VC LIVE | 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition

Tune in from October 18 & 20 to watch the semi-final and final of this year's cello competition

We're coming to you LIVE from New York, NY for the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition.

Established in 1926 by banker and amateur cellist Walter Wehle Naumburg, the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation and its competitions support young classical musicians to launch their professional careers.

This year’s cello edition will award the first prize winner $25,000, two fully subsidized NYC recitals, and a commissioned work. Second prize is valued at $15,000, while third place is awarded with $10,000.

The 2024 finalists are cellists Aaron Wolff, Alexander Hersh, James Kim, Leland Ko, and Jonathan Swensen.

The foundation's competition cycles through various instruments every year. The editions have featured piano, saxophone, chamber music performance, voice, composition, violin, classical guitar, viola, clarinet, flute, and conducting.

Previous winners have included VC Artist Tessa Lark, VC Artist Merz Trio, Louis Kaufman, Li-Wei Qin, Clancy Newman, Robert Mann, Berl Senofsky, Joseph Silverstein, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Leonidas Kavakos, Axel Strauss, and Frank Huang.

PROGRAM

Semi-Final Round | October 18, 10 AM (ET)

Final Round | October 20, 12 PM (ET)