BREAKING | 2nd Round Candidates Announced at Russia’s Inaugural Viktor Tretyakov Comp

The 2nd round candidates have been announced at the inaugural 2018 Viktor Treyakov International Violin Competition

The 2nd round candidates have today been announced at the inaugural 2018 Viktor Treyakov International Violin Competition – in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

The 2018 2nd round candidates are:

• VC Young Artist Sergey Dogadin (Russia)
• Minjia Zhu (China)
• Kristine Galano (Philippines/United States)
• Do Gyung Anna Im (South Korea)
• Takamori Arai (Japan)
• Runyin Zhang (China)
• Rimma Benyumova (Russia/Germany)
• Shukong He (China)
• Petr Lundstrem (Russia)
• Chisa Kitagawa (Japan)
• Ming Liu (China)
• Leonid Zhelezny (Russia)

Open to international violinists aged 16 to 30, the 1st prize winner will receive US $15,000.

The 2018 jury comprises: Viktor Tretyakov, Boris Kuschnir, Vera Tsu Weiling, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Vadim Repin, Natalya Likhopoy, Aiman Mussakhajayeva, Qian Zhou and Takashi Shimizu.