Candidates Announced for Long Thibaud Crespin International Violin Competition

The 43 opening round candidates have today been announced for the 2014 Long Thibaud Crespin International Violin Competiition, in Paris.

The 2014 candidates are:

VC 'Young Artist' Hrachya Avanesyan (28, Armenia)
Misako Akama (21, Japan)
Naoka Aoki (22, Japan)
Christina Bouey (26, Canada)
Ekaterini irini Chatzinikolaou (24, Greece)
Davide De Ascaniis (23, Italy)
Clémence De Forceville (23, France)
Hildegarde Fesneau (19, France)
Akiyo Fujiwara (23, Japan)
Francisco Garcia Fullana (24, Spain)
Iryna Gintova (24, Ukraine)
Kristi Gjezi (24, France)
Victoria Gusachenko (26, Ukraine)
You-Jung Han (26, South Korea)
Ui-Youn Hong (27, South Korea)
Florin Silviu Iliescu (29, Germany-Romania)
Fabiola Kim (23, USA)
Hahnsol Kim (22, USA)
Hiromi Kodama (26, Japan)
Andrei Kuznetcov (24, Russia)
Da Kyung Kwak (25, South Korea)
Sabine Lehr (24, Germany)
Misa Mamiya (19, Japan)
Kyung Ji Min (19, South Korea)
David Petrlik (19, France)
Aylen Pritchin (27, Russia)
Michelle Ross (26, USA)
Joo Yeon Sir (24, Great Britain)
Artiom Shishkov (30, Belarus)
Reina Shibutani (21, Japan)
Friederike Starkloff (24, Germany)
Elly Suh (25, USA)
Mai Suzuki (25, Japan)
Kelly Talim (19, USA)
Anna Tarley (23, USA)
Gabriel Tchalik (25, France)
George Tudorache (27, Romania)
Joana Valentinaviciute (30, Lithuania)
Eimi Wakui (22, Japan)
Yoon Jung Yang (29, South Korea)
Sulki Yu (29, South Korea)
Laura Zarina (27, Latvia)

The competition will run from the 15th to the 20th November – with the 1st prize winner to receive €25 000 (US $31,000) and a number of prestigious solo European engagements.

This year's jury is: Salvatore Accardo (Italy), Alena Baeva (Russia), Eduard Grach (Russia), Joseph Silverstein (United States), Kyoko Takesawa (Japan), Paul Hugues (Great Britain), Mauro Bucarelli (Italy), Alexander Markov (USA), Genevieve Laurenceau (France), Gerard Causse (France) and Phillippe Graffin (France).

The Violin Channel will keep you abreast of the results as the rounds progress.