Zhuhai International Mozart Competition Announces Candidates

This year's edition will be held from September 8 - 20 at the Zhuhai Huafa & CPAA Grand Theatre in China

Established in 2015, the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition is presented by the University of Mozarteum Salzburg and held for emerging violin and piano players.

Open to violinists and pianists under 23, the competition not only focuses on young musicians’ virtuosity but also attaches great importance to their understanding and interpretation of classical music style.

There are three groups decided by age: Group A is for those 12 years and under, Group B is for those 13 – 16 years old, and Group C is for those 17 – 23 years.

The first prize winner in Group A will receive $7,500, Group B's first prize equals $15,000, and Group C's first prize winner will take home $30,000.

This year's Violin Jury includes Chairman Paul Roczek, Soon-Mi Chung Barratt-Due, Radu Blidar, Harald Eggebrecht, David Frühwirth, Kun Hu, Dora Schwarzberg, and Weidong Tong.

The violin candidates are as follows:

Violin Group A:

• Chen Leon
• Ding Zixin
• Gao Yiheng
• Guan Yaxin
• Danielle Hu
• Hu Haoting
• Huang Yushan
• Bowen Jin
• Laura Jin
• Yeonah Kim
• Li Yunduo
• Lin Zhe
• Liu Chen-Hao
• Mei Lanxi
• She Feier
• Shen Xingchi
• Caine Suparman
• Kaleb Toh Yi Chao
• Wang lat Ham
• Wang Shiran
• Alice Tong Wu
• Yu Zigian
• Zhang Zigian
• Zhao Peilin

Violin Group B:

• Chen Xiaoru
• Chen Yee Yeung
• Chen Yuhan
• Chen Yun-Sheng
• Chen Zekai
• Madeline Goh Anyi
• He Elina
• Gaeun Kim
• Sooeon Kim
• Pei Zivi
• Denis Ryabovol
• Shen Junyou
• Jiwoo Son
• Sun Shuoran
• Yujin Sung
• Wang Jiaye
• Wang Xiaozhuo
• Wu Yanyi
• Wu Yingtong
• Wu Meiyu
• Xie Huarui
• Xu Jingxuan
• Yang Qingyuan
• Teresa Yang
• Zhang Chengrui
• Zhang Jinxuan

Violin Group C:

• Jordan Brooks
• Chaewon Chang
• Chen Zhonghan
• Jelena Horvat
• Jiang Peixin
• Jiang Yixuan
• Li Jinzhu
• Sophia Logar
• Audrey Park
• Jieon Park
• Catalina Maria Lucia Pires
• Przemystaw Prucnal
• Shen Zixuan
• Wang Haoge
• Wang Ruiyi
• Wang Siyu
• Wang Zixuan
• Kyoko Watanabe
• Xiao Yinong
• Zhang Jingyun
• Zhang Xiaoxuan
• Zhang Zhengqi
• Sharon Zhou

The Piano Jury is comprised Chairman Pavel Gililov, Sergei Edelmann, Marián Lapšanský, Kostantin Scherbakov, Barbara Szczepanska, Zhe Tang, and Ying Wu.

The piano candidates include:

Piano Group A:

• An Ye
• Sophia Bae
• Chan Jade
• Fan Hongxi
• Fu Ziyu
• Han Zong You
• Huang Junye
• Li Kexin
• Lin Ziqing
• Liu Shanwei
• Nutdanai Nimitrungrot
• Pan Zimo
• Shen Yixin
• Teng Yong-En
• Liz Hanzhi Tian
• Wang Chenxi
• Wang Lily
• Wang Siyuan
• Wang Yihao
• Charlie Shixun Wu
• Xie Jiani
• Yu Jingchun
• Zhang Muqi
• Zhao Anni

Piano Group B:

• Ilyun Bürkev
• Cheng Yi Ting
• Chu Chenxi
• Ji Qinyaoyao
• Li Shibo
• Li Yuxin
• Liao Zixin
• Lyu Moxi
• Sang Yichen
• Shen Lehan
• Toby Tan Kai Rong
• Ivaylo Vassilev
• Wang Sizhe
• Wang Yixuan
• Xin Kongyan
• Xu Leyu
• Yang Fanze
• Yu Liu
• Zhang Dongqi
• Zhang Yibo
• Zhu Hangchenyu
• Zhang Hanlang

Piano Group C

• Nikola Nikolaev Bogomilov
• Benjamin Carter
• Chen Yiyang
• Eunsong Dong
• Pietro Fresa
• Guo Yung Yung
• Hua Zixin
• Sunah Kim
• Anastasia Kliuchereva
• Lu Yinuo
• Tao Ziye
• Tie Shunshun
• Wang Yuetong
• Wu Hiu Wah Ruby
• Zhang Anru
• Zhang Qingman
• Zhao Yicheng
• Zhu Yuanheng

Former first prize winners of the competition include VC Artist María Dueñas, Ziyu He, Chloe Chua, Daniil Bulayev, Shihan Wang, Liu Yiming, Yuzhe Qiu, Jinan Woo, Lina Nakano, Simon Zhu, and Haruna Shinoyama.