Candidates Announced for Germany's Spohr International Violin Competition

The opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Spohr International Violin Competition

The opening-round candidates have this week been announced for the 2019 Spohr International Violin Competition – to be held in Weimar, Germany from the 22nd of October to the 2nd of November.

The candidates in the 14 Years and Under Category are:

• Sophie Branson (Japan)
• Jiachen Cao (China)
• Anton Carus (United States)
• Diana Chausheva (Bulgaria)
• Sophie Hayin Chung (China)
• Mona Endo (Japan)
• Raphael Gisbertz (Germany)
• Emiri Kakiuchi (Japan)
• Fiona Khuong-Huu (United States)
• Sungwoo Lee (South Korea)
• Soo-Rin Lim (South Korea)
• Leea Mattila (Finland)
• Tokuji Miyasaka (Japan)
• Raphael Nussbaumer (Switzerland)
• Mengqi Qian (China)
• Isabelle Raviol (Germany)
• Martyna Skuza (Poland)
• Viktoria Svichkarenko (Russia)
• Naz Irem Turkmen (Turkey)
• Amanda Noor Vatn (Norway)
• Keila Wakao (United States)
• Marina Wako (Japan)
• Maya Wichert (Germany)
• Muyang Wu (China)

The candidates in the 15 to 17 Years Old Category are:

• Moë Dierstein (Germany)
• Marley Erickson (United States)
• Benedetta Fiechter (Italy)
• Emil Hartikainen (Finland)
• Helen Hyun (United States)
• Kyota Kakiuchi (Japan)
• Nayoun Kim (South Korea)
• Seojin Lee (South Korea)
• Caecilia Lee (United States)
• Michael Elias Lewin (Germany)
• Aijia Li (China)
• Haewon Lim (South Korea)
• Darya List (Austria)
• Lora Markova (Bulgaria)
• Wojciech Niedziółka (Poland)
• Dora Oliva Devoghel (Belgium)
• Kai Orlinov (Bulgaria)
• Nathan Stiefel (Switzerland)
• Koshiro Takeuchi (Japan)
• Yuri Tanaka (Japan)
• Hana Taylor (United States)
• Anatol Toth (Switzerland)
• Pauline van der Rest (Belgium)
• Sara Watanabe (Japan)

The candidates in the 18 to 20 Years Old Category are:

• Phoenix Avalon (United States)
• Rabia Brooke (United States)
• James Chen (Australia)
• Vassily Chmykov (Monaco)
• Gina Keiko Friesicke (Germany)
• Anna Gertsel (Germany)
• Linda Guo (Germany)
• Matthew Hakkarainen (United States)
• Pauline Hoffmann (Germany)
• Lorenz Karls (Austria)
• Yerassyl Khamit (Kazakhstan)
• Joshua Kim (United States)
• Yvette Kraft (United States)
• Simon Luethy (Germany)
• Taichi Miyamoto (Japan)
• Sakura Nakagawa (Japan)
• Tassilo Probst (Germany)
• Bartosz Skibiński (Poland)
• Selma Spahiu (Germany)
• Louisa Staples (Great Britain)
• Rika Tanimoto (Japan)
• Roberta Verna (Germany)
• Qingzhu Weng (China)
• Sarah Yang (Canada)
• Andrew Yang (United States)
• Milica Zulus (Austria)

Open to international violinists under the age of 20, the 1st prize winner in the Senior Category will receive €3,500.

The 2019 jury will comprise: Friedemann Eichhorn (Chairman), Remus Azoitei, Boris Garlitsky, Eszter Haffner, Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Svetlana Makarova, Axel Strauss, Zohrab Tadevosyan, Kathrin ten Hagen and Yamei Yu.

As the competition's official international broadcast partner, The Violin Channel will be streaming all rounds - live from Weimar.

You won't miss a beat!