Semi-Finalists Announced at Queen Elisabeth Competition – Including 4 VC ‘Young Artists’

May 9, 2015

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The 24 Semi-Finalists, have just minutes ago, been announced at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition – including 4 VC ‘Young Artists’.

This year’s Semi-Finalists are:

VC 'Young Artist' Stephen Waarts from United States/Holland
VC 'Young Artist' William Hagen from the United States
VC 'Young Artist' Suyeon Kang from Australia
VC 'Young Artist' Tobias Feldmann from Germany
William Ching‐Yi Wei from Taiwan
Ji Yoon Lee from South Korea
Brendan Shea the United States
Thomas Reif from Germany
Matsuyama Michiru from Japan
Ji Won Song from South Korea
Fumika Mohri from Japan
Kenneth Renshaw from the United States
Solenne Païdassi from France
Rosanne Philippens from Holland
Bomsori Kim from South Korea
Vladyslava Luchenko from the Ukraine
Oleksii Semenenko from the Ukraine
Ji Young Lim from South Korea
Wang Xiao from China
Yang Yoon from South Korea
Wong Momo from Japan/United States
Elly Suh from the United States
George Tudorache from Romania
Kristi Gjezi from France

For the Semi-Final round, each candidate will present a 40 minute recital, including Ysaye's 4th Solo Sonata and this year's set work 'Recitativo' by Baltakas Vykintas – plus a Mozart Violin Concerto, performed with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie.

12 finalists will progress to the Final round – to be held from 25th-30th May.

Widely respected as one of the most prestigious and coveted classical music accolades, the 1st prize winner will receive 25,000 Euro (USD$31,000), a CD recording, a number of international concert engagements and the 3 year use of the ‘Huggins’ Stradivarius – on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

Live webstreaming of the Semi Final and Final rounds will be available.

You won’t miss a beat!