3 Senior Violin Finalists Announced at China’s Zhuhai International Mozart Competition

The 3 Senior Violin Finalists have today been announced at the 2017 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians

The 3 Group C (17 to 23 Years Old) Violin Finalists have today been announced at the 2017 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians – in Zhuhai, China.

The 2017 Group C Senior Violin Finalists are:

• • Yiming Liu (17, China)
  • Yiying Jiang (19, China)
  • Oleksandr Korniev (23, Ukraine)

YIMING LIU | BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATA NO. 3 IN D MINOR | 1ST MVT | 2017 ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL MOZART COMPETITION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS | GROUP C | 17 YEARS OLD 

YIYING JIANG | BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATA NO. 3 IN D MINOR | 1ST MVT | 2017 ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL MOZART COMPETITION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS | GROUP C | 19 YEARS OLD 

OLEKSANDR KORNIEV | BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATA NO. 1 IN G MAJOR | 1ST MVT | 2017 ZHUHAI INTERNATIONAL MOZART COMPETITION FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS | GROUP C | 23 YEARS OLD 

For the Final stage of the Senior competition, each candidate will present the 1st movement from a major violin concerto with piano – plus will lead a Mozart Violin Concerto with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists.

This year’s competition is held in 3 age categories: Group A (12 Years and Under), Group B (13 to 16 Years Old) and Group C (17 to 23 Years Old).

Presented by the University of Mozarteum Salzburg, the Senior Group C 1st prize winner will receive US $30,000.

The 2017 jury comprises: Paul Roczek (Artistic Director), Friedemann Eichhorn (Jury Chair), Shmuel Ashkenasi, Harald Eggebrecht, Ani Schnarch, Akiko Tatsumi, Weidong Tong and Lina Yu.

PICTURED: 2017 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition Senior Finalist Oleksandr Korniev from Ukraine.