Candidates Announced for Düsseldorf's 2018 Anton Rubinstein International Viola Comp

The 20 final round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Anton Rubinstein International Viola Competition

The 20 final round candidates have today been announced for the 2018 Anton Rubinstein International Viola Competition – to be held in Düsseldorf, from the 7th to the 8th of April.

The 20 final round candidates are:

• Joachim Angster (France)
• Momoko Aritomi (Japan)
• Victoria Bernath (Great Britain)
• Lina-Marie Däunert (Germany)
• Hilary Gamble (United States)
• Alba González i Becerra (Spain)
• Se Ho Ha (South Korea)
• Heloise Houze (France)
• Kei Ito (Japan)
• Claudio Laureti (Italy)
• Sangji Park (South Korea)
• Haeun Park (South Korea)
• Denizsu Polat (Turkey)
• Nina Popotnig (Austria)
• Dor Sperber (Israel)
• Sebastian Steinhilber (Germany)
• Dmitriy Stupishin (Russia)
• Otoha Tabata (Japan)
• Daniele Valabrega (Italy)
• Assia Weissmann (Russia)

Hosted by the Anton Rubinstein International Music Academy, and open to violists of any age or nationality, the 1st prize winner will receive €750 – and the one-year loan of a Friedrich Wilhelm Knopf fine viola bow. 

The 2018 jury will comprise: Yury Bondarev, Friedemann Hecker and Alexander Zemtsov.