VC Young Artist Fedor Rudin (France/Russia)
• Nigel Armstrong (USA)
• Elina Buksha (Latvia)
• Adam Koch Christensen (Denmark)
• Isabelle Durrenberger (USA)
• Anthony Fournier (Switzerland)
• Yookyung Kang (South Korea)
• Haram Kim (South Korea)
• Jee Won Kim (South Korea)
• Jeein Kim (South Korea)
• Youngji Kim (South Korea)
• Jaeook Lee (South Korea)
• Kunwha Lee (South Korea)
• Christine Lim (USA)
• Alexandra Lomeiko (New Zealand)
• Rachel Ostler (USA)
• Sungmi Park (South Korea)
• Taejun Park (South Korea)
• Ji Won Song (South Korea)
• Alican Suner (Turkey)
• Yun Tang (China)
• Darya Varlamova (Belarus)
• Eimi Wakui (Japan)
• Doreen Dasol Yun (Canada)
• Nancy Zhou (USA)

Presented by the Tongyeong International Music Foundation in remembrance of renowned Korean composer Isang Yun, the 1st prize winner will to receive KRW 30,000,000 (USD $26,130).

The 2017 jury will comprise: Michael Haefliger (Chairman), Pierre Amoyal, Ju-young Baek, Pavel Berman, Ida Kavafian, Boris Kuschnir, Kyoko Takezawa, Gerhard Schulz and Vera Tsu Wei-Ling.

Previous 1st prize winners include VC Young Artists Luke Hsu & Yu-Chien Benny Tseng.

PICTURED: 2017 Isangyun International Violin Competition candidate, VC Young Artist Fedor Rudin