Candidates Announced For Inaugural Vietnam International Violin Competition

The 30 opening round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Inaugural Vietnam International Violin Competition 

The 30 opening round candidates have been announced for the 2019 Inaugural Vietnam International Violin Competition – to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from the 2nd to the 11th of August, 2019.

The opening round candidates are:

• Kanon Aoki (Japan)
• Carolina Blašković (Croatia)
• Yuran Cai (China)
• Hoàng Linh Cao (Vietnam)
• Sara Dragan (Poland)
• Petr Fedotov (Russia)
• Khanh Van Hoang Ho (Vietnam)
• Hyeon Hong (South Korea)
• Zhenyi Jiang (China)
• Meruert Karmenova (Kazakhstan)
• Tze Siang Philip Jeremy Law (Malaysia)
• Alayna Le-en Lee (Singapore)
• Ruoyun Li (China)
• Shiyu Lin (China)
• Feodor Lyudevig (Russia)
• Văn Trong Nguyễn (Vietnam)
• Kyung Ah Oh (South Korea/United States)
• Gang Hyeon Park (South Korea)
• Seo Hyun Park (South Korea)
• Yaegy Park (United States)
• Đình Minh Pham (Vietnam)
• Vũ An Pham (Vietnam)
• Win Htike San (Myanmar)
• Alexey Stychkin (Russia)
• Samuel Tan (Singapore)
• Ruslan Turuntayev (Kazakhstan)
• Yulun Wu (China)
• Chun Xi Xu (China)
• Wanqing Zhu (China)

Open to international violinists under the age of 30, the 1st prize winner will receive US $8000.

The 2019 jury will comprise: Cong Duy Bui (President), Viktor Tretyakov (Chair), Stephanie Chase, Vilmos Szabadi, Kyung Sun Lee, Chen Xi, Cong Duy Bui, Chuong Vu, Lorenz Gamma and Gregory Lee.