The category finalists have today been announced at the 2019 Grumiaux International Competition for Young Violinists – in Brussels, Belgium.
Open to international candidates aged 21 years and younger, this year’s competition is held in four age categories.
The 2019 Category A Finalists (10 years and younger) are:
- Anisiya Artemova (9, Russia)
- Diana Borchardt (9, Germany/Poland)
- Anton Carus (10, United States)
- Khanui Erdenebat (10, Mongolia)
- Kai Gergov (8, Bulgaria/Japan)
- Defne Güngör (9, Turkey)
- SuMin Kim (10, South Korea)
- Lorenz Lentschig (10, Germany/Canada)
- Noa Martinez (10, France/Japan)
- Riisa Nakahara (10, Japan)
- Nguyen Le Nguyen (10, Vietnam)
- Denis Ryabovol (10, United States)
- Nil Ipek Sabi (10, Turkey)
- Himari Yoshimura (7, Japan)
The 2019 Category B Finalists (11 to 13 years old) are:
- Câtâlin-Dumitru Advahov(13, Moldova)
- Noga Barlev (12, Israel)
- Hyunjung Cha (12, South Korea)
- Bianca Ciubancan (13, United States/Romania)
- Marie Veronica Helling (13, Germany/Poland)
- Tao-Yuan Hsiao (11, Taiwan)
- Emiri Kakiuchi (12, Japan)
- Seoyul Kim (11, South Korea)
- Zofia Olesik (13, Poland)
- Anastasia Pavlova (12, Ukraine)
- Milena Pioruńska (14, Poland)
- Marcel Sutedja (11, Netherlands)
- Naz Irem Turkmen (12, Turkey)
- Mirella Ziegler (13, Germany)
The 2019 Category C Finalists (14 to 17 years old) are:
- Leonid Anikin (18, Russia)
- Jessica Jin (16, Austria)
- Kyota Kakiuchi (15, Japan)
- Juseon Kim (16, South Korea)
- Miquel Galdon Muñiz (17, Spain)
- Małgorzata Pasierbska (14, Poland)
The 2019 Category D Finalists (18 to 21 years old) are:
- Kanau Ariga (19, Japan)
- Leon Blekh (19, Netherlands)
- Amber Emson (18, Germany/United Kingdom)
- Samuel Hirsch (19, Switzerland)
- Kanon Kobayashi (21, Japan)
- Selma Spahiu (19, Sweden)
- Rika Tanimoto (18, Japan)
- Ayaka Uchio (21, Japan)
- Taishin Yamamoto (19, Japan)
The 2019 jury comprises: Igor Tkatchouk (President), Dora Schwarzberg, Shirly Laub, George Tudorache, Tetiana Le Menestrel, Muhammedjan Turdiev, and Roman Fedchuk.
Previous 1st prize winners include: VC Young Artists Daniel Lozakovich and Lara Boschkor.
