Finalists Announced at Japan’s Sendai International Violin Competition
The 6 Finalists have today been announced at the 2019 Sendai International Violin Competition
The 6 Finalists have today been announced at the 2019 Sendai International Violin Competition – in Sendai, Japan.
The 6 Finalists are:
- Rio Arai (20, Japan)
- Chihiro Kitada (22, Japan)
- Donghwi Ko (22, Korea)
- Shannon Lee (26, Canada)
- Elias David Moncado (18, Germany)
- Mayu Tomotaki (23, Japan)
Open to international violinists 28 years and younger, the 1st prize winner will receive JPY 3,000,000 (USD $27,000), a CD recording – plus a number of important orchestral and festival performance opportunities.
The 2019 jury comprises: Yuzuko Horigome (Chairman), Gidon Kremer, Masafumi Hori, Boris Belkin, Olivier Charlier, Rodney Friend, Tomoko Kato, Younguck Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Saeka Matsuyama, Joel Smirnoff and Isabelle Van Keulen.
Previous 1st prize winners include: VC Artists Richard Lin and Yoo Jin Jang.
https://youtu.be/yrNFvNiPd8c?t=75
RIO ARAI | PROKOFIEV | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D MAJOR | KEN TAKASEKI & SENDAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2019 SENDAI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
https://youtu.be/vw8RVoYYVqk?t=38
CHIHIRO KITADA | PROKOFIEV | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D MAJOR | KEN TAKASEKI & SENDAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2019 SENDAI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
https://youtu.be/rV4YXDif-xw?t=46
DONGHWI KO | BARTOK | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 | KEN TAKASEKI & SENDAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2019 SENDAI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
https://youtu.be/ppYo4Vb1Z7g?t=30
SHANNON LEE | BARTOK | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 | KEN TAKASEKI & SENDAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2019 SENDAI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
https://youtu.be/X6j_Gbb3KC8?t=52
ELIAS DAVID MONCADO | BARTOK | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 | KEN TAKASEKI & SENDAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2019 SENDAI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
https://youtu.be/1BJh3Kamylg?t=38
MAYU TOMOTAKI | PROKOFIEV | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D MAJOR | KEN TAKASEKI & SENDAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2019 SENDAI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
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