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Semi-finalists announced in the 2018 Primrose International Viola Competition

June 13, 2018, 9:24 PM · Congratulations to the semi-finalists announced Wednesday in the Primrose International Viola Competition!

These eight violists will continue tomorrow with in the semi-final round:

• Zoë Martin-Koike, 27 of the U.S.
• Mathis Rochat, 23 of France/Switzerland
• Erika Gray, 22 of the U.S.
• Hae-Sue Lee, 18 of South Korea
• Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, 22 of the U.K.
• Sarina Zickgraf, 26 of Germany
• Daniel Orsen, 23 of the U.S.
• Tobias Reifland, 23 of Germany

If you wish to watch the Primrose competition, the rounds will be live-streamed and archived on the Primrose competition's Facebook page (click here).

Winners in the American Viola Society Festival Youth Solo Competition were also announced Wednesday.

Junior Division (age 14 and under)

• First prize: Davin Mar
• Second prize: Lawrence Chai
• Honorable Mention: Zoe Campbell

Senior Division (ages 15-18)

• First prize: Sophia Choate
• Second prize: Sophia Ines Valentine
• Second prize: Joseph Skerick

(two second prizes were awarded)

Collegiate Division (ages 19-25)

• First prize: Rachel Halvorson
• Second prize: Tik Yan Joyce Tseng
• Honorable Mention: Sarah Hamrin

AVS Orchestral Audition Seminar Prizes

• First prize: Rachel Halvorson
• Second prize: Alexa Sangbin Thomson
• Third prize: Megan Wright

You might also like:

• Our complete coverage of the American Viola Society Festival and Primrose Competition
• Primrose International Viola Competition and American Viola Society Festival 2018 To Take Place This Week in Los Angeles
• Jonah Sirota's 'Strong Sad': the Viola as an Instrument of Sadness

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