Finalists Announced at Heifetz Competition - Inc. VC Young Artist Rennosuke Fukuda

The 6 Finalists have been announced at the 2017 Jascha Heifetz International Violin Competition - including VC Young Artist Rennosuke Fukuda from Japan

The 6 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2017 Jascha Heifetz International Violin Competition, in Vilnius, Lithuania - including 17 year old VC Young Artist Rennosuke Fukuda from Japan.

The 2017 Finalists are:

• VC Young Artist Rennosuke Fukuda (17, Japan)
• Yurina Arai (22, Japan)
• Mayu Ozeki (17, Japan)
• Bernardas Petrauskas (24, Lithuania)
• Stepan Starikov (24, Russia)
• Dmytro Udovychenko (17, Ukraine)

The 1st prize winner will receive €10,000 and a number of important European performance opportunities.

The 2017 jury comprises: Gidon Kremer (Chairperson), Friedemann Eichhorn, Petras Radzevicius, Pavel Vernikov, Ingrida Armonaite-Galiniene, Ruta Lipinaityte and Gerhard Schulz.

VC YOUNG ARTIST RENNOSUKE FUKUDA | SEMI-FINAL | 2017 HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

YURINA ARAI | SEMI-FINAL | 2017 HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

MAYU OZEKII | SEMI-FINAL | 2017 HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

BERNARDAS PETRAUSKASI | SEMI-FINAL | 2017 HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

STEPAN STARIKOV I | SEMI-FINAL | 2017 HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

DMYTRO UDOVYCHENKO | SEMI-FINAL | 2017 HEIFETZ INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION