Singapore International Violin Competition Announces Finalists

The SIVC Finals will take place from December 11-12

Held at Singapore's Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, the Singapore International Violin Competition today announced its finalists.

They are:

Yiying Jiang

Nathan Meltzer

Angela Sin Ying Chan

Tianyou Ma

Anna Agafia Egholm

Dmytro Udovychenko

 

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This year's jury comprises Qian Zhou (Chair), Martin Beaver, Martin T:son Engstroem, Lee Kyung Sun, Mihaela Martin, Joel Smirnoff, and Tsu Vera Weiling.

During the final, candidates will play a complete piano quartet by Mozart with SIVC guest artists Albert Tiu (piano), Miguel da Silva (viola), and Wang Zihao (cello).

Over USD $110,000 in prizes will be awarded, along with concert engagements, and a 3-year fine violin loans from the Rin Collection for the top 6 winners.

The prizes include:

First Prize: USD 50,000
Second Prize: USD 25,000
Third Prize: USD 15,000
Fourth Prize: USD 6,000
Fifth Prize: USD 5,000
Sixth Prize: USD 4,000

The fine violins on loan for three years, provided by the Rin Collection, are:

1680  Stradivari, Antonio “Ex-D’Annunzio-Baccara”
1719  Tononi, Carlo
1721  Montagnana, Domenico
1753  Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista
1793  Storioni, Lorenzo
1840  Pressenda, Giovanni Francesco

All SIVC live rounds are open to the public to attend. Previous major prize winners include VC Artists Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, Richard Lin, and Fedor Rudin.