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
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