Semi-Finalists Announced at China’s Harbin International Violin Competition

The 8 violin candidates progressing to the semi-final stage of the inaugural 2018 International Music Competition Harbin have today been announced.

The 2018 semi-finalists are:

• Meruert Karmenova (Kazakhstan, 24)
• Jee Won Kim (South Korea, 27)
• Fang Lei Liu (China, 26)
• Kyumin Park (South Korea, 21)
• Ryosuke Suho (Japan, 22)
• Elena Tarosyan (Russia, 24)
• Leonid Zheleznyi (Russia, 23)
• Nancy Zhou (USA, 25)

Open to international violinists, aged between 20 and 34, the 1st prize winner will receive US $50,000.

For the semi-final round, each candidate will present a complete Mozart Violin Concerto.

The 2018 jury comprises: Augustin Dumay, Ilya Kaler, Mihaela Martin, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Vera Tsu, Viktor Tretiyakov, Maxim Fedotov, Danan Liang and Alissa Margulis.

PICTURED: 2018 Harbin International Violin Competition Semi-Finalist, Nancy Zhou from the United States

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