Semi-Finalists Announced at Queen Elisabeth Competition – Including 4 VC ‘Young Artists’

The 24 Semi-Finalists, have just minutes ago, been announced at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition – including 4 VC ‘Young Artists’.

This year’s Semi-Finalists are:

• VC 'Young Artist' Stephen Waarts from United States/Holland
• VC 'Young Artist' William Hagen from the United States
• VC 'Young Artist' Suyeon Kang from Australia
• VC 'Young Artist' Tobias Feldmann from Germany
• William Ching‐Yi Wei from Taiwan
• Ji Yoon Lee from South Korea
• Brendan Shea the United States
• Thomas Reif from Germany
• Matsuyama Michiru from Japan
• Ji Won Song from South Korea
• Fumika Mohri from Japan
• Kenneth Renshaw from the United States
• Solenne Païdassi from France
• Rosanne Philippens from Holland
• Bomsori Kim from South Korea
• Vladyslava Luchenko from the Ukraine
• Oleksii Semenenko from the Ukraine
• Ji Young Lim from South Korea
• Wang Xiao from China
• Yang Yoon from South Korea
• Wong Momo from Japan/United States
• Elly Suh from the United States
• George Tudorache from Romania
• Kristi Gjezi from France

For the Semi-Final round, each candidate will present a 40 minute recital, including Ysaye's 4th Solo Sonata and this year's set work 'Recitativo' by Baltakas Vykintas – plus a Mozart Violin Concerto, performed with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie.

12 finalists will progress to the Final round – to be held from 25th-30th May.

Widely respected as one of the most prestigious and coveted classical music accolades, the 1st prize winner will receive 25,000 Euro (USD$31,000), a CD recording, a number of international concert engagements and the 3 year use of the ‘Huggins’ Stradivarius – on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

Live webstreaming of the Semi Final and Final rounds will be available.

You won’t miss a beat!

PICTURED: 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition Semi-Finalists, VC 'Young Artists' Stephen Waarts, William Hagen and Suyeon Kang.