Candidates Announced for Italy's Lipizer International Violin Competition

The opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition

The opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition - to be held in Gorizia, Italy from the 6th to the 15th of September, 2019.

The 2019 Opening-Round candidates are:

• Jovana Raljić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Ningjie Huang (China)
• Xinqin Huang (China)
• Zheng Liu (China)
• Chaofan Wang (China)
• Tianren Xie (China)
• Sunyoul Choi (South Korea)
• Yujoo Jung (South Korea)
• Namhyun Kim (South Korea)
• Miri Kim (South Korea)
• Hyun Ji Lee (South Korea)
• Younghyun Lee (South Korea)
• Marin Maras (Croatia)
• Kasmir Uusitupa (Finland)
• Philipp Jonas (Germany)
• Georg Pfirsch (Germany)
• Shusaku Kato (Japan)
• Sawa Kuninobu (Japan)
• Issei Kurihara (Japan)
• Yuko Matsumoto (Japan)
• Reina Nishikawa (Japan)
• Shin Sakai (Japan)
• Ayano Shigematsu (Japan)
• Anna Tanaka (Japan)
• Mayu Tokuda (Japan)
• Emmanuel Bach (Great Britain)
• Nikolaos Beis (Greece)
• Ekaterini Chatzinikolaou (Greece)
• Aoif O'Brien (Ireland)
• Patrick Rafter (Ireland)
• Richard Thomas (Ireland)
• Bibifatima Aziyeva (Kazakistan)
• Roberts Balanas (Latvia)
• Dainis Medjaniks (Latvia)
• Inga Gaustad (Norway)
• Ellen Samdal (Norway)
• Dennis Gasanov (Russia)
• Mariia Lundina (Russia)
• Anastasia Mamyasheva (Russia)
• Daria Nechaeva (Russia)
• Andrey Oganesov (Russia)
• Mariia Okuneva (Russia)
• Kristina Traulko (Russia)
• Daria Ushakova (Russia)
• Veronik Bogić (Serbia)
• Miona Topalović (Serbia)
• Rabi Brooke (United States)
• Karen Su (United States)
• Lorenz Karls (Sweden)
• Shih-Hsiang Chen (Taiwan)
• Yen-Ho Ann Chen (Taiwan)
• Sheng Hu (Taiwan)
• Alican Süner (Turkey)
• Bohdan Shalyha (Ukraine)
• Francesco della Volta (Italy)
• Salvatore Di Lorenzo (Italy)
• Irené Fiorito (Italy)
• Ilaria Marvilly (Italy)
• Ulisse Mazzon (Italy)
• Federico Mechelli Uhl (Italy)
• Teofil Milenkovic (Italy)
• Leonardo Ricci (Italy)
• Ferdinando Trematore (Italy)

Open to international violinists under the age of 31, the 1st prize winner will receive €12,000.

The 2019 jury comprises: Guido Pipolo, Vincenzo Bolognese, Enkhtuya Jamsran, Gunars Larsens, Winston Marquesi Ramalho Jr, Valeria Nasushkina Stratulat and Sviatlana Papova.