Semi-Finalists Announced at Hungary's 2018 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition

The 11 candidates progressing to the semi-final stage of the 2018 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition have been announced

The 11 candidates progressing to the semi-final stage of the 2018 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition have just minutes ago been announced – in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary.

The 2018 semi-finalists are:

• Eryu Feng (China)
• Lorenz Karls (Austria)
• Eszter Kökény (Hungary)
• Gyeong Ye Lim (Korea)
• Haruka Nagao (Japan)
• Areg Navasardyan (Armenia)
• Alexis Roussine (France)
• Máté Soós (Hungary)
• Louisa Staples (Great Britain)
• Misaki Tanaka (Japan)
• Julia Turnovsky (Austria)

For the semi-final stage, each candidate will present 2 movements from a Mozart Violin Concerto - plus a virtuoso work.

Open to European-based violinists 30 years and younger, previous 1st prize winners include VC Young Artist Lara Boschkor.

The 2018 jury comprises: Eszter Perényi (President), Márta Ábrahám, Jurgis Dvarionas, Frantisek Novotny, and Michael Vaiman.