BREAKING | Finalists Announced at 2018 Prague Spring International Cello Competition

The Finalists have been announced at the 2018 Prague Spring International Cello Competition – in Prague, Czech Republic

The 2018 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the Prague Spring International Cello Competition – in Prague, Czech Republic.

The 2018 Finalists are:

• Julia Hagen (Austria)
• Gunwoo Park (South Korea)
• Václav Petr (Czech Republic)
• Aleksey Shadrin (Ukraine)

Open to candidates of any nationality aged 30 years and under, the 1st prize winner will receive CZK 200,000 (US $9,200).

Previous prize-winners include cellists Mstislav Rostropovich, Saša Večtomov and Natalia Gutman.

The 2018 jury comprises: Michal Kaňka (Chairperson), Annie Gastinel, Christian Poltéra, Emil Rovner, Jens Peter Maintz, Mikael Ericsson, and Quirine Viersen.

PICTURED: 2018 PRAGUE SPRING INTERNATIONAL CELLO COMPETITION FINALIST, ALEKSEY SHADRIN FROM UKRAINE