Semi-Finalists Announced at Italy's Valsesia International Violin Competition

The 12 Semi-Finalists have been announced at the 2019 Valsesia International Violin Competition

The 12 Semi-Finalists have today been announced at the 2019 Valsesia International Violin Competition – in Varallo, Italy.

The 2019 Semi-Finalists are:

• Cristina Cazac (16, Italy)
• Honoka Kikukawa (19, Japan)
• Yu Geong Jeong (27, South Korea)
• Christian Sebastianutto (25, Italy)
• Asako Iimori (23, Japan)
• Roksana Kwaśnikowska (24, Poland)
• Chien-Tang Wang (33, Taiwan)
• Vikram Sedona (18, Italy)
• Rok Zaletel Černoš (20, Slovakia)
• Reika Sakamoto (21, Japan)
• Lir Vaginsky (15, Germany/Israel)
• Mio Sasaki (21, Japan)

Open to international violinists aged 37 and younger, the 1st prize winner will receive  €8,000 (USD $9,000). 

The 2019 jury comprises: Hubbert Stuppner, Luis Rafael Salomon, Vincenzo Balzani, and Lindita Hoxha.

Previous 1st prize winners include: Roman Simonovic, Antal Szalai and VC Artists Rennosuke Fukuda, Fedor Rudin and Nikita Boriso-Glebsky.