The 42 opening round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Seoul International Violin Competition – to be held in Seoul, South Korea from the 14th to the 25th of March.
The first round candidates are:
- Takamori Arai (Japan)
- Yenfei Bai (China)
- Jiwon Choi (South Korea)
- Kwan Yeung Brian Choi (South Korea)
- Wonbeen Chung (South Korea)
- Shucong He (China)
- Yoon Sun Jang (South Korea)
- Jueun Jeong (South Korea)
- Sumin Jo (South Korea)
- Da Min Kim (France)
- Donghyun Kim (South Korea)
- Jaewon Kim (South Korea)
- Jeein Kim (South Korea)
- Minchae Kim (South Korea)
- Issei Kurihara (Japan)
- GyuRim Kwak (South Korea)
- Jaeook Lee (South Korea)
- Kunwha Lee (South Korea)
- JooJin Lee (South Koea)
- Joujin Lee (South Korea)
- Youngjune Lee (South Korea)
- Christine Lee (United States)
- Kostiantyn Lukyniuk (Ukraine)
- Yiming Mao (China)
- Adele Nartadjieva (Uzbekistan)
- Kyung Ah Oh (South Korea)
- Jinsu Park (South Korea)
- Kyumin Park (South Korea)
- Sungmi Park (South Korea)
- David Petrlik (France)
- Tian Qiu (China)
- Yoo Min Seo (China)
- Haruna Shinoyama (Japan)
- Hani Song (Switzerland)
- Naoko Tajima (Japan)
- Riko Takagi (Japan)
- Alexandra Tirsu (Romania)
- Taiga Tojo (Japan)
- Eimi Wakui (Japan)
- Lisa Yasuda (Japan)
- Jwapyung Yoo (South Koea)
- Stephanie Zyzak (United States)
The 1st prize winner will receive US $50,000.
The 2018 jury will comprise: Suzanne Gessner, Ilya Grubert, Kun Hu, Dong Suk Kang, Oleh Krysa, Sung-Ju Lee, Danial Phillips, Ho Young Pi, Stephan Picard and Takashi Shimizu.
Previous prize winners include VC Artists Ayana Tsuji and YooJin Jang.
VC YOUNG ARTIST AYANA TSUJI | SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 2015 SEOUL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | JOINT-TOP PRIZE | 17 YEARS OLD
SULIMAN TEKALLI | BARTOK VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 | 2015 SEOUL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | JOINT-TOP PRIZE | 27 YEARS OLD
PICTURED: 2015 Seoul International Violin Competition Joint Top-Prize Winner, VC Young Artist Ayana Tsuji from Japan
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