First Round November 23-25, 2015
Approximately 40 contestants will be accepted for
the first round.
1. Bartók: 1st movement from Sonata for Violin Solo
2. J.S. Bach: two last movements from a Sonata for Violin Solo
(g minor, a minor or C major) or two movements from Partita in d minor
(Sarabanda and Giga) or two movements from partita in E major
(Loure and Gavotte en Rondeau)
3. Mozart: Rondo in C major KV 373
4. Sibelius: one piece taken from the following works:
Op. 2a Romanze
Op. 2b Epilog
Op. 79 Souvenir, Tempo di Minuetto, Danse caractéristique,
Sérénade, Tanz-Idylle, Berceuse
Op. 102 Novellette
Op. 106 Danses champêtres 1-5
Op. 115 Auf der Heide/Nummella, Ballade, Humoresque, Die Glocken/Kellot
Op. 116 Scène de danse, Danse caractéristique, Rondeau romantique
The following competitors have been qualified to the second round:
Christian, Sarah Germany Etelävuori, Sara Finland
Göckel, Anna France Kanagawa, Mayumi USA
Kim, Bomsori South Korea Lee, Christel USA
Leong, Kerson Canada Li, Zeyu Victor China
Lin, Richard USA, Taiwan Min, Kyung Ji South Korea
Pulakka, Pekko Finland Rudin, Fedor France
Starkloff, Friederike Germany Suh, Elly USA
Tavani, Stephen USA Tishchenko, Diana Ukraine
Tjeknavorian, Emmanuel Austria Wang, Xiao China
Yoshida, Minami Japan Zhou Nancy USA