Candidates Announced for Vienna's 2018 Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition

The opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition

The opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition – to be held in Vienna, Austria from the 20th to 30th of September, 2018.

The 2018 opening-round candidates are:

• Roman Reshetkin
• Arthur Rusanovsky
• Cristian Ruscior
• Yoanna Ruseva
• Antonia Schöner
• Haruna Shinoyama
• Takatoshi Sugiyama
• Paolo Tagliamento 
• Ririko Takagi
• Avraham Tirfe
• Natsumi Tsuboi
• Janay Tulenova
• Brieuc Vourch
• Lara Weber
• Jaewon Wee
• Hikaru Yonezaki
• Rino Yoshimoto
• Alexander Zayranov
• Martin Zayranov
• Ribon Aida
• Milan Al-Ashhab
• Christ. Tun Andersen
• Yurina Arai
• Leonid Baranov
• Leon Blekh
• Gennaro Cardaropoli
• Clémence de Forceville
• Michael Germer
• Ivan Glebov
• Anna Göckel
• Marie-Astrid Hulot
• Adrian Ibáñez-Resjan
• Sarah Jégou-Sageman
• Lorenz Karls
• Joanna Kasperczyk
• Maria Kouznetsova
• Philipp Krylov
• Alice Lee
• Paul Kropfitsch
• Luka Ljubaj
• Alexandra Lomeiko
• Hong Kiu Mak
• Michiru Matsuyama
• Chiril Maximov
• Ulisse Mazzon
• Daichi Nakamura
• Ririko Noborisaka
• Yukari Ohno
• Eunsley  Park
• Soo-Hyun Park
• Matous Peruska
• Tami Pohjola

Open to violinists of any nationality aged 29 years or younger who are ready to embark on an international career, the 2018 1st prize winner will receive USD $13,000, a solo performance invitation with the Vienna Philharmonic – plus a number of important concert engagements and CD recording opportunities.

Previous major prize winners include: VC Artists William Hagen, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky and Sergey Khachatryan

The 2018 jury will comprise: Xiang Chen, Roland Daugareil, Erich Gruenberg, Clemens Hellsberg, Joseph  Kim, Yair Kless, Sergey Kravchenko, Machie Oguri, Jan Pospichal, Dora Schwarzberg, Ulf Wallin and Laurie Smukler.