25 year old Nancy Zhou from the United States has just minutes ago been awarded 1st prize in the violin division of the 2018 International Music Competition Harbin, in Harbin, China.
A graduate of Harvard University, and former student of Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory, Nancy is a former prize winner at the Isang Yun, Indianapolis and Sibelius International Violin Competitions.
She will receive US$50,000.
NANCY ZHOU | SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 2018 HARBIN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | HU YONGYAN & SHENZHEN SYMPHONY | 1ST PRIZE | MEDICI.TV
2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded to 21 year old Kyumin Park from South Korea - and 23 year old Leonid Zheleznyi from Russia.
4th prize was awarded to 26 year old Fang Lei Liu from China.
KYUMIN PARK | SHOSTAKOVICH VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 | 2018 HARBIN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | HU YONGYAN & SHENZHEN SYMPHONY | 2ND PRIZE | MEDICI.TV
LEONID ZHELEZNYI | TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO | 2018 HARBIN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | HU YONGYAN & SHENZHEN SYMPHONY | 3RD PRIZE | MEDICI.TV
Full semi-final and final round performances available at: www.harbincomp18.medicitv.cn
1st prize in this year’s piano division was awarded to 23 year old Pan Lin Zi from China.
No 1st prize was awarded in this year's vocal division - 2nd prize was awarded to 31 year old Svetlana Moskalenko from Russia.
The 2018 violin competition jury comprised: Augustin Dumay, Ilya Kaler, Mihaela Martin, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Vera Tsu, Viktor Tretiyakov, Maxim Fedotov, Danan Liang and Alissa Margulis.
