BREAKING | Semi-Finalists Announced at Romania’s Enescu International Violin Competition

The 8 Semi-Finalists have been announced at the 2018 George Enescu International Violin Competition – in Bucharest, Romania

The 8 Semi-Finalists have today been announced at the 2018 George Enescu International Violin Competition – in Bucharest, Romania.

The 2018 Semi-Finalists are:

• Angela Jiye Bae (South Korea)
• Cristian De Sa (UK)
• Giuseppe Gibboni (Italy)
• Vikram Sedona (Italy)
• Orest Smovzh (Ukraine)
• Alican Suner (Turkey)
• Alexandra Tirsu (Republic of Moldova)
• Yukiko Uno (Japan)

Open to international violinists 32 years and younger, the 1st prize winner will receive 15,000 EUR (US $17,000) – plus a number of important international performance invitations.

The 2018 violin jury comprises: Pierre Amoyal (President), Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Viktor Tretyakov, Remus Azoiţei, Agustin León Ara, Salvatore Accardo, Pavel Vernikov, Eduard Schmieder and Silvia Marcovici.

Previous major prize winners include: Silvia Marcovici, Philip Hirshchhorn – and VC Artists Alexandra Conunova and Fedor Rudin.