Candidates Announced for Hungary's 2018 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition

The 49 opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition

The 49 opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition – to be held in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary from the 3rd to the 10th of June.

The 2018 opening round candidates are:

• Anette Agárdi (Hungary)
• Milan Al-Ashhab (Czech Republic)
• Pierre José-Alvarez (France)
• Camille Bughin (Belgium)
• Larissa Cidlinsky (Germany)
• Vilmos Csikós (Hungary)
• Katalin Sára Deàk (Hungary)
• Eszter Doffkay (Hungary)
• Stefano Farulli (Italy-Germany)
• Eryu Feng (China)
• Eszter Gaál (Hungary)
• Anna Gál-Tamási (Hungary)
• Anna Gertsel (Russia-Germany)
• Johanna Gläsel (Germany)
• Boglárka Gÿorgy (Hungary)
• Hayato Ishibashi (United States)
• Dalma Józsa (Hungary)
• Lorenz Karls (Austria)
• Mariko Katatani (Japan)
• Mana Kobayashi (Japan)
• Eszter Kökény (Hungary)
• Maya Levy (Belgium)
• Ke Li (China)
• Gyeong Ye Lim (Korea)
• Miranda Liu (United States)
• Ruta Mazolyte (Lithuania)
• Eveline Meier (Switzerland)
• Dániel Mészöly (Hungary)
• David Mirzoev  (Czech Republic)
• Yvonne Zita Molnár (Hungary-Germany)
• Haruka Nagao (Japan)
• Areg Navasardyan (Armenia)
• Èva Osztrosits (Hungary)
• Marija Radovanovic (Serbia)
• Joseph Patrick Rafter (Ireland)
• Ottilia Revoczky (Hungary)
• Andrej Roszyk (Austria)
• Alexis Roussine (France)
• Yoanna Ruseva (Bulgaria)
• Christian Sebastianutto (Italy)
• Máté Soós (Hungary)
• Louisa Staples (Great Britain)
• Mátyás János Stark (Hungary)
• Alberto Stiffoni (Italy)
• Misaki Tanaka (Japan)
• Julia Turnovsky (Austria)
• Oszkár Varga (Hungary)
• Eimi Wakui (Japan)
• Julian Walder (Austria)

Open to European-based violinists 30 years and younger, previous 1st prize winners include VC Young Artist Lara Boschkor.

The 2018 jury will comprise: Eszter Perényi (President), Márta Ábrahám, Jurgis Dvarionas, Frantisek Novotny, and Michael Vaiman.

VC YOUNG ARTIST LARA BOSCHKOR | TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO | 3RD MVT | 2013 CARL FLESCH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE | 13 YEARS OLD

PICTURED: 2013 CARL FLESCH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION 1ST PRIZE WINNER, VC YOUNG ARTIST LARA BOSCHKOR