41 candidates take part in the opening round of this year’s competition
This year’s Rubinstein International Viola Competition, which will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 4th-5th May 2019, has announced its 41 opening round candidates.
They are:
- Yerim An (South Korea)
- Momoko Aritomi (Japan)
- Sharon Avella Herrera (Colombia)
- Mieszko Baszczak (Poland)
- Vittorio Benaglia (Italy)
- Giulia Bombonati (Italy)
- Valentin Chiapello (France)
- Nadezhda Chumovitckaia (Russia)
- Jakob Dingstad (Norway)
- Stephanie Drach (Austria)
- Kazuki Hashimoto (Japan)
- Jannis Hoesch (Germany)
- Younho Hong (South Korea)
- Brian Isaacs (United States)
- Alexandra Ivanova (Russia)
- Gijoon Jo (South Korea)
- Annariina Jokela (Finland)
- Koji Kanada (Japan)
- Dongyeob Kang (South Korea)
- Wontae Kim (South Korea)
- Eunbit Ko (South Korea)
- Isabel Kreuzpointner (Germany)
- Mengzhen Li (China)
- Shuchen Liu (China)
- Ganna Lysenko (Ukraine)
- Johanna Maurer (Germany)
- Lazar Miletic (Serbia)
- Deokjin Oh (South Korea)
- Simona Ruisi (Italy)
- Fridolin Schöbi (Austria)
- Mk Sung (South Korea)
- Erin Louise Torres (South Africa)
- Taihei Wada (Japan)
- Yanan Wang (China)
- Yifei Wang (China)
- Wenbo Xin (China)
- Daichi Yoshimura (Japan)
- Mingyue Yu (China)
- Dan Zhang (China)
- Yishi Zhao (China)
- Ekin Özcan (Turkey)
Open to international violists of all ages and nationalities, the annual competition takes place in the Concert Hall of the International Anton Rubinstein Music Academy in Dusseldorf.
A maximum of twenty candidates will proceed to the final round in which they will present a programme of their choice lasting up to 30 minutes, with three prize winners receiving a one year loan of a fine bow.
The 2019 jury will comprise: Alexander Akimov, Yury Bondarev and Friedemann Hecker.
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