VC LIVE | Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition 2024

Tune in from August 22 to September 1 to watch young violinists compete in three age categories

We're coming to you from Baden-Württemberg, Germany for the 20th edition of the Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition. Supported by the Hohenlohe Cultural Foundation, this year’s edition will be held from August 22 to September 1, 2024, at the Schöntal Monastery.

First held in 1989, the biennial event aims to discover and promote young emerging artists, and to offer them the chance to create international networks. In total, cash and non-cash prizes of over €30,000 will be distributed. Larsen Strings will be sponsoring strings for 25 finalists, and GEWA will offer a violin case to each first prize winners.

There are three age groups: up to 15 years, up to 18 years, up to 21 years. You can learn more about the candidates, here.

The 2024 jury includes Paul Roczek (President), Rebekka Hartmann, Skerdjano Keraj, Florian Leonhard, Viorica Radoi, Baiba Skride, Yamei Yu, and Cem Esen (Guest jury member for the compulsory contemporary work in age group 3).

 

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

FINAL ROUND DAY 2 | GROUP 3 | August 30 | 4 am (ET)

• Jennifer Gheorghita, Austria
• Dániel Hodos, Hungary
• Yungi Kaneko, Germany
• Sofia Smǎrǎndescu, Romania

FINAL ROUND DAY 1 | August 29

GROUP 1 | 5 AM - 9:50 AM (ET)

• Haedeun Hong, South Korea
• Mai Ikawa, Japan
• Tsz Yan (Tiffany) Li, Hong Kong
• Yiting Liang, China
• Jayda Lu, Australia
• Carine Suparman, Australia

GROUP 2 | 10:15 AM - 11:50 AM (ET)

• Madeline Goh, Singapore
• Emmy Gu, Germany
• Marleen Gujer, Switzerland
• Natusho Murata, Japan

SECOND ROUND DAY 2 | August 28

GROUP 1 | 3:30 AM - 5:25 AM (ET)

• Yiting Liang, China
• Jayda Lu, Australia
• Ziyi Pei, China
• Katherine Schaufenbuel, USA
• Carine Suparman, Australia

GROUP 2 | 6 AM - 9:05 AM (ET)

• Marleen Gujer, Switzerland
• Sebastian Manning, Romania
• Natsuho Murata, Japan
• Lily Sullivan, USA

GROUP 3 | 10 AM -  11:45 AM (ET)

• Yungi Kaneko, Germany
• Erik Maier, Germany
• Sofia Smǎrǎndescu, Romania

SECOND ROUND DAY 1 | August 27

GROUP 1 | 3:30 AM - 5:25 AM (ET)

• Nicholas Feng, Australia
• Haedeun Hong, South Korea
• Mai Ikawa, Japan
• Sohyeon Kim, South Korea
• Tsz Yan Tiffany Li, Hong Kong

GROUP 2 | 6 AM - 9:40 AM (ET)

• Jinxuan Zhang, China
• Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong
• Madeline Goh, Singapore
• Emmy Gu, Germany

GROUP 3 | 10 AM - 2:25 PM (ET)

• Valentina Brodbeck, Switzerland
• Jennifer Gheorghita, Austria
• Daniel Hodos, HUngary
• Yue Huang, China
• Min Jeon, South Korea

 

FIRST ROUND DAY 3 | August 25

GROUP 1 | 3 AM - 4:15 AM (ET)

• Ziyi Pei, China
• Reo Pramana, The Netherlands
• Katherine Schaufenbuel, USA
• Michael Snesar, Germany
• Carine Suparman, Australia

GROUP 2 | 4:45 AM - 5:10 AM (ET)

• Lily Sullivan, USA
• Shuoran Sun, China

GROUP 3 | 5:50 AM - 6:50 AM (ET)

• Lala Mao, China
• Mariam Obolashvili, Georgia
• Iuliia Pianikova, Russian Federation
• Sofia Smǎrǎndescu, Romania

FIRST ROUND DAY 2 | August 24

GROUP 1 | 3:30 AM - 5:30 AM (ET)

• Haedeun Hong, South Korea
• Mai Ikawa, Japan
• Sohyeon Kim, South Korea
• Kate Lai, Hong Kong
• Tsz Yan Tiffany Li, Hong Kong / China
• Yiting Liang, China
• Jayda Lu, Australia
• Zhaoyaqi Lu, China

GROUP 2 | 6 AM - 10:25 AM (ET)

• Sebastian Manning, Romania
• Anatholy Moseler, Germany
• Natsuho Murata, Japan
• Andreas Pihusch, Germany
• Sean Ping, Canada
• Ela Polat, Germany
• Georg Snesar, Germany

GROUP 3 | 11:15 AM - 3:05 PM (ET)

• Elizabet Gekova, Bulgaria
• Jennifer Gheorghita, Austria
• Dániel Hodos, Hungary
• Yue Huang, China
• Min Jeon, South Korea
• Yungi Kaneko, Germany
• Erik Maier, Germany
• Hoi Kiu Mak, Hong Kong

FIRST ROUND DAY 1 | August 23

GROUP 1 | 4:30 AM - 6:30 AM (ET)

• Zhiyuan Yu, China
• Ziqian Zhang, China
• Zekai Chen, China
• Cristian Stefan Constantin, Romania
• Gabriel Dweik, Canada
• Alexandra Eydman, Germany
• Nicholas Feng, Australia
• Yiheng Gao, China

GROUP 2 | 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM (ET)

• Jiayi Wang, China
• Yi Xu, China
• Jinxuan Zhang, China
• Hoi Yan Chang, Hong Kong
• Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong
• Madeline Goh, Singapore
• Emmy Gu, Germany

GROUP 3 | 1:30 PM - 3:05 PM (ET)

• Gianni Jiosuè Weide, Germany
• Hyunseok Yoo, South Korea
• Valentina Brodbeck, Switzerland
• Jialin Ding, China
• Ferdinand Eppendorf, Germany

 

OPENING CONCERT | August 22 | 11:45 AM ET

 

 

 

SECOND ROUND | August 27 - 28 (Details TBA)

 

FINAL ROUND | August 29 - 30 (Details TBA)

 

AWARDS CEREMONY | August 31 | 11 AM (ET)