Semi-Finalists Announced at Enescu International Violin Comp

The 6 Semi-Finalists have today been announced at the 2016 George Enescu International Violin Competition - including VC Young Artist Erzhan Kulibaev

The 6 Semi-Finalists have today been announced at the 2016 George Enescu International Violin Competition in Romania - including VC Young Artist Erzhan Kulibaev.

The 6 2016 Semi-Finalists are:

• VC Young Artist Erzhan Kulibaev (Kazakhstan)
• Ioana Cristina Goicea (Romania)
• Hwapyung Yoo (South Korea)
• Alexandra Lomeiko (New Zeeland)
• Gyehee Kim (South Korea)
• Donghyun Kim (South Korea)

The 1st prize winner will receive 15,000 EUR (US $17,000) plus a number of important international performance invitations.

This year’s jury includes violinists Pierre Amoyal and Silvia Marcovici, cellists Natalia Gutman, David Geringas and Arto Noras – and pianists Peter Donohoe, Dana Borșan and Andrei Pisarev.

Previous major prize winners include: Silvia Marcovici, Philip Hirshchhorn, Alexandru Tomescu and Valery Sokolov – and VC Young Artists Alexandra Conunova & Fedor Rudin.

PICTURED: 2016 Enescu International Violin Competition Semi-Finalist, VC Young Artist Erzhan Kulibaev from Kazakhstan