Prize Winners Announced at 2015 Isangyun Cello Competition

21 year old Ella van Poucke from the Netherlands has been awarded 1st prize at the 2015 Isangyun International Cello Competition, in Tongyeong, South Korea.

2nd prize was awarded to Mon-Puo Lee from Spain - and 3rd place to James Jeonghwan Kim from South Korea.

A student of Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy, Ella is a former major prize winner at the Princess Christina International Cello Competition and the Cello Biennale Amsterdam.

She will receive KRW 30,000,000 (US$26,000) a cd recording - and a number of important South Korean concert engagements.