The semi-finals will take place on 6 and 7 November in Tongyeong, South Korea, with each contestant performing a recital with piano
Following the first rounds of the 2024 IsangYun Competition on 3 and 4 November, nine finalists have been picked to proceed to the second round, which will take place on 6 and 7 November.
The semi-finalists are:
Seoyeon Baik (South Korea, b.2007)
Eun Che Kim (South Korea, b.1997)
William Hsueh-hung Lee (Taiwan, b.1999)
Hyun Jae Lim (South Korea, b.1997)
Chaowen Luo (China, b.2001)
Eunjoong Park (South Korea, b.2001)
Zhiyuan Qian (China, b.2009)
Jake Dongyoung Shim (South Korea, b.2001)
Rino Yoshimoto (Japan, b.2003)
The semi-final round will see the contestants perform at 45 to 50-minute recital with piano, comprising one complete sonata by Beethoven or Brahms, Gasa by Isang Yun, or any other composer’s work written after 1960 at least ten minutes in duration, plus a work of the contestant’s choice with piano.
Following the semi-finals, three selected violinists will have the chance to perform a concerto with the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra and Christoph Poppen in the final round on 9 November.
The violinists will perform for the chance to win awards from a prize pool totalling KRW79,000,000 (£44,000). First prize is worth KRW30,000,000 (£16,400), while the second-place winner will receive KRW20,000,000 (£11,100), third place KRW10,000,000 (£5,500) and fourth place KRW5,000,000 (£2,700).
This year’s jury is chaired by Mihaela Martin and comprises Christian Altenburger, Martin Beaver, Michiko Kamiya, Ida Kavafian, Hyuna Kim, Sung-Ju Lee, Douglas Sheldon and Weidon Tong.
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