VC LIVE | 2024 Joachim International Violin Competition

Tune in now, until September 28, to watch all rounds of this year's competition

We're coming to you LIVE from Hannover, Germany, for the 2024 Joachim International Violin Competition. This year, 24 participants selected worldwide compete for a grand prize of €30,000. Each finalist will receive €10,000, and other prizes include several concert engagements, the 3-year loan of a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from the Fritz Behrens Foundation, and a 2,000 Euro Audience Award.

Additionally, the Warner Classics label will select one person from all participants whose debut album it will communicate and market internationally, while G. Henle Verlag will award a music voucher worth 2,000 Euro to the finalists.

This year's finalists are:

• Angela Chan, 27, Hong Kong, USA
• Jacques Forestier, 19, Canada, Canada
• Kyumin Park, 27, South Korea, Germany

 

COMPETITION SCHEDULE:

FINAL ROUND | Concerto with Stephan Zilias and the NDR Radiophilharmonie

Angela Chan, 27, Hong Kong, USA

Jacques Forestier, 19, Canada, Canada

Kyumin Park, 27, South Korea, Germany

SEMIFINAL ROUND 1 | Solo with the Munich Chamber Orchestra

Session 1 | September 22 | 1:30 PM - 4 PM (ET)

• Alexander Won-Ho Kim
• Eunjoong Park
• Alexandra Weissbecker
• Louisa Staples

Session 2 | September 23 | 1:30 PM - 4 PM (ET)

• Kyumin Park
• Angela Chan
• Jacques Forestier
• Xunyue Zhang

In the first semi-final round, the semi-finalists demonstrate their leadership qualities in a play-and-conduct chamber concert alongside the Munich Chamber Orchestra with works by Mozart and Bartók.

 

SEMIFINAL ROUND 2 | Recital & String Quartet Round

Session 1 | September 23 | 10 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)

• Alexander Won-Ho Kim
• Eunjoong Park

Session 2 | September 24 | 10 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)

• Alexandra Weissbecker
• Louisa Staples

Session 3 | September 24 | 1:30 PM - 4 PM (ET)

• Kyumin Park
• Angela Chan

Session 4 | September 25 | 10 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)

• Jacques Forestier
• Xunyue Zhang

This round of semi-finals consists of a hour long recital program, as well as the first violin part of a movement of a string quartet by Haydn, played together with Jana Kuss, William Coleman and Mikayel Hakhnazaryan from the Kuss Quartet.

PRELIMINARY ROUND 1 

Session 1 | September 16 | 11 AM - 2:30 PM (ET)

• Alexander Won-Ho Kim
• Hannah Tam
• Nicholas Hammel
• Eunjoong Park
• Alexandra Weissbecker
• Louisa Staples

Session 2 | September 17 | 4 AM - 7:30 AM (ET)

• Kyumin Park
• Maria Lundina
• Angela Chan
• Jacques Forestier
• Meng Zou
• Felicitas Schiffner

Session 3 | September 17 | 11 AM - 2:30 PM (ET)

• Jason Moon
• Gaeun Kim
• Rina Tanaka
• Gáspár Kelemen
• Xunyue Zhang
• Saki Tozawa

Session 4 | September 18 | 4 AM - 7:30 AM (ET)

• Yukari Ohno
• Yeyeong Jenny Jin
• Hyein Koo

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND 2

Session 1 | September 18 | 11 AM - 3 PM (ET)

• Alexander Won-Ho Kim
• Hannah Tam
• Nicholas Hammel
• Eunjoong Park
• Alexandra Weissbecker
• Louisa Staples

Session 2 | September 19 | 4 AM - 8 AM (ET)

• Kyumin Park
• Maria Lundina
• Angela Chan
• Jacques Forestier
• Meng Zou
• Felicitas Schiffner

Session 3 | September 19 | 11 AM - 3 PM (ET)

• Jason Moon
• Gaeun Kim
• Rina Tanaka
• Gáspár Kelemen
• Xunyue Zhang
• Saki Tozawa

Session 4 | September 20 | 4 AM - 8 AM (ET)

• Yukari Ohno
• Yeyeong Jenny Jin
• Hyein Koo