Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition VIOLIN 2012 - Candidates announced

March 29, 2012 at 7:04 AM

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

From Simon Streuff
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:02 PM

Artiom Shishkov is an amazing violinist and artist, I heard him 6 years ago in hannover Joachim Competition, wich will be again this year also, I could not believe he didn't make it in final round... wrong jury maybe pushing their own students. I wish him best luck!
Petteri IIvonen is also amazing, he made second place in Sibelius competition. He played flawless, but to me not that appealing, still he deserves a first price sometimes!
Emma Steele played very good in the first and second round of Sibelius competition but failed in the finales. Maybe she didn't expect to get that far. I liked her playing. Great technique and bright sharp sound. She played a Vuillaume as far as I remember. i wish her best luck too. Aswell as any other participant I don't know. They are really going through something :D

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