Semi Finalists Announced at Hungary's Popper International Cello Competition

The Category Semi-Finalists have been announced at the 2019 David Popper International Cello Competition

The Category Semi-Finalists have this week been announced at the 2019 David Popper International Cello Competition - in Várpalota, Hungary.

The 9-to-11-Year-Old Category Semi-Finalists are:

• Aida Popa
• Yuki Ariel Wilson
• Nicholas Wong
• Sin Jo Yap
• Julia Coteanu
• Ruilin He
• Stefan Iordachi
• Austin Kwan Shek Lam
• Jeri Lee

The 12-to-14-Year-Old Category Semi-Finalists are:

• Xi Zheng
• Danah Han
• Jin Seok Jeong
• Serge Kalinovsky
• Hong Xuan Li
• Zhiyu Qiu
• Ling Yang

The 15-to-17-Year-Old Category Semi-Finalists are:

• Kim Jugyeong
• Danbin Lee
• Thomas Prchal
• Rafael Arreghini
• Nella Balog
• Cosima Federle
• Maria Igual Devesa

The 18-to-20-Year-Old Category Semi-Finalists are:

• Yuan Qi Zheng
• Seungyeon Baik
• Stefano Bruno
• Domonkos Hartmann
• Jae Seung Lee
• Jan Lomozik

The 21-to-23-Year-Old Category Semi-Finalists are:

• Riku Hagiwara
• Jaewoo Jeong
• Alexandra Kahrer
• Hayoung Lee
• Lena Marie Schulz
• Rachel Siu

The 2019 jury comprises: Csaba Onczay (President), Györgyi Horváth, Zdzislaw Lapinsky, Kangho Lee, Tamás Mérei, Susan Moses and Matias de Oliviera Pinto.