38 violists under the age of 30 have been selected to produce a video recital, for the chance to progress to the competition’s live rounds in November
38 violists have been selected to compete in this year’s Concours de Genève. The pre-selection round was held in Geneva from 1 to 3 May, with a jury comprising Tabea Zimmermann, Tomoko Akasaka, Noémie Bialobroda and Frédéric Kirch.
The candidates will now produce a video recital, which will be broadcast online from 8 to 14 September. From this, the semi-finalists will be chosen for a three-part round, which will be held from 6 to 12 November, comprising a 50-60 minute solo recital, a chamber music recital, plus presentation of a personal artistic project.
Jury chair Zimmermann said: ’Wishing all selected candidates a truly meaningful preparation period for the 79th Concours de Genève – discover new repertoire ideas, develop your skills and your stage personality, and share your love of music with us through your online recital.’
The first prizewinner will receive CHF20,000 (£17,600), with second and third place receiving CHF12,000 (£10,500) and CHF8,000 (£7,050) respectively. A host of special prizes, endowed with cash and concert engagements, are also up for grabs, including the Audience Prize, Students’ Prize, the Rose-Marie Huguenin Prize, Arts Society Prize, Concerts de Jussy Prize and Hindemith Prize.
The candidates are:
Jaume Angelès Fité, 28
Álvaro Castelló Marchena, 21
Loan Cazal, 27
Eike Coetzee, 23
Junyan Du, 16
Riko Eto, 24
Nicolas Garrigues, 26
Chang Ge, 20
Adèle Ginestet, 27
Jaeyun Han, 14
Seamus Hickey, 25
Brian Isaacs, 25
Leonardo Jelveh, 26
Ami-Louise Johnsson, 24
Sophie Kiening, 23
Jason Sheng-Chieh Lan, 27
Gatien Leray, 23
Yixiu Lin, 23
Laura Liu, 24
Katie Liu, 26
Eric Seohyun Moon, 27
Momoka Okada, 24
Haneul Park, 24
Alina Rowe, 26
Kiarra Saito-Beckman, 26
Stephen Savage, 20
Kyungsik Shin, 26
Sarah Strohm, 19
Anna Sypniewski, 25
Ayaka Taniguchi, 22
Cassandra Teissedre, 22
Aceland Wang, 26
Wassili Wohlgemuth, 24
Kinga Wojdalska, 26
Alessandra Yang, 20
Jieun Yoo, 21
Zihan Zhang, 23
Emad Zolfaghari, 20
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