Candidates Announced for 2020 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition
The opening round candidates have been announced for the 2020 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition
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The opening round candidates have today been announced for the 2020 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition – to be held in Birmingham, England from the 14th to 20th of November, 2020.
- Vittorio Benaglia (Italy)
- Alvaro Castello (Spain)
- Yuxin Chen (China)
- Jone Diamantini (Italy)
- Edgar Francis (United Kingdom)
- Chang Ge (China)
- Seamus Hickey (Ireland)
- Brian Isaacs (United States)
- Yong-ha Jung (South Korea)
- James Kang (United States)
- Bill Ko (Hong Kong)
- Dagmar Korbar (Croatia)
- Dana Lee (Australia)
- Yat Lee (Hong Kong)
- Yixiu Lin (China)
- Laura Liu (United States)
- Zitian Lyu (China)
- Devin Moore (United States)
- Hanuel Park (South Korea)
- Anuschka Pedano (Netherlands)
- Connie Pharoah (United Kingdom)
- Eva-Maria Radl (Austria)
- Mikel Rollet (United States)
- Alinka Rowe (United Kingdom)
- Noga Shaham (Israel)
- Joseph Skerik (United States)
- Abigail Smith (United States)
- Miguel Sobrinho (Portugal)
- Marvin Stark (Germany)
- Lynn Sue-A-Quan (Canada)
- Nicholas Swensen (Denmark)
- Anna Sypniewski (France)
- Otoha Tabata (Japan)
- Yanan Wang (China)
- Yujie Wang (China)
- Zhupeng Xi (China)
- Mingyue Yu (China)
- Yujie Zeng(China)
- Jaren Ziegler (United Kingdom)
- Paul Zientara (France)
Open to international violists 21 years of age and younger, the 1st prize winner will receive £5000, a concerto recording on EM Records with the BBC Concert Orchestra, a recital performance at the English Music Festival – plus a fine viola bow valued at £5000 courtesy Bishop Instruments & Bows.
The 2020 jury will comprise: Louise Lansdown (Chair), Thomas Riebl, Sheng Li, Vicci Wardman and Matthew Jones.
Previous 1st prize winners include: VC Artist Timothy Ridout
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