The 24 duos candidates have today been announced at the 2016 Boulder International Chamber Music Competition - to be held in Boulder, Colorado - from November 3rd to

The Semi-Final round competitor order for the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition have been announced – including 4 VC ‘Young Artists’. For the Semi-Final round, each candidate will present a 40 minute recital, including Ysaye’s 4th Solo Sonata and this year’s set work ‘Recitativo’ by Baltakas Vykintas – plus a Mozart Violin Concerto, performed with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie.

The 24 Semi-Finalists, have just minutes ago, been announced at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition – including 4 VC ‘Young Artists’. This year’s Semi-Finalists are:

• VC 'Young Artist' Stephen Waarts from United States/Holland
• VC 'Young Artist' William Hagen from the United States
• VC 'Young Artist' Suyeon Kang from Australia
• VC 'Young Artist' Tobias Feldmann from Germany
• William Ching‐Yi Wei from Taiwan
• Ji Yoon Lee from South Korea
• Brendan Shea the United States
• Thomas Reif from Germany
• Matsuyama Michiru from Japan
• Ji Won Song from South Korea
• Fumika Mohri from Japan
• Kenneth Renshaw from the United States
• Solenne Païdassi from France
• Rosanne Philippens from Holland
• Bomsori Kim from South Korea
• Vladyslava Luchenko from the Ukraine
• Oleksii Semenenko from the Ukraine
• Ji Young Lim from South Korea
• Wang Xiao from China
• Yang Yoon from South Korea
• Wong Momo from Japan/United States
• Elly Suh from the United States
• George Tudorache from Romania
• Kristi Gjezi from France

The opening round competitor order for the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, to be held in Brussels from the 4th-30th May, has today been announced - including 6 VC 'Young Artists'.