BREAKING | Finalists Announced at Shanghai’s 2018 Isaac Stern International Violin Comp

The 6 Finalists have been announced at the 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition - in Shanghai, China

The 6 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, in Shanghai, China – including VC Young Artist Nancy Zhou.

The 2018 Finalists are:

• VC Young Artist Nancy Zhou (25, United States)
• Diana Tishchenko (28, Ukraine)
• Chang Yuan Ting (18, Canada)
• Olga Šroubková (25, Czech Republic)
• Jia Yi Chen (22, China)
• Yun Tang (26, China)

 

 

Open to violinists of any nationality, aged between 16 and 32, the 2018 1st prize winner will receive US $100,000.

The 2018 jury comprises: David Stern, Vera Tsu Weiling, Zakhar Bron, Martin Campbell-White, Glenn Dicterow, Augustin Dumay, Daniel Heifetz, Emmanuel Hondré, Sreten Krstic, Weigang Li, Siqing Lu, Dora Schwartzberg, Philip Setzer, Maxim Vengerov and Lina Yu.

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU | MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A MAJOR | ZHANG JIEMIN & SHANGHAI SYMPHONY | 2018 SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | SEMI-FINAL

 

DIANA TISHCHENKO | MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A MAJOR | ZHANG JIEMIN & SHANGHAI SYMPHONY | 2018 SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | SEMI-FINAL

 

CHANG YUAN TING | MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A MAJOR | ZHANG JIEMIN & SHANGHAI SYMPHONY | 2018 SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | SEMI-FINAL

 

OLGA SROUBKOVA  | BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATA NO. 2 IN A MAJOR  | 2018 SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | SEMI-FINAL

 

YIA YI CHEN  | BEETHOVEN VIOLIN SONATA NO. 3 IN E-FLAT MAJOR  | 2018 SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | SEMI-FINAL

 

YUN TANG | MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 5 IN A MAJOR | ZHANG JIEMIN & SHANGHAI SYMPHONY | 2018 SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | SEMI-FINAL