Semifinalists Named in 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover

October 18, 2018, 2:21 AM · Congratulations to the 12 semi-finalists named Wednesday in the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover, Germany!

2018 Semi-Finalists in the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover. Photo by Helge Krueckeberg.

They are:

Timothy Chooi of Canada
Leonard Fu of Germany
Rennosuke Fukuda of Japan
Yuichiro Fukuda of Japan
Mayumi Kanagawa of the United States
Cosima Soulez Larivière of France/Netherlands
Anna Lee of the United States
Youjin Lee of South Korea
Mathilde Milwidsky of Great Britain
Seiji Okamoto of Japan
Olga Šroubková of Czech Republic
Dmytro Udovychenko of Ukraine

Below is the live feed for the competition (come back later to view, if it is not currently live):

Click here for the semi-finals schedule and click here to find archived videos from previous rounds.

The competition began on Oct. 11 with 32 participants from 15 countries. Semifinals begin today, with each violinist required to present an hour-long chamber music program, with repertoire selected by each participant, plus a required contemporary piece, "Hauch" by Rebecca Saunders. Participants also are to perform an encore of their choice, which they will first introduce to the audience. Finalists will be announced Oct. 21 with winners announced Oct. 26 and the competition ending with a Winners Gala Concert on Oct. 27.

Jury members for the 2018 Hannover competition include Salvatore Accardo, Andrej Bielow, Tanja Dorn, Masafumi Hori, Kyung Sun Lee, Matthias Ilkenhans, Silvia Marcovici, Qian Zhou, Ulf Schneider, Vilmos Szabadi, Pavel Vernikov and Krzysztof Wegrzyn.

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