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Finalists Announced at Italy's 2018 Valsesia Musica International Violin Comp

The 3 finalists have been announced at the 2018 Valsesia Musica International Violin Competition – in Varallo Sesia, Italy

The 3 Finalists have been announced at the 2018 Valsesia Musica International Violin Competition – in Varallo Sesia, Italy.

The 2018 Finalists are:

  • Yukari Ohno (23, Japan)
  • Oleksandr Pushkarenko (28, Ukraine)
  • Simon Zhu (17, Germany)

Open to candidates of any nationality aged 37 and under, the 1st prize winner will receive €8,000. 

Previous major prize-winners include Sayaka Shoji, Roman Simovic, Francesca Dego, Noe Inui - and VC Artists Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Fedor Rudin, Rennosuke Fukuda and Ioana Cristina Goicea.

The 2018 jury comprises: Alexandre Brussilovsky (President), Christian Anzinger, Vincenzo Balzani, Lindita Hoxha and Alexander Zyumbrovskiy.

 

PICTURED: 2018 VALSESIA MUSICA INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION FINALIST, SIMON ZHU

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