Jean Sibelius (1913)
The jury of the Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki selected six violinists to advance to the final.
Otto Antikainen, b. 1999, Finland
Gabrielle Després, b. 2000, Canada
Amia Janicki, b. 1997, Switzerland
Sueye Park, b. 2000, Korea
Claire Wells, b. 2002, US
Minami Yoshida, b. 1998, Japan
The final rounds will take place at the Helsinki Music Centre from 27 to 29 May. The finalists will perform as soloists with both the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. For the first time in the competition’s history, the final will include performances of modern violin concertos in addition to Sibelius’s Violin Concerto.
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra by Pietari Inkinen and Geoffrey Paterson.
