First Round Candidates Announced for Isang Yun Competition — Cello 2022

This year's cello competition will be held from October 29 to November 6, 2022, at the internationally renowned Tongyeong Concert Hall in South Korea

Presented by the Tongyeong International Music Foundation since 2003, the competition is held in remembrance of renowned Korean composer Isang Yun (1917-1995), with the aim of supporting emerging international soloists and promoting cultural exchange among nations.

Open to cellists born between November 1, 1991, and October 31, 2007, the Isang Yun Competition will award this year's first prize winner KRW 30,000,000 (US $26,525).

This year's cello competition will be held from October 29 to November 6, 2022, at the internationally renowned Tongyeong Concert Hall in South Korea.

A total of 146 promising cellists from 27 countries applied to this year's cello edition.

As a result of the rigorous preliminary examination, the 25 competitors for the First Round have been selected as follows:

• Andrew Ilhoon Byun│Canada
• A-Hyeon Choi│South Korea
• Rainer Crosett│USA
• Alessandra Doninelli│Switzerland, Austria
• Hideaki Fujiwara│Japan
• Luca Giovannini│Italy
• Jaemin Han│South Korea
• Christoph Heesch│Germany
• Woochan Jeong│South Korea
• Deokyong Kim│South Korea
• Leland Ko│USA, Canada
• Kyung-Jun Lee│South Korea
• Cyprien Lengagne│France, Switzerland
• Eugene Lin│Taiwan
• Sam Lucas│Australia
• Edward Luengo│USA
• David Martín│Spain
• Marina Martins│Brazil, New Zealand, Portugal
• Keisuke Morita│Japan
• Jeongheon Nam│South Korea
• Samuel Niederhauser│Switzerland
• Florian Pons│France
• Simon Tetzlaff│Germany
• Benett Tsai│Australia
• Davis You│USA

The 2022 jury will comprise: Ivan Monighetti (Chairman), Ole Akahoshi, Roel Dieltiens, Ophélie Gaillard, Yeonsun Joo, Laurence Lesser, Sangmin Park, Li-Wei Qin, Troels Svane.

Held annually and alternating disciplines between piano, violin, and cello, previous first prize winners include cellists Ella van Poucke, Christine J. Lee, and Sang-Eun Lee.

The final round of this year's competition will be led by conductor Christian Vásquez with the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra.