The jury has chosen the semi-finalists at this year’s Hannover International Violin Competition. Twelve of the 34 competitors will be performing in the next round of the competition. Two of them come from Germany. Seven women and five men will be competing from October 11th – 14th at the University of Music and Drama Arts Hanover’s concert hall. They are:
- Anna Maria Staskiewicz (Poland, born November 8th 1983)
- So-young Yoon (Korea, born October 28th 1984)
- A-Rah Shin (Korea, born December 6th 1983)
- Linus Roth (Germany, born May 31st 1977)
- Nadezhda Tokareva (Russia, born November 27th 1977)
- Nemanja Radulovic (Yugoslavia, born October 18th 1985)
- Feng Ning (China, born March 26th 1981)
- Keisuke Okazaki (Japan, born January 11th 1979)
- Simone Lamsma (The Netherlands, born October 5th 1985)
- Saeka Matsuyama (Japan, born December 10th 1980)
- Jermolaj Albiker (Germany, born June 11th 1981)
- Kana Sugimura (Japan, born May 25th 1981)
The semi-finalists will be performing a program of their own preference during the 60-minute morning recital sessions. At 8 p.m., Mozart’s violin concertos are on the program. Agnieszka Duczmal and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra will be accompanying the artists.
The sole required work in the recital was composed especially for the competition by Arvo Pärt. It is entitled "Passacaglia". Pärt, an Estonian composer, is known for the virtually religious intensity of his works. They are distinguished by clarity and simplicity, rather than virtuosity. The audiences can look forward to twelve very individual interpretations of the "Passacaglia".
The Hannover International Violin Competition is dedicated to Joseph Joachim and is presented triennially by the Stiftung Niedersachsen (Foundation of Lower Saxony).
Up-to-date information is available at www.violin-competition.de. The competition’s media representative is Katharina Pieczyk (tel. +49-511-28 87 91-0).
See the semifinalists here.