Candidates Announced for Germany's 2019 Markneukirchen International Cello Competition

The 24 candidates have been announced for the 2019 Markneukirchen International Cello Competition

The 24 candidates have been announced for the 2019 Markneukirchen International Cello Competition – to be held in Markneukirchen, Germany from the 9th to the 18th of May, 2019.

The 24 opening round candidates are:

• Gustaw Bafeltowski (Poland)
• Yehjin Chun (South Korea)
• Balázs Dolfin (Hungary)
• Rolando Fernandez (Mexico)
• Jeremias Fliedl (Austria)
• Hideaki Fujiwara (Japan)
• Matyas Hotzi (Hungary)
• Ye-Eun Jang (South Korea)
• Raphaël Jouan (France)
• Giljae Lee (South Korea)
• YeongKwang Lee (South Korea)
• Olivier Marger (France)
• Chase Park (United States)
• Theresa Schneider (Germany)
• Julien Siino (Canada)
• Zuzanna Sosnowska (Poland)
• Anton Spronk (Netherlands)
• Simon Tetzlaff (Germany)
• Daniel Thorell (Sweden)
• Amke Jorienke te Wies (Netherlands)
• Hyazintha Andrej (Austria)
• Beata Antikainen (Finland)
• Friedrich Thiele (Germany)
• Aneta Sudakova (Czech Republic)

Open to international cellists aged 30 years and younger, the 1st prize winner will receive €7,000 - plus a number of important performance opportunities.

The 2019 jury will comprise: Maria Kliegel (Chair), Yi-Bing Chu, Danjulo Ishizaka, Zdzisław Łapiński, Csaba Onczay, and Marko Ylönen.