Here are the 41 competitors qualified for the preliminary on Bartók World Competition
The pre-selection jury of this year's competition for violinists–Kristóf Baráti, Géza Kapás and Péter Kováts–decided to let 41 competitors take part in the live rounds.
Of those having reached the preliminary, 23 are women, 18 are men, and they represent 18 countries. Seven are from Japan, 5 from Korea, 4 from Hungary and also 4 from Russia. Three were cast from the United States. China, Czechia, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom are represented by 2 competitiors each. Denmark, France, Germany, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Sweden and Turkey will have 1 young talent each at the competition.
The oldest competitor was born in 1994 and the youngest in 2008.
The list of those who qualified is as follows:
Adamović, Uroš
Bonaita,Francesca
Bourg,Claire
Christensen, Jacobo
Christensen, Adam
Devutskaia, Sofia
Druțac, Dan-Iulian
Erickson, Marley
Haniková, Miriam Magdalena
Karatas, Yigit
Karls, Lorenz
Kasprzak, Maya Alexandra
Ke Wenqi
Kelemen Gáspár
Kim Minchae
Kim Yubin
Kimura Wakana
Kobzareva, Naina
Kohout, Kryštof
Kossovich, Olga
Králik Abigél
Lee Minji
Mariotti, Lucilla Rose
Martinez Arroyo, Carlos Rafae
Munday, Joel
Navasardyan, Areg
Ohno Yukari
Pocitari, Lilia
Roussine, Alexis
Sakamoto, Reika
Samarasekara, Andrew
Sasaki Mio
Schwartz Zoltán
Seki Tomotaka
Sztathatosz Sebestyén
Takada, Sean
Wee Jaewon
Yamakage Raika
Yang Esther Youjeong
Yoshida Kaoruko
Zhang Xunyue
Liszt Academy is happy to announce that chairman of the jury will be Daniel Phillips, professor at The Juilliard School, CUNY, violinist of the Orion String Quartet.
In addition to the cash prizes a special prize will be awarded to the best performer of the contemporary pieces.
The live rounds will start on 3 September at the Liszt Academy and the Gala Concert will take place on 10 September in the Grand Hall. Audiences can watch the preliminaries and semi-finals free of charge. Tickets for the finals and Gala Concert are available here.