Semi-Finalists Announced at South Korea's Seoul International Violin Competition

The 12 candidates progressing to the semi-final stage of the 2018 Seoul International Violin Competition have been announced

The 12 candidates progressing to the semi-final stage of the 2018 Seoul International Violin Competition, in Seoul, South Korea, have today been announced.

The 2018 semi-finalists are:

• June Jeong (South Korea)
• Donghyun Kim (South Korea)
• Jeein Kim (South Korea)
• Issei Kurihara (Japan)
• YooJin Lee (South Korea)
• YouJin Lee (South Korea)
• Kostiantyn Lukyniuk (Ukraine)
• Kyumin Park (South Korea)
• Yoo Min Seo (China)
• Ririko Takagi (Japan)
• Alexandra Tirsu (Romania)
• Stephanie Zyzak (United States)

The 1st prize winner will receive US $50,000.

The 2018 jury comprises: Suzanne Gessner, Ilya Grubert, Kun Hu, Dong Suk Kang, Oleh Krysa, Sung-Ju Lee, Daniel Phillips, Ho Young Pi, Stephan Picard and Takashi Shimizu.

Previous prize winners include VC Artists Ayana Tsuji and YooJin Jang.

PICTURED: 2018 Seoul International Violin Competition Semi-Finalist, Ririko Takagi from Japan