2nd Round Candidates Announced at Zhuhai International Mozart Violin Competition

The violin candidates progressing to the 2nd round of the 2019 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians have been announced

The violin category candidates progressing to the 2nd round of the 2019 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians have today been announced – in Zhuhai, China.

Presented by the University of Mozarteum Salzburg, the competition is hosted in 3 age categories – with the Senior 1st prize winner to receive US $30,000.

The 2019 2nd round violin candidates are:

Group A – 12 Years and Under

• James Dan Birch (12, Australia)
• Corina Deng (11, Canada)
• Alana An Lan Gao (12, Australia)
• Stefania Pospekhina (12, Russia)
• Jinan Woo (12, South Korea)
• Jiale Yang (11, China)
• Shi-Xuan Yang (11, Taiwan/China)
• Hanyue Zhang (11, China)
• Aohze Zhang (11, China)
• Shaoheng Zhong (10, China)
• Jungyang Zhu (11, China)

Group B – 13 to 16 Years Old

• Zhonghan Chen (16, China)
• Yu-Chia Chiu (13, Taiwan/China)
• Yingying Jiang (15, China)
• Yixuan Jiang (14, China)
• Lina Nakano (14, Japan)
• Haseung Nam (13, South Korea)
• Piu Ying Wong (15, China)
• Muyang Wu (13, China)
• Yujia Xie (15, China)
• Xunyue Zhang (15, China)
• Jinlan Zhao (12, China)

Group C – 17 to 23 Years Old

• Elli Choi (17, United States)
• Yiying Jiang (21, China)
• Masha Lakisova (17, United States)
• Jiaqi Lu (21, China)
• Ai Nakano (17, Japan)
• Chenming Wang (20, China)
• Songao Wu (21, China)
• Siqi Yu (20, China)
• Simon Zhu (18, Germany)

The 2019 violin jury comprises: Paul Roczek (Artistic Director), Julius Berger (Chairman), Lewis Kaplan, Boris Kuschnir, Michael Ma, Silvia Marcovici, Qian Zhou and Weidong Tong.

The Violin Channel, as the competition’s official media partner, will be providing streaming coverage direct from Zhuhai.