VIOLIN 2012 – 88 candidates have been selected to participate in the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition, which will be held April 30 to June 14 in Belgium.
For an alphabetical listing of the candidates, please go to this page: http://www.violinist.com/blog/hugodepril/20123/13315/
The candidates represent 29 nationalities, with 45 women and 43 men. (Double nationalities are marked with *)
Albania (1*)
Mr Ermir Abeshi*
Armenia (1*)
Mr Haik Kazazyan*
Argentina (1)
Mr Xavier Alejandro Inchausti
Australia (1)
Ms Harriet Langley
Austria (1)
Mr Yuuki Wong
Belarus (1)
Mr Artiom Shishkov
Belgium (4)
Mr Marc Bouchkov
Ms Claire Dassesse
Ms Jolente De Maeyer
Ms Eugenia Ryabinina
Bulgaria (1)
Ms Liya Petrova
Canada (3 + 1*)
Mr Nikki Chooi
Mr Boson Mo
Mr Stanislav Proin
Ms Michelle Ross*
China (6 + 1*)
Ms Chen Yi
Ms Lao Li
Mr Li Chi (Taiwan)
Mr Tseng Yu-Chien (Taiwan)
Mr Richard Lin*
Mr Yu Xiang
Ms Zhang Yuqing
Czech Republic (3)
Mr Matous Michal
Mr Simon Michal
Mr Josef Spacek
Estonia (1)
Ms Mari Poll
Finland (1)
Mr Petteri IIvonen
Greece (1*)
Mr Arsenis Selalmazidis*
France (7)
Mr Radu Bitica
Ms Louise Chisson
Mr Pierre Fouchenneret
Mr Kristi Gjezi
Ms Maria Milstein
Mr Julien Szulman
Mr Gabriel Tchalik
Germany (4 + 1*)
Ms Elena Graf*
Ms Lea Birringer
Ms Maria-Elisabeth Lott
Ms Friederike Starkloff
Mr Stefan Tarara
Japan (6)
Ms Aiko Kamishikiryo
Mr Yu Kurokawa
Mr Daichi Nakamura
Mr Tatsuki Narita
Ms Ami Oike
Ms Mai Suzuki
Kazachstan (1)
Mr Erzhan Kulibaev
Korea (15 + 1*)
Ms Cho GaHyun
Ms Cho Jinjoo
Ms Han Soojin*
Ms Jang Yoojin
Ms Kim Bomsori
Ms Kim Dami
Mr Kim Jaeyoung
Ms Kim Jee Won
Ms Kim Soh Yon
Mr Kim Young Uk
Mr Lee Hyun Woong
Ms Lee Marisol
Ms Lee Myung-Eun
Ms Shin Hyun Su
Ms Yang Jung Yoon
Ms Yu Sulki
Latvia (2)
Ms Elina Buksha
Ms Laura Zarina
The Netherlands (1)
Ms Birthe Blom
Norway (1*)
Mr Christopher Tun Andersen*
Poland (1)
Mr Jaroslaw Nadrzycki
Romania (1)
Mr Cristian Andrei Fatu
Russia (7 + 4*)
Mr Andrey Baranov
Mr Haik Kazazyan*
Mr Sergey Malov
Mr Igor Pikayzen*
Mr Aylen Pritchin
Mr Yury Revich
Mr Arsenis Selalmazidis*
Ms Lena Semenova
Mr Lev Solodovnikov
Ms Valentina Svyatlovskaya
Mr Christopher Tun Andersen*
Swiss (1*)
Ms Elena Graf*
United Kingdom (1*)
Ms Han Soojin*
USA (9 + 4*)
Mr Ermir Abeshi*
Ms Hannah Choi
Ms Stefani Collins
Ms Francesca dePasquale
Ms Fabiola Kim
Mr Richard Lin*
Mr Igor Pikayzen*
Ms Michelle Ross*
Ms Emma Steele
Mr Stephen Tavani
Mr Suliman Tekalli
Ms Esther Yoo
Ms Nancy Zhou
Ukraine (2)
Mr Oleksii Semenenko
Ms Diana Tishchenko
Candidates
A total of 88 candidates have been accepted for the first round of this year's violin competition - 45 women - 43 men. Their order of appearance in the first round will be published on this website on Friday night 27 April.
Candidates in alphabetical order:
Ermir Abeshi
Andrey Baranov
Lea Birringer
Radu Bitica
Birthe Blom
Marc Bouchkov
Elina Buksha
Chen Yi
Louise Chisson
Cho GaHyun
Cho Jinjoo
Hannah Choi
Arthur (Nikki) Chooi
Stefani Collins
Claire Dassesse
Jolente De Maeyer
Francesca dePasquale
Cristian Andrei Fatu
Pierre Fouchenneret
Kristi Gjezi
Elena Graf
Han Soojin
Petteri Iivonen
Xavier Alejandro Inchausti
Jang Yoojin
Aiko Kamishikiryo
Haik Kazazyan
Kim Bomsori
Kim Dami
Fabiola Kim
Kim Jaeyoung
Kim Jee Won
Kim Soh Yon
Kim Young Uk
Erzhan Kulibaev
Yu Kurokawa
Harriet Langley
Lao Li
Lee Hyun Woong
Marisol Lee
Lee Myung-Eun
Li Chi
Richard Lin
Maria-Elisabeth Lott
Sergey Malov
Matous Michal
Simon Michal
Maria Milstein
Boson Mo
Jaroslaw Nadrzycki
Daichi Nakamura
Tatsuki Narita
Ami Oike
Liya Petrova
Igor Pikayzen
Mari Poll
Aylen Pritchin
Stanislav Pronin
Yury Revich
Michelle Ross
Eugenia Ryabinina
Arsenis Selalmazidis
Oleksii Semenenko
Lena Semenova
Shin Hyun Su
Artiom Shishkov
Lev Solodovnikov
Josef Spacek
Friederike Starkloff
Emma Steele
Mai Suzuki
Valentina Svyatlovskaya
Julien Szulman
Stefan Tarara
Stephen Tavani
Gabriel Tchalik
Suliman Tekalli
Diana Tishchenko
Tseng Yu-Chien
Christopher Tun Andersen
Yuuki Wong
Jang Jung Yoon
Esther Yoo
Yu Sulki
Yu Xiang
Laura Zarina
Zhang Yuqing
Nancy Zhou
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