Candidates Announced for Korea’s IsangYun International Cello Competition

The candidates have been announced for the 2018 IsangYun International Cello Competition

The 26 opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 IsangYun International Cello Competition – to be held in Tongyeong, South Korea from the 28th of October to the 3rd of November, 2018.

The 26 opening-round candidates are:

• Saebom Byun (Korea)
• Ye Lin Stella Cho (Korea/UK)
• Yehjin Chun (Korea)
• Yoonhye Chung (Korea)
• Woochan Jeong (Korea)
• Gaeun Kim (Korea)
• James Jeonghwan Kim (Korea)
• Sol Daniel Kim (Austria)
• Christine Jeong Hyoun Lee (Korea)
• Dongyeol Lee (Korea)
• Hoe Chan Lee (Korea)
• Sang Eun Lee (Korea)
• Antonin Musset (France)
• JeongHeon Nam (Korea)
• Yurina Nam (Korea)
• Richard Narroway (Australia)
• Gunwoo Park (Korea)
• Sunggeun Karl Park (Korea)
• Florian Pons (France)
• Albert Seo (Canada)
• Chan Young Seo (Korea)
• Lev Sivkov (Russia)
• Grace Sohn (Canada) 
• Anton Spronk (Switzerland/Netherlands)
• Alejandro Viana (Spain)
• Kristina Winiarski (Sweden)

Open to international cellists aged between 15 and 30, the 1st prize winner will receive KRW 30,000,000 (USD $27,000) – plus a number of important debut opportunities.

The 2018 jury will comprise: Myungwha Chung (Chair), Kangho Lee, Jian Wang, Ko Iwasaki, Alexander Knyazev, Paul Katz, Valentin Erben, Luigi Piovano and Anssi Karttunen.