Kloster Schöntal Competition Names 2024 Candidates

58 young violinists across three age categories have been selected to take part

First held in 1989, the biennial Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition aims to discover and promote young emerging artists, and to offer them the chance to create international networks.

Supported by the Hohenlohe Cultural Foundation, this year’s edition will be held from August 22 to September 1, 2024, at the Schöntal Monastery.

The 2024 candidates are as follows:

Age Group 1 (15 and under):

• Zekai Chen
• Cristian Stefan Constantin
• Gabriel Dweik
• Alexandra Eydman
• Nicholas Feng
• Yiheng Gao
• Haedeun Hong
• Mai Ikawa
• Sohyeon Kim
• Kate Lai
• Tsz Yan Li
• Yiting Liang
• Jayda Lu
• Zhaoyaqi Lu
• Ziyi Pei
• Reo Pramana
• Katherine Schaufenbuel
• Michael Snesar
• Carine Suparman
• Junfu Yang
• Zhiyuan Yu
• Ziqian Zhang

Age Group 2 (up to 18):

• Hoi Yan Chang
• Rachel Cheung
• Zhenqi Gao
• Madeline Goh
• Emmy Gu
• Marleen Gujer
• Sebastian Manning
• Anatholy Moseler
• Natsuho Murata
• Andreas Pihusch
• Sean Ping
• Ela Polat
• Georg Snesar
• Lily Sullivan
• Shuoran Sun
• Jiayi Wang
• Yi Xu
• Jinxuan Zhang
• Yadan Zheng

Age Group 3 (up to 21):

• Valentina Brodbeck
• Jialin Ding
• Ferdinand Eppendorf
• Elizabet Gekova
• Jennifer Gheorghita
• Dániel Hodos
• Yue Huang
• Min Jeon
• Yungi Kaneko
• Erik Maier
• Hoi Kiu Mak
• Lala Mao
• Marian Obolashvili
• Iuliia Pianikova
• Sofia Smărăndescu
• Gianni Jiosuè Wiede
• Hyunseok Yoo

At the 2024 edition, cash prizes will be up to €3,000, which is the amount for the first-prize winner in the oldest age group. In total, cash and non-cash prizes of over €30,000 will be distributed. Larsen Strings will be sponsoring strings for 25 finalists, together with GEWA. For more information on prizes, click here.

The jury will comprise Paul Roczek (President), Rebekka Hartmann, Skerdjano Keraj, Florian Leonhard, Viorica Radio, Baiba Skride, Yamei Yu, and Cem Esen.

Previous major prize-winners include VC Artists Inmo Yang, Sarah Christian, Yury Revich, Ziyu He, and Igor Pikayzen, as well as Alexander Conunova, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Rennosuke Fukuda, and Ioana Christina Goicea.