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Competitors Selected for the Second Round of the XIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
The first round of the XIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition took place at the historic Concert Hall of the Sibelius Academy from 19 to 21 May. On Wednesday evening, following the sixth and final session, the jury selected the competitors who will continue in the competition. The updated schedule for the second round is now available on the competition’s website. The second round will also take place in the Sibelius Academy Concert Hall from 23 to 25 May.
The world’s finest on their way to the stars.
Since its inception in 1965 The International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition has established itself as one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. Every five years the competition invites top violinists under 30 years of age from all over the world to demonstrate their musical talents in Helsinki.
The XIII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition will take place on May 19–29, 2025. The competition is organized by the Sibelius Society of Finland in collaboration with the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
First round: 19-21 May, 2025
Concert Hall, Sibelius Academy R-Building
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki
Tickets are sold on the Musiikkitalo website, at the Musiikkitalo ticket sales desk, and through the Musiikkitalo ticket sales phone service.
1st First round: May 19, 10 AM-2:40 PM
Monday, May 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
Intermission approximately from 12:10 to 12:40.
Total duration including intermission approximately 4 hours 40 minutes.
9. Adrian Ibañez-Resjan
10. Gabrielle Després
12. Otto Antikainen
13. Hiu Sing Fan
14. Nakyung Kang
15. Wonbeen Chung
16. Lina Leikola
17. Minchae Kim
Each competitor has 30 minutes of performance time.
2nd First round: May 19, 5 PM-8:30 PM
Monday, May 19, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
Intermission approximately from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Total duration including intermission approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
18. Claire Wells
19. Hyun Jae Lim
20. Charlie Lovell-Jones
21. Minami Yoshida
23. Sara Watanabe
24. Qingzhu Weng
Each competitor has 30 minutes of performance time.
3rd First round: May 20, 10 AM-2:30 PM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
Intermission approximately from 12 to 12:30.
Total duration including intermission approximately 4 hours 30 minutes.
25. Bohdan Luts
26. Rio Arai
27. Karisa Chiu
28. Jueun Jeong
29. Marika Konishi
30. Youjin Lee
31. Shaoheng Zhong
32. Hanna Park
Each competitor has 30 minutes of performance time.
4th First round: May 20, 5 PM-8 PM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
Intermission approximately from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Total duration including intermission approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
33. Marina Wako
34. Esther Yang
35. Aoi Saito
36. Julia-Xiaozhuo Wang
37. Amia Janicki
Each competitor has 30 minutes of performance time.
5th First round: May 21, 10 AM-2:30 PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
Intermission approximately from 12 to 12:30.
Total duration including intermission approximately 4 hours 30 minutes.
38. Sueye Park
39. Lilia Pocitari
40. Jiwoo Son
41. Yukiko Uno
42. Matthew Hakkarainen
1. Ria Honda
2. Leonard Toschev
3. Yebin Yoo
Each competitor has 30 minutes of performance time.
6th First round: May 21, 5 PM-8 PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions.
Bach, Ernst, Paganini, Salvatore Sciarrino, Sibelius, Jörg Widmann
Intermission approximately from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Total duration including intermission approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
4. Chenming Wang
5. Alice Lee
6. Anna Lee
7. Charlotte Spruit
8. Jaewon Wee
Each competitor has 30 minutes of performance time.
Second round: 23-25 May, 2025
Concert Hall, Sibelius Academy R-Building
Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9, Helsinki
Tickets are sold on the Musiikkitalo website, at the Musiikkitalo ticket sales desk, and through the Musiikkitalo ticket sales phone service.
1st Second round: May 23, 10 AM-2:20PM
Friday, May 23, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen.
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
Intermissions approximately from 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM and from 12:40 PM to 1:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
10. Gabrielle Després
12. Otto Antikainen
14. Nakyung Kang
2nd Second round: May 23, 5 PM-9:20 PM
Friday, May 23, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
Intermissions approximately from 6:10 PM to 6:30 PM and from 7:40 PM to 8:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
15. Wonbeen Chung
18. Claire Wells
19. Hyun Jae Lim
3rd Second round: May 24, 10 AM-2:20PM
Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
Intermissions approximately from 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM and from 12:40 PM to 1:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
21. Minami Yoshida
23. Sara Watanabe
24. Qingzhu Weng
4th Second round: May 24, 5 PM-9:20 PM
Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
Intermissions approximately from 6:10 PM to 6:30 PM and from 7:40 PM to 8:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
25. Bohdan Luts
29. Marika Konishi
33. Marina Wako
5th Second round: May 25, 10 AM-2:20PM
Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 10:00 AM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
Intermissions approximately from 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM and from 12:40 PM to 1:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
35. Aoi Saito
37. Amia Janicki
38. Sueye Park
6th Second round: May 25, 5 PM-9:20 PM
Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 5:00 PM
Competitors perform solo works and pieces with a pianist, including mandatory and freely chosen compositions. They also perform the competition’s commissioned work by Outi Tarkiainen
Jean Sibelius, Outi Tarkiainen
Intermissions approximately from 6:10 PM to 6:30 PM and from 7:40 PM to 8:10 PM.
Total duration including two intermissions approximately 4 hours 20 minutes.
41. Yukiko Uno
5. Alice Lee
6. Anna Lee
Finals and Awards Ceremony May 27–29, 2025
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13 A, Helsinki
May 27–29, 2025
Each evening 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Tickets are sold on the Musiikkitalo website, at the Musiikkitalo ticket sales desk, and through the Musiikkitalo ticket sales phone service.
1st Finals: May 27, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Finalists perform two violin concertos, one of which is Sibelius’.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Pietari Inkinen, Geoffrey Paterson
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
Unsuk Chin, Oliver Knussen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jean Sibelius
Intermission: approximately 7:30 PM–8:00 PM.
Total duration, including intermission: 3 hours.
10. Gabrielle Després
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1905)
12. Otto Antikainen
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk
Kaija Saariaho: Graal Theatre (1994)
18. Claire Wells
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Pietari Inkinen
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1905)
21. Minami Yoshida
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductors Pietari Inkinen
Magnus Lindberg: Viulukonsertto nro 2 (2015)
2nd Finals: May 28, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Finalists perform two violin concertos, one of which is Sibelius’.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Pietari Inkinen, Geoffrey Paterson
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
Unsuk Chin, Oliver Knussen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jean Sibelius
Intermission: approximately 7:30 PM–8:00 PM.
Total duration, including intermission: 3 hours.
37. Amia Janicki
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1905)
38. Sueye Park
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk
Oliver Knussen (2002)
10. Gabrielle Després
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductors Geoffrey Paterson
Kaija Saariaho: Graal Theatre (1994)
12. Otto Antikainen
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Pietari Inkinen
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1905)
3rd Finals: May 29, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM
Finalists perform two violin concertos, one of which is Sibelius’.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Pietari Inkinen, Geoffrey Paterson
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk
Unsuk Chin, Oliver Knussen, Magnus Lindberg, Kaija Saariaho, Jean Sibelius
Intermission: approximately 7:30 PM–8:00 PM.
Total duration, including intermission: 3 hours.
37. Amia Janicki
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductors Geoffrey Paterson
Unsuk Chin 1 (2001)
38. Sueye Park
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Pietari Inkinen
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1905)
18. Claire Wells
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk
Kaija Saariaho: Graal Theatre (1994)
21. Minami Yoshida
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dima Slobodeniouk
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1905)
After the concert: announcement of results and awards ceremony.
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