More than 60 violists have been selected for the two competitions, which will take place in the UK in January 2025
The selected candidates have been announced for the Lionel Tertis and Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competitions. Both competitions will take place from 19–25 January 25 at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead, UK.
The Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition (CAIVC) is open to violists aged 18 and under, offering a £5,000 first prize. In alphabetical order, the selected candidates are as follows:
1. Rodrigo Agudelo-Celda (Spain)
2. Aiden Bhak (UK)
3. Jolie Bisoendial (The Netherlands)
4. Maj Bommas (Germany)
5. Bobbie Chen (UK)
6. Jemimah Davies (UK)
7. Hao Ding (China)
8. Jaeyun Han (South Korea)
9. Jackson Hill (US/Canada)
10. Mina Hobson-Mazur (UK)
11. Jennifer Kang (US)
12. Jihyo Kim (South Korea)
13. Isabella Koo (Australia)
14. Aiden McDonald (UK)
15. Eunush Park (South Korea)
16. Hsuan Wei Chen (Taiwan)
17. Luisa Ye (Germany)
18. Lu Yinuo (China)
19. Chenrong Zhang (China)
20. JiaNing Zhang (China)
21. Xunyu Zhou (China)
The jury for the 2025 CAIVC comprises Thomas Riebl, Li Sheng, Jo Cole, Garfield Jackson, and Asdis Valdimarsdottir.
The Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition (LTIVC) is open to violists aged 19–30. It offers a £5,000 first prize, with the option to loan a viola for one year through the Beare’s International Violin Society. In alphabetical order, the selected candidates are as follows:
1. Rebecca Benjamin (US)
2. Toby Cook (UK)
3. Jozefien Dumortier (Belgium)
4. Weronika Dziadek (Poland)
5. Guillaume Florès (France)
6. Francisca Barradas Vaz Galante (Portugal)
7. Adèle Ginestet (France)
8. Lise Guérin (France)
9. Héloïse Houzé (France)
10. Vanessa Hristova (Bulgaria)
11. Wanxinyi Huang (China)
12. Brian Isaacs (US)
13. Heshun Ji (China)
14. Ami-Louise Johnsson (Sweden)
15. Justin Julian (Australia)
16. James Kang (US)
17. Hiroko Kasai (Japan/UK)
18. Jack Kessler (US)
19. Sumin Kim (South Korea)
20. Mao Konishi (Japan)
21. Yizilin Liang (China)
22. Katie Liu (US)
23. Matthew McDowell (US)
24. Zechariah Mo (US)
25. Julia Pałęcka (Poland)
26. Alexander Pozdniakovas (Finland)
27. Elsa Rapisarda (Italy)
28. Sam Rosenthal (US)
29. Alinka Rowe (UK)
30. Stephen Savage (US)
31. Kyungsik Shin (South Korea)
32. Sofia Silva Sousa (Portugal)
33. Sarah Strohm (Switzerland/Germany)
34. Otoha Tabata (Japan)
35. Yanan Wang (China)
36. Charlotta Westerback (Finland)
37. Paul Weiner (France)
38. Xueer Wu (China)
39. Semin Yim (South Korea)
40. Zihan Zhang (China)
The jury for the 2025 LTIVC comprises Thomas Selditz, Robin Ireland, Lilli Maijala, George Caird, and Francoise Gneri.
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