‘Emotional’ scenes as 22 cellists make the Tchaik Competition cut
mainMedici’s social media links are down so the competition is circulating a photographed sheet of successful candidates.
The best known among them is Leonard Elschenbroich, partner of the Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti.
We’ll update as soon as we get a legible list.
UPDATE: Here goes:
| Amosov, Fedor | Russia |
| Cho, Brannon | USA |
| Buzlov, Alexander | Russia |
| Cornut, Tristan | France |
| Crawford, John-Henry | USA |
| Elschenbroich, Leonard | Germany |
| Ferrández-Castro, Pablo | Spain |
| Haga, Sandra Lied | Norway |
| He, Sihao | China |
| Ioniță, Andrei Ionuț | Romania |
| Kang, Seung Min | South Korea |
| Kobekina, Anastasia | Russia |
| Lim, Hee Young | South Korea |
| Ni, Tao | China |
| Philippe, Bruno | France |
| Roozeman, Jonathan | Netherlands |
| Cañon Valencia, Santiago | Columbia |
| Ramm, Alexander | Russia |
| Sendetsky, Ivan | Russia |
| Stadler, Alexey | Russia |
| Szabó, Ildikó | Hungary |
| Ueno, Michiaki | Japan |
| Worlitzsch, Valentino | Germany |
| Zhilin, Alexei | Russia |
| Khamidullin, Rustem | Russia |
Fedor Amosov
Santiago Canon Valencia
Brannon Cho
Tristan Cornut
John-Henry Crawford
Leonard Elschenbroich
Pablo Ferrández-Castro
Sandra Lied Haga
Sihao He
Andrei Ionuț Ioniță
Seung Min Kang
Anastasia Kobekina
Hee Young Lim
Tao Ni
Bruno Philippe
Jonathan Roozeman
Ivan Sendetsky
Alexey Stadler
Ildiko Szabo
Michiaki Ueno
Valentino Worlitzsch
Alexei Zhilin
In addition to these 22 candidates, three other cellists will participate in the First Round of the Cello Competition: Alexander Buzlov, Alexander Ramm and Rustem Khamidullin.
thanks!
It’s not over until the swimwear portion of the competition.
He’s also a Menuhin School alum
Good luck to Mr. Harrell and Mr. Ma who are sitting on this year’s jury who have to listen for so many excruciating and tedious hours to these cellists. Shouldn’t THEY be practicing?