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28-year-old VC Younger Artist Sirena Huang from america has simply minutes in the past been awarded the Gold Medal on the 2022 International Violin Competitors of Indianapolis (IVCI).
A graduate of The Juilliard Faculty and Yale College, the place she studied with Stephen Clapp, Sylvia Rosenberg, Itzhak Perlman and Hyo Kang, Sirena is a former main prize winner on the Elmar Oliveira, Singapore and Shanghai Isaac Stern Worldwide Violin Competitions
Because the 2022 first prize recipient, Sirena will obtain a USD $75,000 money prize, a Carnegie Corridor recital debut, an expert CD recording and web site plus 4 years profession administration, steering and worldwide live performance engagements.
Second and Third prizes have been awarded to 22-year-old Julian Rhee from america and 24-year-old VC Younger Artist Minami Yoshida from Japan.
Fourth, fifth and 6 prizes have been offered to 21-year-old Claire Wells from america, 21-year-old VC Younger Artist SooBeen Lee from South Korea and 22-year-old Joshua Brown from america.
“I’m fully stunned and humbled as I actually wasn’t anticipating this in any respect — I am simply speechless,“ Sirena, who examined optimistic for COVID-19 simply instantly previous to the graduation of the competitors’s opening spherical, this night instructed The Violin Channel.
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“I actually am so extremely grateful for everybody’s assist and encouragement over the previous few weeks. In the course of the opening spherical, I examined damaging fortunately, however I used to be nonetheless feeling fairly in poor health and will barely hear out of one among my ears,” she stated.
Sirena Huang, 28 (United States)
- Dvorak Violin Concerto in A Minor Op. 53
Sirena Huang, 28 (United States)
- Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Main
- «La Gitana» – Fritz Kreisler (Arr. J. Kuusisto)
Sirena Huang, 28 (USA)
- Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 – L. van Beethoven
- Incontro for Violin and Piano – John Harbison
- Sonata No. 2 in A serious, Op. 100 – J. Brahms
- Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 86 – B. Bartók
Chaired by IVCI jury president and Creative Director Jaime Laredo, the competitors jury comprised Noah Bendix-Balgley, Ivan Chan, Pamela Frank, Yuzuko Horigome, Dong-Suk Kang, Cho-Liang Lin, Mihaela Martin, and Liviu Prunaru.
Earlier main prize winners of the competitors embrace Leonidas Kavakos, Judith Ingolfsson, Sergey Khachatryan, Simone Lamsma, Mihaela Martin, Ida Kavafian — and VC Artists Richard Lin, Augustin Hadelich, Tessa Lark, and Benjamin Beilman.
Julian Rhee, 22 (USA)
- Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Main Op.61

Minami Yoshida, 24 (Japan)
- Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 47