The 43 opening round candidates have today been announced for the 2014 Long Thibaud Crespin International Violin Competiition, in Paris.

The following 12 competitors have today progressed through to the 2nd round of the Freiburg International Violin Competition, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Artiom Shishkov (Belarus), Yurina Otsuka (Japan), Angelo De Leo (Germany), Nitzan Bartana (Israel), Jakub Nowak (Poland), Fanglei Liu (China), Rosanne Philippens (Netherlands), Milena Wilke (Germany), Jueyoung Yang (South Korea), Mao Zhao (China), Manuel Druminski (Germany) and Tianheng Tony Zhai (New Zealand).