Semi-Finalists Named in Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians

September 16, 2017, 2:41 PM · Congratulations to the 32 violinists and 34 pianists who advanced to the semi-finals last week in the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians!

Violinist Ziyu He, a First Prize winner in the 2015 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, performed in the opening concert on Sept. 5.

The competition, held in Zhuhai, China, began Tuesday with 114 young musicians from 20 countries. They are competing in three different age categories: 12 and under (Group A); ages 13 through 16 (Group B); and ages 17 through 23 (Group C). A separate group of prizes (first, second and third) will be awarded for each separate age category (Here is a list of the prizes. )

Violinists chosen for the semi-finals are:

Group A (12 and under):

Jiachen Cao, 11, of China
Chloe Chua, 10, of Singapore
Junxi Li, 11, of China
Yaokun Li, 11, of China
Adam Michael Liley, 12, of Poland/United Kingdom
Clara Shen, 12, of Germany
Jingyi Wang, 11, of China
Shihan Wang, 12, of China
Xiaozhuo Wang, 10, of China
Jinan Woo, 10, of South Korea
Muyang Wu, 11, of China
Jingyun Zhang, 12, of China

Group B (Ages 13 through 16)

María Dueñas Fernández, 14, of Spain
Xunyue Zhang, 13, of China
Antoni Ingielewicz, 16, of Poland
Sophia Su, 16, of USA/Macau
Miyu Kitsuwa, 16, of Japan
Erik Zhen Mayr, 16, of Austria
Hongfei Lyu, 16, of China
Marley Erickson, 14, of United States
Xinyi Zhang, 16, of Belgium
Changling Fan, 15, of China
Chaowen Luo, 16, of China

Group C (Ages 17 through 23)

Mizuki Chiba, 21, of Japan
Yiying Jiang, 19, of China
Oleksandr Korniev, 23, of Ukraine
Zixiang Lin, 18, of China
Yiming Liu, 17, of China
Tianlong Mai, 22, of China
Carla-Inés Marrero Martínez, 22, of Spain
Gabriel Ng, 22, of Singapore
Wendi Wang, 19, of China

The second round will take place today through Monday, with Finals Tuesday through Sept. 23. Finals will be live-streamed; to find the live-streaming schedule and links, click here.

Jury members for the violin section include Paul Roczek, Friedemann Eichhorn, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Harald Eggebrecht, Ani Schnarch, Akiko Tatsumi, Weidong Tong and Lina Yu.

The competition is co-hosted by Zhuhai International Culture Association and the University Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria.

Click here to listen to the opening concert.

Replies

Jacob Sumner

September 17, 2017 at 03:01 AM · Didn't Ziyu He win the senior part of the Menuhin Competition?

Laurie Niles

September 17, 2017 at 07:13 AM · He did, last year! That was the 2016 Menuhin Competitiion. Here is the Wikipedia entry on Ziyu, also. He was performing in the opening concert for this competition, which he won in 2015.