Semi-Finalists Announced at 2018 Prague Spring International Cello Competition

The 12 candidates progressing to the Semi-Final stage of the 2018 Prague Spring International Cello Competition have been announced

The 12 candidates progressing to the Semi-Final stage of the 2018 Prague Spring International Cello Competition have just minutes ago been announced – in Prague, Czech Republic.

The 2018 Semi-Finalists are:

• Konstantin Bruns (Germany)
• Julia Hagen (Austria)
• Woochan Jeong (South Korea)
• Daeyoun Kim (South Korea)
• Gabriel Martins (United States)
• Gunwoo Park (South Korea)
• Václav Petr (Czech Republic)
• Aleksey Shadrin (Ukraine)
• Zuzanna Sosnowska (Poland)
• Laura Szabó (Hungary)
• Guillaume Wang (Australia)
• Jee-In You (South Korea)

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 SEMI-FINALIST, ALEKSEY SHADRIN