Ready for the semi finale
The 19 seniors in this year’s Menuhin Competition in Oslo, Norway have now finished their first round, and late Monday night jury has nominated the ones proceeding to the semi final.
 In this photo: from left to right: Ji Won Song, Suyeon Kang, Ji Yoon Lee, Timothy Choi, Eric Gratz, Xiang Yu, Nigel Armstrong. In front Christopher Tun Andersen. Joanna Emilia Kreft was not present when the photo was taken. |
It was a tough decision for the jury, chaired by Artistic Director Gordon Back during the first round for the seniors.
“You have all given us marvelous performances, and all 19 of you have played absolutely wonderful”, Mr. Back said as he presented the semi finalists.
The following nine competitors will perform in the semi finals, which will take place on Thursday 22nd (starting at 11.00h CET)
Ji Won Song (Korea), Christopher Tun Andersen (Norway), Joanna Emilia Kreft (Poland), Suyeon Kang (Australia), Ji Yoon Lee (Korea), Eric Gratz (US), A. Timothy Chooi (Canada), Nigel Armstrong (US), Xiang Yu ((China).
