Candidates Announced for 2019 Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition

The category opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition

The category opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition – to be held in Schöntal, Germany from the 22nd of August to the 2nd of September.

The Junior Division (14 Years and Younger) candidates are:

• Bianca Ciubancan (13, Romania/United States)
• Haymon Haffner (13, Germany)
• Annika Kaufmann (13, Germany)
• Oleksandra Khmara (14, Ukraine)
• Woohee Lee (14, South Korea)
• Aijia Li (14, China)
• Riisa Nakahara (10, Japan)
• Daimee Ng (14, Ireland)
• Zofia Olesik (13, Poland)
• Juan Joseé Pena (10, Columbia)
• Dragos Rusanu (13, Romania)
• Haruko Shimizu (14, Japan)
• Alayna Yujia Shu (13, Hong Kong/China)
• Leonard Toschev (13, Germany)
• Nigedemu Zheng (13, China)

The Intermediate Division (15 to 17 Years Old) candidates are:

• Marija Abdykayeva (15, Kazakhstan)
• Wing Lam Alvina Au (16, Hong Kong/China)
• Katharina Auer (17, Austria)
• Daniil Bulayev (15, Latvia)
• Darwin Chang (16, Taiwan)
• Sara Isabelle Ispas (15, Australia)
• Nikolas Kemna (15, Germany)
• Yui Ching Enoch Li (15, Hong Kong/China)
• Haewon Lim (15, South Korea)
• Elena Meyer (16, Germany)
• Darius Preuß (15, Germany)
• Paula Sastre (16, Spain)
• Elizaveta Sekreteva (15, Russia)
• Katharina Strepp (16, Germany)

The Senior Division (18 to 20 Years Old) candidates are:

• Kanau Ariga (20, Japan)
• Robert Einenkel (19, Germany)
• Kejun Guo (20, China)
• Pauline Herold (20, Germany)
• Anthony Ip (19, Hong Kong/China)
• Joey Lau (19, Singapore)
• Megan Low (18, Singapore)
• Katarina Mrvic (19, Serbia)
• Katinka Nilssen (19, Norway)
• Elena Schwalbe (19, Germany)
• Maria Sotrffer (19, Austria)
• Franziska Stemmer (19, Germany)
• Yukino Takehara (20, United States/Japan)
• Maxim Tzekov (18, Austria)
• Alexandra Weissbecker (18, Germany)
• Raika Yamakage (19, Japan)
• Lisa Yasuda (19, Japan)

Open to violinists of any nationality aged 14-20, the Senior 1st prize winner will receive €3,000.

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

The 2019 jury will comprise: Petru Munteanu (President), Albena Danailova, Florian Leonhard, Svetlana Makarova, Zhou Qian, J.X. Schachtner, Takashi Shimizu, Elly Suh, Florin Parvulescu and Weidong Tong.