Candidates Announced for Paris' 2018 Long Thibaud Crespin International Violin Comp

The 49 opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Long Thibaud Crespin International Violin Competition 

The 49 opening-round candidates have today been announced for the 2018 Long Thibaud Crespin International Violin Competition – to be held in Paris, France from the 2nd to 10th of November, 2018.

The 2018 opening-round candidates are:

• Ribon Aida (Japan)
• Misako Akama (Japan)
• Christina Brabetz (Germany)
• Elina Buksha (Latvia)
• I-Hao Cheng (Taiwan)
• Kana Egashira (Japan)
• Clémence De Forceville (France)
• Hiromi Fukuda (Japan)
• Grégoire Girard (France)
• Anna Göckel (France)
• Lusine Harutyunyan (Armenia)
• Marie-Astrid Hulot (France)
• Mayuko Ishigami (Japan)
• Yoko Ishikura (Japan)
• Yiying Jiang (China)
• Jakub Junek (Czech Republic)
• Mayumi Kanagawa (United States)
• Honoka Kishimoto (Japan)
• Chisa Kitagawa (Japan)
• Rachel Koblyakov (United States)
• Daniel Kogan (Russia/Canada)
• Oleksandr Korniev (Ukraine)
• Agnes Langer (Hungary)
• Anna Lee (United States)
• Jaeook Lee (South Korea)
• Wooil Lee (South Korea)
• Thomas Lefort (France)
• Léo Marillier (France)
• Raphaëlle Moreau (France)
• Yukino Nakamura (Japan)
• Mayu Nihei (Japan)
• Kyoko Ogawa (Japan)
• Kyoko Ogawa (Japan)
• Shuichi Okada (France)
• Mayu Ozeki (Japan)
• Ashley Park (United States)
• Ganghyeon Park (South Korea)
• Taejun Park (South Korea)
• David Petrlik (France)
• Aoi Saito (Japan)
• Anna Savkina (Russia)
• Dmitry Smirnov (Russia)
• Louisa Staples (United Kingdom)
• Ryosuke Suho (Japan)
• Alican Süner (Turkey)
• Diana Tishchenko (Ukraine)
• Eimi Wakui (Japan)
• Wendi Wang (China)
• Arata Yumi (Japan)

Open to international violinists under 30 years of age who are ready to embark on an international career, the 1st prize winner will receive €25,000 - plus a number of important concert engagements.

The 2018 jury will comprise: Renaud Capuçon (President), Alena Baeva, Kolja Blacher, James Ehnes, Martin Engstroem, Linda Gourdjia, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Guillaume Sutre, Akiko Suwanai, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Maxim Vengerov and Qian Zhou.

2018 LONG THIBAUD CRESPIN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OPENING-ROUND CANDIDATE, DIANA TISCHCHENKO FROM UKRAINE