South Korean violinist Hyun Jae Lim receives the first prize of $30,000
The final round of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition took place on 18 January at the Keith C. & Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center in Boca Raton, FL, US. Finalists were accompanied by the Lynn University Philharmonia and conductor Gerald Karni.
The first prize was awarded to South Korean violinist Hyun Jae Lim, 28, following her performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto. She receives $30,000, a new violin, a gold-mounted bow, a carbon violin case and over thirty national and international performance engagements, as well as artist management and public relations support.
The $15,000 second prize was won by Chinese violinist Yiyang Hou, 21, the $10,000 third prize by US violinist Sameer Agrawal, 20, and the $5,000 fourth prize by US violinist Julia Jones, 21.
Lim also won the $1,500 special award for the best performance of the commissioned work, Wood-Sprite by composer-in-residence Melinda Wagner, and the $500 special prize for the best performance of an Ysaÿe solo violin sonata.
Lim is currently pursuing her master’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she received her bachelor’s degree as a Howard and Carol Lidz Fellow. She has studied with violinists including Midori, Shmuel Ashkenasi and Arnold Steinhardt. Lim most recently won the Seoul International Music Competition, as well as prizes at the Menuhin, Ima Hogg, Alfred M. Greenfield and Singapore International Violin competitions.
The jury for this year’s competition comprised Ilya Kaler, Ida Kavafian, Irina Muresanu, Philip Setzer, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Kyoko Takezawa, with Andrés Cárdenes as chairman of the jury.
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