Semi-Finalists Announced for United States' 2018 Washington International String Competition

The 28 Semi-Finalists have been announced for the 2018 Washington International String Competition

The 28 Semi-Finalists have today been announced for the 2018 Washington International String Competition – to be held in Washington D.C., United States from the 22nd to the 24th of June.

The 2018 Semi-Finalists are:

• Joachim Angster (Viola, France)
• Sophia Bacelar (Cello, United States)
• Maya Anjali Buchanan (Violin, United States)
• Heejin Chang (Viola, South Korea)
• Jung Min Choi (Violin, South Korea)
• Thomas Cooper (Violin, United States)
• Yulu Gong (Violin, China)
• Jean Kim (Cello, United States)
• Min Ji Kim, (Cello, South Korea)
• Sunrise Kim, (Cello, South Korea)
• Haeni Lee, (Violin, South Korea)
• Hae Sue Lee, (Viola, South Korea)
• Youjin Lee, (Violin, South Korea)
• Hyun Jae Lim, (Violin, South Korea)
• Derek Louie, (Cello, United States)
• Wei Lu, (Violin, China)
• Ashley Park, (Violin, United States)
• Justin Park, (Cello, United States)
• Ao Peng, (Viola, China)
• Muriel Garnet Razavi, (Viola, United States)
• Tony Rymer, (Cello, United States)
• Chris Roger-Beadle, (Viola, United States)
• Felicitas Schiffner, (Violin, Germany)
• Zhihao Wu, (Cello, China)
• Tianlu Xu, (Cello, China)
• Hua Zhang, (Violin, China)
• Weilu Zhang, (Violin, China)
• Qiyun Zhao, (Viola, China)
• Zhanbo Zheng, (Viola, China)

Open to international string players aged between 18 and 28, the 1st prize winning violinist, violist and cellist will each receive US $10,000.

All competitors must not be under professional management nor current students of any jury member.

The 2018 jury comprises: Dmitri Berlinsky, Rita Porfiris and Paul Katz.

PICTURED: 2018 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION SEMI-FINALIST, VIOLINIST MAYA ANJALI BUCHANAN FROM THE UNITED STATES