Semi-Finalists Announced for USA’s Klein International String Competition

The 9 Semi-Finalists have been announced for the 2019 34th Irving M. Klein International String Competition

The 9 Semi-Finalists have today been announced for the 2019 34^th Irving M. Klein International String Competition – to be held in San Francisco from the 1^st to the 2^nd of June.

The 2018 Semi-Finalists are:

• James Baik (17, Cello)
• Dakota Cotugno (23, Cello)
• James Hettinga (19, Cello)
• Julia Mirzoev (22, Violin)
• Zechariah Mo (17, Viola)
• Gabriel Polinsky (20, Double Bass)
• Strauss Shi (23, Violin)
• Lucia Ticho (21, Cello)
• Hannah White (19, Violin)

The 1st prize winner will receive US $13,000 – plus a number of solo orchestral debuts.

Open to string players aged 15 to 23, the Klein is widely recognised as one of America’s most important development prizes – with previous 1st prize winners including Jennifer Koh, Vadim Gluzman, Jennifer Frautschi, Robert deMaine and Frank Huang – and VC Artists Tessa Lark, Nikki Chooi and Zlatomir Fung.

The 2019 jury will comprise: Cathy Basrak, Daniel Carlson, Carlos Simon, Amir Eldan, Ian Swenson, Barbara Day Turner - and VC Artist Nikki Chooi.

ALEX ZHOU & JEFFREY LADEUR | TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO | 1ST MVT | 2018 KLEIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE | 16-YEARS-OLD