VC LIVE | China International Music Competition 2023

Tune in to The Violin Channel to watch the competition from November 4 to 13, 2023

China International Music Competition, alternatively known as the Global Music Education League Violin Competition (GMEL), has officially begun in Beijing.

The GMEL Violin Competition received applications from 13 countries and regions around the world, including China, Russia, the United States, Canada, Kazakhstan, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Hungary, Italy, and Latvia.

In the first phase of the Final Round, 6 violinists performed a Mozart violin concerto with the Orchestra Academia China, and then 3 finalists were chosen to play the second phase of the Final Round with the orchestra composed of musicians from The Philadelphia Orchestra and Orchestra Academia China.

 

Semi-final Round Continued:

 

Preliminary Rounds:

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND PROGRAM - NOVEMBER 4:

1. Angela Sin Ying Chan 

Pianist Chih-Yi Chen

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V.1001

S. V. Rachmaninoff - Vocalise

N. Paganini Caprice in E-flat major No.17

N. Paganini Caprice in D major No.20

 

2. Yiming Liu

Pianist Chih-Yi Chen

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V. 1001

N. Paganini Caprice in E-flat major No.23

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No.24

F. Kreisler - Liebesleid

 

3. Chaowen Luo

Pianist Thomas Hoppe

J. S. Bach - Grave and Fuga from the Sonata No. 2 in A minor, B.W.V. 1003

N. Paganini Caprice in E major No.9

N. Paganini Caprice in C major No.11

F. Kreisler - Liebesleid

 

4. Juchao Zhao

Pianist Beilin Han

J.S. Bach - Ciaccona from the Partita No. 2 in D minor, B.W.V. 1004

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No. 7

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No. 24

F. Kreisler - Caprice Viennois, Op. 2

 

5. Noelle Naito 

Pianist Thomas Hoppe

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V. 1001

N. Paganini Caprice in E major No.1

F. Kreisler - Caprice Viennois, Op.2

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No.24

 

6. He Xu

Pianist Chih-Yi Chen

J. S. Bach - Grave and Figa from the Sonata No. 2 in A minor, B.W.V.1003

N. Paganini Caprice in E-flat major No.17

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No.24

F. Kreisler - Caprice Viennois, Op.2

 

7. Yurina Arai

Pianist Thomas Hoppe

J.S. Bach Grave and Fuga from the Sonata No.2 in A minor B.W.V.1003

N. Paganini Caprice in G minor No.10

N. Paganini Caprice in C major No.11

F. Kreisler Schön Rosmarin

 

8. Elli CHOI

Chih-Yi Chen

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No.3 in C major, B.W.V.1005

S. V. Rachmaninoff - Vocalise

N. Paganini Caprice in E major No.1

N. Paganini Caprice in C minor No.4

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND PROGRAM - NOVEMBER 5:

9. Leonard Toschev

Pianist Beilin Han

J.S. Bach - Ciaccona from the Partita No. 2, B.W.V. 1004

Paganini caprice in E minor No. 15

Paganini caprice in A minor No. 24

P. I. Tchaikovsky - Mélodie in E-flat major, from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42, No. 3

 

10. Tianren Xie  

Pianist Beilin Han

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V. 1001

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No.24

P. I. Tchaikovsky - Mélodie in E-flat major, from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42, No. 3

N. Paganini Caprice in E major No.1

 

11. SooBeen Lee 

Pianist Beilin Han

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V. 1001

N. Paganini Caprice in E-flat major No.17

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No.24

F. Chopin - Nocturne in C-sharp minor, arr. N. Milstein

 

12. Muyan Yang 

Pianist Thomas Hoppe

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No.1 in G minor, B.W.V. 1001

N. Paganini Caprice in G minor No. 10

N. Paganini Caprice in C major No. 11

A. K. Glazunov - Meditation Op. 32

 

13. Elizaveta Glazunova 

Pianist Beilin Han

J. S. Bach - Ciaccona from the Partita No.2 in D minor, B.W.V. 1004

N. Paganini Caprice in E major No.9

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No.24

P. I. Tchaikovsky - Mélodie in E-flat major, from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42, No. 3

 

14. Joshua Brown 

Pianist Thomas Hoppe

J. S. Bach Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 3 in C major, B.W.V. 1005

N. Paganini Caprice in C major No. 11

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No. 24

P. I. Tchaikovsky - Mélodie in E-flat major, from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42, No. 3

 

15. Xiyue Wu 

Pianist Thomas Hoppe

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V. 1001

N. Paganini Caprice in E major No.1

N. Paganini Caprice in C major No.11

F. Kreisler - Tambourin Chinois

 

16. Jung Min Choi

Pianist Chih-Yi Chen

J.S. Bach - Ciaccona from the Partita No. 2 in D minor, B.W.V. 1004

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No. 5

N. Paganini Caprice in C major No. 11

S. V. Rachmaninoff - Vocalise

 

17. Yukari Ohno 

Pianist Thomas Hoppe

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V. 1001

N. Paganini Caprice in A minor No. 24

N. Paganini Caprice in B-flat major No. 13

F. Kreisler - Liebesleid

 

18. Audrey Park

Pianist Beilin Han

J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata No. 1 in G minor, B.W.V.1001

N. Paganini Caprice in E major No.1

N. Paganini Caprice in E minor No.15

S. V. Rachmaninoff - Vocalise

 

19. Risa Hokamura 

Pianist Chih-Yi Chen

J. S. Bach - Preludio, Loure, Gavotte en Rondeau, from the Partita No. 3 in E major, B.W.V. 1006

N. Paganini Caprice in B minor No.2

N. Paganini Caprice in G minor No.10

F. Kreisler - La Gitana