Candidates Announced for USA's Cooper International Violin Competition

The 24 opening round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Violin Competition

The 24 opening round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Violin Competition – to be held in Oberlin, Ohio, United States from the 18th to the 26th of July, 2019.

The opening round candidates are:

• Claire Arias-Kim (17, United States)
• Rabia Brooke (18, United States)
• Isabella Brown (16, United States)
• Eric Charles Chen (18, United States)
• Sylvia Yun-Jun Chen (13, Taiwan)
• Albert Gang (17, United States)
• Yiyang Hou (14, China)
• Yixuan Jiang (14, China)
• Aram Kim (16, United States)
• Haeun Honney Kim (18, United States)
• Victoria Lewis (14, Norway)
• Harry Dai Liang (13, Sweden)
• Joanne Lin (16, Taiwan)
• Sarah Ma (16, United States)
• Mai Matsumoto (18, United States)
• Noelle Naito (17, United States)
• Abigail Nishiwaki (18, United States)
• Bjørg Pas (14, Norway)
• Enrique Rodrigues (17, United States)
• Dongyoung Jake Shim (18, South Korea)
• Shihan Wang (14, China)
• Jia-Ying Joy Wei (18, Taiwan)
• Alexandra Woroniecka (17, United States)
• Jin Yucheng (17, China)

Open to international violinists aged 13 to 18 years old, the 1st prize winner will receive US $20,000 - plus a full four-year scholarship to Oberlin Conservatory.

The 2019 jury will comprise: Gregory Fulkerson (Chairman), Sibbi Bernhardsson, Radu Blidar, Yi Huang, Marilyn McDonald, Naoko Tanaka and Almita Vamos.

Former 1st prize winners include: VC Young Artist Sirena Huang and Johan Dalene.