September 6, 2006 at 10:41 PM
This just in from the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis:Sixteen violinists, chosen from a field of 45 who performed during four days of Preliminaries, have advanced to the Semi-finals round of the 7th Quadrennial Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Eight countries remain represented among the sixteen violinists, with three violinists from the United States. In a competition field heavily represented by women, only one man has advanced, Augustin Hadelich of Germany.Saeka Matsuyama
Japanese, F, age 25
Thurs., Sept. 7, 7:30 PMDaniela Shtereva
Bulgarian, F, age 27
Thurs., Sept. 7, 9:00 PMSimone Lamsma
Dutch, F, age 20
Fri., Sept. 8, 1:00 PMZhijiong Wang
Chinese, F, age 23
Fri., Sept. 8, 2:30 PMRyoko Yano
Japanese, F, age 24
Fri., Sept. 8, 7:30 PMMiki Kobayashi
Japanese, F, age 16
Fri., Sept. 8, 9:00 PMYura Lee
Korean, F, age 21
Sat., Sept. 9, 9:00 AMYe-Eun Choi
Korean, F, age 18
Sat., Sept. 9, 10:30 PMJinjoo Cho
Korean, F, age 18
Sat., Sept. 9, 12:15 PMBella Hristova
Bulgarian, F, age 20
Sun., Sept. 10, 9:00 AMShion Minami
Japanese, F, age 16
Sun., Sept. 10, 10:30 AMAugustin Hadelich
German, M, age 22
Sun., Sept. 10, 12:15 PMEunice Keem
American, F, age 22
Mon., Sept. 11, 1:00 PMCeleste Golden
American, F, age 22
Mon., Sept. 11, 2:30 PMStephanie Jeong
American, F, age 19
Mon., Sept. 11, 7:30 PMAnna Tifu
Italian, F, age 20
Mon., Sept. 11, 9:00 PMThe Preliminary Round featured solo works by Bach, Paganini and an accompanied encore work. These sixteen semi-finalists will now progress to the second round of public performances featuring sonatas by Beethoven and the compulsory piece by Bright Sheng, which was commissioned by the Competition.
The next announcement of the six finalists will be made on Monday night, September 11 at approximately 11 p.m. from the stage of the Indiana Historical Society. These six violinists will perform concertos by Mozart or Haydn with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra on September 13 and 14 at the DeHaan Fine Arts Center on the campus of the University of Indianapolis. The Finalists will then perform a concerto from the 19th or 20th centuries with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Stern.
The medalist’s awards ceremony will be held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral on Sunday, September 17 at 5:00 p.m.
To hear and view Competition performances live, log on to www.violin.org for the liveeaming webcast. WFYI 90.1 FM radio will also broadcast the entire Semi-Finals. Archived performances of all the Preliminaries are available online. Tickets are still available for all rounds of competition by calling (317)639-4300.
Thanks, Laurie. That was a lot more helpful than anything I could find on the violin.org website.
Corinne Chapelle
Jinjoo Cho
Ye-Eun Choi
Gu Wen-Lei
Mayuko Kamio
Ji-Yoon Park
and Elizaveta Schnayder.
"Finally, a guy," remarked jury president André Bourbeau in French, to the audience's laughter, before announcing the name of Marcus Tanneberger.
Clearly, girls are just wrapping up their takeover of the entire violin world. :-)
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