VC LIVE | 2024 Klein International String Competition

Tune in from June 2 from 6PM (EST) to witness the finals of this year's competition, streamed live from San Francisco

We're coming to you LIVE from San Francisco, California, for the 2024 Klein International String Competition. This year's participants will be competing for the top prize of a $5,000 cash award, a full recital performance at the Gualala Arts Chamber Music Series, concerto performances with the Santa Cruz Symphony, Peninsula Symphony, and San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, as well as performances as part of the Music in the Vineyards Festival.

The 3 finalists of this year's competition are:

• Pearl de la Motte, viola, 20 (New York) | Attends the Juilliard School and studies with Hsin-Yun Huang
• Francis Tsai, violin, 18 (Alabama) | Attends Hope Christian School and studies with Jennifer Liu and Eric Tsai
• Amelia Zitoun, cello, 18 (Wisconsin) | Attends Shorewood High School and Music Institute of Chicago Academy and studies with Hans Jørgen Jensen

FINAL PROGRAM:

 

SEMI-FINAL PROGRAM:

Christian Luevano, bass | Allegra Chapman, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

I. Prelude

John Wineglass (1973-) | Death Valley for Solo Contrabass

I. Sundown

II. Stargazing

Andrés Martín | Bass Concerto No. 1 (2012)

II. Nocturno

III. Allegro Obsesivo

 

Yeji Lim, violin | Elizabeth Dorman, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001

I. Adagio

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio di molto

John Wineglass (1973-) | Alcatraz Island for Solo Violin

I. Pure Desolation

II.. Pandemonium

 

Wanxinyi Huang, viola | Jung-Eun Kim, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009

I. Prelude

III. Courante

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) | Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - arr. for viola by Lionel Tertis

I. Adagio, Moderato

II. Lento, Allegro molto

John Wineglass (1973-) | Ghost Ship for Solo Viola

I. The Queen Mary

II. The Grey Ghost Chase

 

Hannah Jeong, cello | Allegra Chapman, piano

John Wineglass (1973-) | Orcas Islands: The Rose of the San Juan Islands for Solo Cello

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

I. Prelude

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) | Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191

I. Allegro

 

Pearl de la Motte, viola | Elizabeth Dorman, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

I. Prelude

John Wineglass (1973-) | Ghost Ship for Solo Viola

I. The Queen Mary

II. The Grey Ghost Chase

Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995) | Viola Concerto, Op. 37

I. Moderato Assai

 

Amelia Zitoun, cello | Jung-Eun Kim, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

I. Prelude

John Wineglass (1973-) | Orcas Islands: The Rose of the San Juan Islands for Solo Cello

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) | Cello Concerto Op. 22

I. Allegro Moderato

 

Francis Tsai, violin | Elizabeth Dorman, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003

I. Grave

John Wineglass (1973-) | Alcatraz Island for Solo Violin

I. Pure Desolation

II. Pandemonium

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) | Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63

I. Allegro Moderato

 

Evelyn Joung, cello | Jung-Eun Kim, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) | Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010

I. Prelude

John Wineglass (1973-) | Orcas Islands: The Rose of the San Juan Islands for Solo Cello

Victor Herbert (1859-1924) | Cello Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 30

I. Allegro impetuoso

II. Lento - Andante tranquillo