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Semi-Finalists Belgium's Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition

April 12, 2024

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Belgium's Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition (AGIVC) is taking place between April 9 and April 14, 2024, in Brussels. The upcoming final round will be accompanied by the Baron AG Foundation Orchestra and conductor Luc Dewez.

The competition jury comprises George Tudorache (president and artistic director of AGIVC), Michael Guttman, Svetlana Makarova, Robin Wilson, and Rūta Lipinaitytė. The pianists for this year's competition include Philippe Ivanov and Lionel Bams.

The competition has three categories: Category I for candidates born between April 2013 and April 2024, Category II for candidates born between April 2008 and March 2013, and Category III for candidates born between April 10, 2002 and March 2008.

The 2024 semifinalists include:

CATEGORY I:

Hanyu Wang - China
Huaide Li - China
Mufeng Li - China
Muqi Yuan - China
Ria Kang - USA / South Korea
Tianyou Lin - China
Wenjing Hu - China
Ye Eum Lee - South Korea
Yibing Chen - China

CATEGORY II:

Elina He - China
Jingheng Zhang - China
Mio Imai - Japan
Philipp Chernomor - Germany
Zoja Syguda - Poland

CATEGORY III:

Brandon Du - USA
Dániel Hodos - Hungary
Ilva Eigus - Switzerland / Latvia
Kaori López Shinohara - Spain
Kento Hong - USA / Japan / Taiwan
Shihan Wang - Chin

During his lifetime, Arthur Grumiaux had asked his wife, Amanda Webb, to set up a foundation whose main aim would be to defend the ethical and cultural values he had always expressed through his musical interpretations.

On December 10, 1987, a year after his death, Webb, together with several personalities close to the great violinist, set up the Baron Arthur Grumiaux Foundation — which is now dedicated to the memory and life of the Belgian master.