First Round Candidates Announced for Singapore International Violin Competition

The first live round of the competition will take place from December 1-6, 2022, at the YST Conservatory Concert Hall

Held at Singapore's Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, the competition will take place from December 1 to 14.

In 2022, the jury will comprise Qian Zhou (Chair), Martin Beaver, Martin T:son Engstroem, Lee Kyung Sun, Mihaela Martin, Joel Smirnoff, and Tsu Vera Weiling.

The first-round candidates include:

• Daniil Bulayev
• Tassilo Probst
• William Lee
• Siqi Yu
• Yiying Jiang
• Eimi Wakui
• Jinyoung Yoon
• Sara Watanabe
• Nathan Meltzer
• Angela Sin Ying Chan
• Joey Lau
• Tomotaka Seki
• Georgii Moroz
• Eunseo Lee
• Ruifeng Lin
• Yukari Ohno
• Amia Janicki
• Jueun Jeong
• Tianyou Ma
• Anna Agafia Egholm
• Christine Wu
• Dmytro Udovychenko
• Yukiko Uno
• Elias David Moncado
• I-Hao Cheng
• Claire Bourg
• Daniil Bulayev
• Tassilo Probst
• William Lee
• Siqi Yu
• Yiying Jiang
• Eimi Wakui
• Jinyoung Yoon
• Sara Watanabe
• Nathan Meltzer
• Angela Sin Ying Chan
• Joey Lau
• Tomotaka Seki
• Georgii Moroz
• Eunseo Lee
• Ruifeng Lin
• Yukari Ohno
• Amia Janicki
• Jueun Jeong
• Tianyou Ma
• Anna Agafia Egholm
• Christine Wu
• Dmytro Udovychenko
• Yukiko Uno
• Elias David Moncado
• I-Hao Cheng
• Claire Bourg

The first prize winner will receive USD $50,000, a number of important performance engagements, and the loan of a fine Italian instrument.

Previous major prize winners include VC Artists Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, Richard Lin, and Fedor Rudin.