Suyeon KANG - Australia
Date of Birth: June 23, 1989
Nationality: Australian
Suyeon has studied at the Australian Institute of Music and the Australian National Academy before moving to Germany, where she now studies with Daniel Gaede at the Hochschule für Musik in Nürnberg. Suyeon was named Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year (2005). She was a finalist in the Young Concert Artists Competition New York (2008), semi-finalist at the International Leopold Mozart Violin Competition in Germany (2009) and winner of the Kammermusikwettbewerb des Mozart Vereins Nürnberg (2009). As a soloist she has appeared with the Bayerisches Rundfunk Orchester, the Melbourne, Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra Symphony Orchestras and the Orchestra Victoria. In recent years she has recorded for major Australian radio stations.
1st ROUND
J.S. BACH Solo Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001, Siciliana and Presto
W.A. MOZART Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218, 2nd movement
O. BULL Polacca from Polacca Guerriera
PAUL STANHOPE Dance of the White Spirit
Accompanist: Mikael Holmlund
SEMI-FINALS
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.6 in B flat major, 1st movement
Contemporary Norwegian work for quick study
A. NORDHEIM Partita für Paul
F. WAXMAN Carmen Fantasy
FINALS
J. BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
