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VC LIVE | Concours de Genève Viola Competition
Tune in from September 8 - 14 to watch the online recital rounds of the 2025 competition
We're coming to you from Geneva, Switzerland, for the online recital round of the Concours de Genève Viola Competition 2025. Open to all violists born after 12 November 1995, the viola edition features 38 candidates following a preselection round held in Geneva.
The 2025 candidates are:
The first prize winner will be presented CHF 20,000, second prize is CHF 12,000, and third prize 8,000 CHF. The competition will also present an Audience Prize of CHF 1,500, plus the Young Audience Prize and the Students Prize worth CHF 1,000 each. Among special gifts from Pirastro Strings, other awards include the Rose-Marie Huguenin Prize of CHF 10,000, the Arts Society Prize, Hindemith Prize, and more.
The preselection round jury comprised Tabea Zimmermann (chair), Tomoko Akasaka, Noémie Bialobroda, Harold Hirtz, and Frédéric Kirch.
Also chaired by Zimmermann, the official competition jury will include Tomoko Akasaka, Ettore Causa, Hsin-Yun Huang, Cynthia Phelps, Jean Sulem, and German Tcakulov.
COMPETITION PROGRAM
Session 1 | September 8 at 3 AM (ET), 10 AM (Local Time)
Haneul Park, 24 years old
Kyungsik Shin, 27 years old
Brian Isaacs, 25 years old
Session 2 | September 8 at 8 AM (ET), 2 PM (Local Time)
Anna Sypniewski, 26 years old
Junyan Du, 17 years old
Kinga Wojdalska, 26 years old
Session 3 | September 9 at 3 AM (ET), 10 AM (Local Time)
Loan Cazal, 27 years old
Katie Liu, 27 years old
Eric Seohyun Moon, 28 years old
Session 4 | September 9 at 7 AM (ET), 2 PM (Local TIme)
Adèle Ginestet, 27 years old
Momoka Okada, 24 years old
Riko Eto, 25 years old
Session 5 | September 10 at 3 AM (ET), 10 AM (Local Time)
Jason Sheng-Chieh Lan, 27 years old
Kiarra Saito-Beckman, 26 years old
Sarah Strohm, 20 years old
Session 6 | September 10 at 7 AM (ET), 3 AM (Local Time)
Álvaro Castelló, 21 years old
Leonardo Jelveh, 27 years old
Wassili Wohlgemuth, 24 years old
Session 7 | September 11 at 3 AM (ET), 10 AM (Local Time)
Nicolas Garrigues, 26 years old
Chang Ge, 21 years old
Jaeyun Han, 15 years old
Session 8 | September 11 at 7 AM (ET), 2 PM (Local Time)
Alinka Rowe, 26 years old
Jaume Angelès Fité, 29 years old
Ayaka Taniguchi, 22 years old
Session 9 | September 12 at 3 AM (ET), 10 AM (Local Time)
Zhefeng Wang, 26 years old
Zihan Zhang, 23 years old
Eike Coetzee, 23 years old
Session 10 | September 12 at 7 AM (ET), 2 PM (Local Time)
Alessandra Yang, 21 years old
Stephen Savage, 21 years old
Jieun Yoo, 21 years old
Session 11 | September 13 at 7 AM (ET), 2 PM (Local Time)
Emad Zolfaghari, 20 years old
Ami-Louise Johnsson, 24 years old
Sophie Kiening, 24 years old
Session 12 | September 14 at 7 AM (ET), 2 PM (Local Time)
Gatien Leray, 23 years old
Séamus Hickey, 26 years old
Cassandra Teissedre, 23 years old
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