Semifinalists Announced at China International Music Competition

The competition is being held from November 3-13, 2023 and will be streamed live on The Violin Channel

China International Music Competition, alternatively known as the Global Music Education League Violin Competition (GMEL), announced the 12 competitors who will advance to the Semifinal Round. At the Semifinal round, competitors will perform a recital of no more than 70 minutes, including a complete Beethoven sonata, a Romantic Period sonata, a medium virtuoso piece, and a Rondo by Sicong Ma.

The 12 players include:

1. Angela Sin Ying Chan

2. Chaowen Luo

3. He Xu

4. Yurina Arai

5. Elli Choi

6. Leonard Toschev

7. SooBeen Lee

8. Muyan Yang

9. Joshua Brown

10. Jung Min Choi

11. Yukari Ohno

12. Risa Hokamura

At the First Phase of the Final Round, 6 violinists will be selected to play a Mozart violin concerto, after which, the competition will move from the Concert Hall of China Conservatory of Music to the National Center for the Performing Arts, and the three finalists will play one violin concerto of Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Sibelius or Tchaikovsky, to contend for the color of their medals.

The jury for the competition will comprise Bin Huang (Chairman), Giovanni Angeleri, Friedemann Eichhorn, Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici, Mariusz Patyra, Lucie Robert, Joel Smirnoff, Weidong Tong, and Pavel Vernikov.

The First Prize comprises USD $100,000, a Gold Medal, and three years of concert tours, while the Second Prize equals USD $ 65,000. The Third Prize winner will receive USD $ 30,000 and a Jade Medal. The remaining three non-medal finalists will each receive USD $ 5,000 each and a Diploma.