18 young artists from France, The Netherlands, Romania, Japan, Germany, South Korea, China, Italy, Norway, Bulgaria, Israel, Estonia, Australia and The United States of America have qualified to the Second round of the Cello Section at the Enescu Competition 2018

Three young artists from France, two from Germany, two from Japan and one from the Netherlands, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, China, South Korea, Australia, Estonia, Israel and the United States of America have qualified to the Second round of the Cello Section at the “George Enescu” International Competition 2018, the results of which were announced on […]

Antong ZOU

GERMANY date of birth: 19th of February 1998 graduated from University of the Arts Berlin (Prof. Doris Wagner-Dix, Prof. Thomas Menrath and Prof. Gottlieb Wallisch) currently studying at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock (Prof. Matthias Kirschnereit) performed at festivals such as “Kissinger Sommer”, “Mecklenburg-Vorpommern” and in renowned concert halls such as Laeiszhalle in […]

Hanna ASIEIEVA

UKRAINE date of birth: 7th of July 1987 from 2014, Hanna is studying in Musikhochschule Karlsruhe, Germany, under Prof. Elina Vähälä and Liza Ferschtman appeared with orchestras including the Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra „Amadeus”, Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, Passauer Symphonic Orchestra is part of several chamber music projects, winning numerous prizes in prestigious international chamber competitions Hanna’s […]

Gun BAIK

SOUTH KOREA date of birth: 23rd of January 1991 graduated from National University of Arts, South Korea (prof. Sung-Ju Lee) performed recitals in South Korea at Knua Hall Prizes: Grand Prize in NANPA Music Competition and 1st Prize in The Music Association of Korea Competition Program: First Round Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata for […]

Anne BELLA

FRANCE date of birth: 21st of April 1995 holds a Master degree since 2014 from CNSMDP, where she studied in the class of Jean-Marc Phillips and David Rivière; in 2016 she was admitted in DAI. attended masterclasses with musicians including Jacques Guestem, Alexander Markov, Pavel Vernikov and Marianne Piketty plays on an Italian violin of […]

Boris BLANCO

FRANCE date of birth: 12th of October 1992 graduated from the Conservatoire National supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he studied with Michael Hentz and Jean-Marc Philip. At the same time, he met Silvia Marcovici and moved to Graz (Austria) to study with her. was inspired by great artists such as Olivier […]

Francesca BONAITA

ITALY date of birth: 10th of June 1997 she has been studying with Salvatore Accardo since 2014 at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona and the Chigiana Academy in Siena graduated in Master of Arts in Music Performance with Prof. Sergej Krylov in the University of Music in Conservatoire Italian Switzerland  in Lugano debuted at Carnegie […]

Alicia CHOI

USA date of birth: 4th of February 1987 obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College; Master of Music from the Juilliard School where she studied with Joanna Kurkowicz and Robert Mann; currently, Alicia is a doctoral candidate at McGill University Schulich School of Music, where she studies with Axel Strauss from 2013 to […]

Kwan Yeung Brian CHOI

CHINA date of birth: 14th of May 1994 is currently pursuing a Master´s Degree with Prof. Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory in Boston completed his undergraduate studies with Prof. Paul Biss and has graduated with a Certificate of Music from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), with Prof. Kin Fung Leung […]

Yae Ri CHOI

SOUTH KOREA date of birth: 25th of July 1989 is currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate at the University of Southern California under the tutelage of Glenn Dicterow with full scholarship obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and her Master’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music with Prof. Patinka Kopec and […]

Mălina CIOBANU

ROMANIA date of birth: 5th of October 1998 studied with Prof. Bujor Prelipcean and since 2017 is a student at the Barenboim – Said Akademie at the class of Prof. Mihaela Martin participated in masterclasses by great violinists and teachers such as Igor Oistrakh, Pierre Amoyal, Mihaela Martin, Ida Haendel, Eugen Sârbu, Sherban Lupu performed […]

Bogdan Alexandru COSTACHE

ROMANIA Date of birth: 18th of May 1992 Encouraged and monitored by the teachers Octavian Ratiu and Ilarion Ionescu-Galati, from the age of 15 he continues his studies in Bucharest with professor Valeriu Rogacev.  At the age of 7, he makes his debut as a soloist with Brasov Philharmonic Orchestra, Since 2016, he is Concertmaster […]

Adam Koch CHRISTENSEN

DENMARK date of birth: 12th of January 2000 graduated from Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, currently studies with Prof. Eszter Haffner attended masterclasses with Leonidas Kavakos (2017), Gerhard Schulz (IMS Prussia Cove 2017/18), Mihaela Martin (Kronberg Masterclasses 2017) and Ana Chumachenco (Starnberger Musiktage 2018) Prizes: First Prize at the Atlantic Coast International Young […]

Karol DANIS

SLOVAKIA date of birth: 23rd of August 1993 studied violin first with his father, then at the Bratislava Conservatory, from 2006, with Prof. Jozef Kopelman; from 2012, at the University of Performing Arts in Graz, with Prof. Boris Kuschnir (violin) and with Prof. Chia Chou (chamber music) attended masterclasses with Jozef Rissin, Gyorgy Pauk, David […]

Cristian de Sa

UK date of birth: 21st of December 1994 currently studying at the Mozarteum of Salzburg in the class of Pierre Amoyal. attended masterclasses with many esteemed artists, most notably: Sylvia Rosenberg, James Ehnes, Vadim Repin, Rodney Friend, Menahem Presssler and Ralph Kirshbaum has been awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship to study with Maurice Hasson at the […]