The three violinists will perform a concerto and the competition’s compulsory piece in the final round on Saturday 28 September, with the chance to win the top prize of €30,000
Three violinists have progressed to the final round of the 2024 Joseph Joachim Violin Competition. The announcement follows the semi-final rounds that took place from 22 to 25 September, where participants performed and conducted a Mozart violin concerto and a movement of Bartók Divertimento with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, as well as performed the first violin part of a Haydn string quartet with members of the Kuss Quartet.
The three finalists are:
Angela Chan, 27, Hong Kong
Jacques Forestier, 19, Canada
Kyumin Park, 27, South Korea
The finalists will perform on Saturday 28 September with the NDR Radiophilharmonie under the baton of Stephan Zilias at the NDR Konzerthaus (Großer Sendesaal). The contestants will play a concerto by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Mendelssohn or Schumann, as well as the competition’s compulsory piece Feder by Enno Poppe.
Prizes up for grabs include the main ‘Joseph Joachim’ prize, worth €30,000, €10,000 for each of the finalists, as well as the promise of future performance engagements, the production and distribution of a debut album with Warner Classics, sheet music vouchers from G.Henle Verlag and a three-year loan of a c.1735 Guadagnini violin, courtesy of the Fritz Behrens Foundation.
This year’s competition jury is chaired by soprano Juliane Banse and comprises violinists Lorenza Borrani, Ana Chumachenco, Ning Feng, Liza Ferschtman, violist Kim Kashkashian as well as pianist Robert Levin and conductor Stephan Zilias. For the final concerts, violinist Gidon Kremer will join as an additional juror.
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