Candidates Announced for Leipzig’s 2018 Bach International Violin Competition

The 25 opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Bach International Violin Competition – to be held in Leipzig, Germany

The 25 opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Bach International Violin Competition – to be held in Leipzig, Germany from the 11th – 21st of July.

The 2018 opening-round violin candidates are:

• Oganes Arustamov (26, Russia)
• Maia Cabeza (25, United States/Canada)
• Laure Chan (23, Great Britain/France)
• Katerina Chatzinikolau (28, Germany/Greece)
• Alan Choo (27, Singapore)
• Lucas Debraux (27, France)
• Minori Deguchi (26, Japan)
• Julia Glenn (29, United States)
• Noyuri Hazama (30, Japan)
• Asako Iimori (22, Japan)
• Ami Ito (29, Japan)
• Jonian Ilias Kadesha (25, Greece)
• Joanna Kreft (29, Poland)
• Ha-Na Lee (31, Republic Korea)
• Isabelle Seula Lee (29, Republic Korea)
• Ayano Shigematsu (20, Japan)
• Elicia Silverstein (28, United States/Italy)
• Daria Spiridonova (26, Russia)
• Elly Suh (29, United States/Republic Korea)
• Nao Takahashi (26, Japan)
• Judith von der Goltz (26, Germany)
• Rita Wang (28, Taiwan)
• Maria Wloszczowska (26, Poland)
• Rachell Ellen Wong (26, United States)
• Hed Yaron Meyerson (28, Germany/Israel)

Open to international violinists, aged 16 to 32, the 2018 1st prize winner will receive €10,000 – plus a number of important debut concert invitations.

The 2018 jury will comprise: Reinhard Goebel (Head of Jury), Pierre Amoyal, Cecylia Arzewski, Chiara Banchini, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Tatiana Grindenko and Ryo Terakado.

Hosted quadrennially since 1950, previous Bach International Violin Competition prize winners include: Rachel Barton Pine, Antje Weithaas, Axel Strauss, Daniel Phillips and Oleg Kagan.

PHOTO: 2018 BACH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OPENING-ROUND CANDIDATE, 25-YEAR-OLD JONIAN ILIAS KADESHA FROM GREECE