Musical Education
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Principal Teachers
Paul Kantor, Arkady Fomin

Awards
First Prize North International Music Competition (2018); First Prize Mika Hasler Young Artist Competition (2015)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Ciaccona from Partita No 2
Paganini: Caprice No 24 from Caprices Op 1
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Lutoslawski: Subito

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Grieg: Sonata No 3, Op 45
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in E major Op 27 No 6

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K515

Final Round
Sibelius: Concerto in D minor

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Supported by Denver & Prue Olde

Musical Education
Hochschule für Music “Hanns Eisler” Berlin, Universität der Künste Berlin

Principal Teachers
Ulf Wallin, Tomasz Tomaszewski

Awards
Laureate, Special Jury Prize Victor Tretyakov International Violin Competition (2018); Second Prize Anton Rubinstein International Competition Dusseldorf (2017)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini: Caprice No 13 from Caprices Op 1
Albeniz (arr Kreisler): Tango Op 165 No 2
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in D minor Op 27 No 3 (Ballade)

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Brahms: Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108
Ravel: Tzigane 

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Shostakovich: Concerto in A minor Op 99

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Supported by:

Musical Education
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts

Principal Teachers
Boris Kuschnir, Gyorgy Pauk

Awards
Third Prize Louis Spohr Violin Competition (2013); Second Prize David Oistrakh Violin Competition (2009)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Ciaccona from Partita No 2
Paganini: Caprice No 21 from Caprices Op 1
Sibelius (arr M Press): Nocturne Op 51 No 3
Bloch Baal Shem: B.47, Nigun

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Brahms: Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Shostakovich: Concerto in A minor Op 99

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Supported by Graham Family Foundation

Musical Education
Curtis Institute of Music, Middle School of the Central Conservatory in Beijing, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Principal Teachers
Shmuel Ashkenasi, Aaron Rosand, Vera Weiling Tsu, Michael James Ma

Awards
First Prize and Best Concerto Prize Louis Spohr Violin Competition (2016); Third Prize Andrea Postacchini Competition Junior Division (2008)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini: Caprice No 17 from Caprices Op 1
Chopin (arr Milstein): Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in G major Op 27 No 5

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Grieg: Sonata No 3, Op 45
Ravel: Tzigane

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major, K614

Final Round
Sibelius: Concerto in D minor

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Supported by Adam Foundation

Musical Education
Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School

Principal Teachers
Sylvia Rosenberg, Nicholas Mann, Joel Smirnoff, Masao Kawasaki, Cho-Liang Lin

Awards
First Prize ECSO Instrumental Competition (2019); Third Prize Schadt String Competition (2018); Third Prize Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition (2016)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini: Caprice No 1 from Caprices Op 1
Gershwin (arr Heifetz): Prelude No 2
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in G minor Op 27 No 1 (movements 3 and 4)

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Brahms: Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108
Bartók: Rhapsody No 1

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Brahms: Concerto in D major

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Supported by Becroft Foundation

Musical Education
Kronberg Academy, CIT Cork School of Music, Ireland, CNR de Nantes, France, Bermuda School of Music

Principal Teachers
Mihaela Martin, Adrian Petcu, Constantin Serban, Jyrki Pietila

Awards
Third Prize and Prize for the best interpretation of a virtuoso work Louis Spohr International Violin Competition, Germany (2016); First Prize Jeunesses Musicales Violin Competition, Romania (2012)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini: Caprice No 21 from Caprices Op 1
Elgar: La capricieuse Op 17
Mozart: Violin Sonata No 20 in C major, K303

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Janaček: Sonata for violin and piano
Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante No 2 in A major, Op 21

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in D major, K593

Final Round
Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D major

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Supported by:

Musical Education
Royal Academy of Music (from September 2019)

Principle Teachers
Paul Wright, Semyon Kobets

Awards
Second Prize Osaka International Music Competition (2017); Finalist National Youth Concerto Competition (2017); Finalist and Winner of “Best Performance of a Commissioned Australian Work” Prize Kendall National Violin Competition (2017)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini: Caprice No 10 from Caprices Op 1
Tchaikovsky: Melodie in E-flat major (from Souvenier d’un lieu cher) Op 42
Waxman: Carmen Fantasie 

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Grieg: Sonata No 3, Op 45
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in D minor Op 27 No 3 (Ballade)

 Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K515

Final Round
Sibelius: Concerto in D minor

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Supported by:

Musical Education
Curtis Institute of Music, Yewon School

Principal Teachers
Shmuel Ashkenasi, So-ock Kim

Awards
Semi-finalist Windsor Festival International String Competition (2019); Laureate of Victor Tretyakov International Violin Competition (2018); Semi-finalist Menuhin International Violin Competition (2016)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 1 in G minor
Paganini: Caprice No 17 from Caprices Op 1
Tchaikovsky: Melodie in E-flat major (from Souvenir d’un lieu cher) Op 42
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in E major Op 27 No 6

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Grieg: Sonata No 3, Op 45
Chausson: Poème Op 25

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Sibelius: Concerto in D minor

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Supported by Graeme & Di Edwards

Musical Education
College of Charleston, Attached Middle School of Wuhan Conservatory of Music

Principal Teachers
Leechin Siow, Cheng Xiong

Awards
Grand Prize Ronald Sachs International Music Competition (2018); First Prize Cremona International Music Festival Competition (2015)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 1 in G minor
Paganini: Caprice No 17 from Caprices Op 1
Chopin (arr Milstein): Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in E major Op 27 No 6

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Beethoven: Sonata No 7 Op 30, No 2
Waxman: Carmen Fantasy

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major

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Supported by Lipner Partners LP

Musical Education
Juilliard School

Principal Teachers
Ronald Copes, Joel Smirnoff

Awards
First Prize Hudson Valley String Competition (2019); Semi-finalist Washington International Competition (2018); Second Prize Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition (2016); Semi-finalist Schoenfeld International String Competition (2016)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 1 in G minor
Paganini: Caprice No 1 from Caprices Op 1
Elgar: Salut d’Amour Op 12
Ernst: Grand Caprice on Schubert’s “Erlkönig”, Op 26
Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, Op 28

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano
Wieniawski: Theme original varie, Op 15

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K515

Final Round
Brahms: Concerto in D major

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Supported by Jim & Helen Hannan

Musical Education
Curtis Institute of Music

Principal Teachers
Shmuel Ashkenasi, Ida Kavafian, Sergiu Schwartz, Jeffrey Flaniken

Awards
Semifinalist Menuhin Competition (2018); First Prize New York International Artists Violin Competition (2014)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 3 in C major
Paganini: Caprice No 5 from Caprices Op 1
Sibelius: Romance Op 78, No 2
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in D minor Op 27 No 3 (Ballade)

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Fauré: Sonata No 1 in A major Op 13
Wieniawski: Faust Fantasy, Op 20

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Shostakovich: Concerto in A minor Op 99

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Supported by John Boscawen

Musical Education
Hochschule für Musik ”Hanns Eisler” Berlin, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg im Breisgau, Mozarteum Salzburg

Principal Teachers
Feng Ning, Rainer Kussmaul, Igor Ozim, Boris Kuschnir

Awards
First Prize Concourso Andrea Postacchini (2014); First Prize Louis Spohr International Violin Competition (2013); First Prize Paul Hindemith International Violin Competition Berlin (2011)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 1 in G minor
Paganini: Caprice No 7 from Caprices Op 1
Elgar: Salut d’Amour Op 12
Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo
Clara Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano Op 22

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Grieg: Sonata No 3, Op 45
Milstein: Paganiniana 

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in D major, K593

Final Round
Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D major

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Supported by Anonymous

Musical Education
Australian National Academy of Music, Graz Kunst-Universität, Robert McDuffie Center For Strings, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Principal Teachers
Robin Wilson, Boris Kuschnir, David Kim, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Alice Waten, Peter Zhang

Awards
Finalist ABC Young Performers Awards (2013); First Prize National Youth Concerto Competition (2012)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Allemanda, Double, Corrente and Double from Partita No 1 in B minor
Paganini: Caprice No 21 from Caprices Op 1
Chopin (arr Milstein): Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Krzystof Penderecki: Cadenza for Viola Solo (arr. for Violin by Christiane Edinger)

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Brahms: Sonata No 2 in A major Op 100
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Sibelius: Concerto in D minor

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Supported by Don & Jan Spary

Musical Education
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

Principal Teachers
Mikyung Lee, Sonja Korkeala, Kirill Troussov

Awards
First Prize Fanny Mendelssohn Preis (2017); Special Prize Wettbewerb um den Kulturkreis Gasteig (2016); Second Prize Instrumentenwettbewerb der Hochschule München (2014)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 1 in G minor
Paganini: Caprice No 24 from Caprices Op 1
Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale Op 51 No 6
“Those were the days” (a Russian folk song)
“I’ve met you / Mama“ (a Russian folk song)

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Brahms: Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108
Ravel: Tzigane

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in G minor, K516

Final Round
Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D major

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Supported by Peter Wilson & Gerda McGechan

Musical Education
Universität der Künste Berlin, Hochschule für Music “Hanns Eisler” Berlin

Principal Teachers
Nora Chastain, Ulf Wallin, Jörg Faßmann, Goetz Richter

Awards
Third Prize International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists (2018); First Prize XXV Violin Competition of the Ibolyka-Gyarfas-Foundation (2017); Best interpretation of the compulsory work by Sören Nils Eichberg, International Max Rostal Competition (2015)

Repertoire
Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Grave and Fuga from Sonata No 2 in A minor
Paganini: Caprice No 11 from Caprices Op 1
Albeniz (arr Kreisler): Tango Op 165 No 2
Ernst: Der Erlkönig

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano
Wieniawski: Faust Fantasy, Op 20

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K515

Final Round
Bartók: Concerto No 2

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Supported by

Musical Education
The Juilliard School, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Principle Teachers
Ida Kavafian, Ivan Chan, Michael Ma

Awards
First Prize Hudson Valley String Competition (2018)

Second Prize Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition (2013) 

Quarter-final Round I
Bach: Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No 1 in G minor
Paganini: Caprice No 5 from Caprices Op 1
Tchaikovsky: Melodie in E-Flat major (from Souvenier d’un lieu cher) Op 42
Wieniawski: Faust Fantasy, Op 20

Quarter-final Round II
Cresswell: Chatoyance
Franck: Sonata in A major
Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin in D minor Op 27 No 3 (Ballade)

Semi-final Round III
Mozart: Quintet in C major, K515

Final Round
Prokofieff: Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63

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Supported by Wayne Boyd & Annie Clarke Foundation