Cello section competitors

SPAIN October 19, 2001 Eva Arderius was born in 2001 in San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain). Since 2018 she has been studying at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid with Professor Jens Peter Maintz. She began…

SOUTH KOREA April 7, 1999 Seungyeon Baik is currently studying at the Universität der Künste Berlin with Professor Jens Peter Maintz. She won 1st prize at the David Popper International Cello Competition and 2nd prize at the Vienna Classic Strings…

SLOVENIA October 7, 2000 23-year-old Slovenia/Croatia nationality Sara Čano began studying the cello with her mother. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich with Professor Julian Steckel and is now studying at the…

HUNCHOISOUTH KOREA August 10, 2001 Praised for his “playing with finesse and precision” (New York Concert Review), cellist Hun Choi made his debut in the United States as a soloist with the Penn Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Hong, performing Tchaikovsky’s…

Jia-Hua CHUTAIWAN September 22, 2002 Jia-Hua Chu was born in Taiwan in 2002. He started playing the cello at the age of 13 and was taught by a local music teacher. At the same time, he studied at a local…

Jizheng FANGCHINA February 4, 2005 19-year-old Jizheng Fang is currently completing his Bachelor’s degree in Cello Performance at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Professor Claudio Bohórquez. He has won many prizes, including 1st prize at the…

ITALY February 11, 2003 Serena Fantini was born in 2003 in Rimini, Italy. She began her cello studies at the age of 6 in the CMI Suzuki course and continued in 2013 with Professor Marianne Chen at the Instituto Musicale…

RUSSIA June 7, 1997 Ilia Iashin was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. He is studying at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in the classes of Igor Bobovitch and Andrey Spiridonov, and will begin the academic year 2024…

SOUTH KOREA October 6, 1997 Korean cellist Seyeon Jung was born in 1997 in Anyang, South Korea. She began playing her instrument as a child and attended Sunhwa Arts High School, majoring in cello. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at…

AUSTRIA July 18, 1998 Alexandra Kahrer has won numerous international competitions, including the Grunewald International Music Competition Berlin, the Leoš Janáček International Competition in Brno, the David Popper International Cello Competition, the Gustav Mahler Prize Cello Competition and the Liezen…

SOUTH KOREA October 3, 2002 South Korean cellist Seohyun Kang was born in 2002 and began playing the cello at the age of 5. Since the age of 7, she has won numerous prizes in international and national competitions. Seohyun…

USA October 16, 1999 Born in 1999, Chinese-American cellist Haddon Kay began studying the cello at the age of 4. He first gained recognition when he was a finalist in the Chicago Symphony Young Artist Competition and performed the Samuel…

LUXEMBOURG June 19, 2000 Born in Luxembourg, Cyprien Keiser received his first cello lessons at the age of 4. He completed his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Professor Jérôme Pernoo (Master’s…

SOUTH KOREA January 28, 1995 Dong Nyouk Kim is an acclaimed cellist who has gained national and international recognition, winning top prizes at prestigious competitions such as the Music Association of Korea Competition, the Liezen International Cello Competition and the…

SOUTH KOREA March 28, 1999 Jaehyun Kim was born in 1999 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. He studied cello at the Korea National University of Arts, with Professors Kangho Lee and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. After completing two years of military service…

JAPAN April 10, 2004 Yo Kitamura has studied with Professor Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität der Künste in Berlin and with Professor Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He won the 1st prize at the International…

HONG KONG September 25, 2002 Born in Hong Kong in 2002, Alex Lau is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich with Wen-Sinn Yang. He has performed in concerts at the Seiji Ozawa Academy, Four Seasons…

SOUTH KOREA March 17, 1997 A graduate of the Korea National University of Arts, Geunyup Lee studied with Kangho Lee and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. He went on to study with Troels Svane at the Musikhochschule Lübeck in Germany, graduating with highest…

SOUTH KOREA November 22, 2001 Jae Seung Lee was born in Berlin on 22 November 2001. In 2012 he began his studies at the Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin. In 2016 he won 3rd prize at the 11th…

SOUTH KOREA October 6, 2009 Born in 2009, South Korean cellist Jeri Lee is a pre-college student at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts, studying with Kangho Lee. She is a first prize winner of numerous international…

SOUTH KOREA September 20, 2003 Yuchan Lee was born in South Korea in 2003. He started playing the cello at the age of 8. In 2020, at the age of 15, he was admitted to the Korea National University of…

CHINA November 28, 2002 Born in 2002, Jiayi Liu received her first cello lesson at the age of 10. At the age of 13, she made her debut at the Qingdao Concert Hall performing Haydn’s Concerto in C major. Until…

SPAIN April 4, 2006 Acclaimed by ABC newspaper for his “impetus, technical perfection, extraordinary sound, punch, musicality, intention”, Álvaro Lozano Cames began playing the cello at the age of 8, with Professors Carmen María Elena González and Sabrina Rui. From…

ROMANIA May 26, 1993 Horațiu Ludușan is a distinguished cellist of the George Enescu Philharmonic. A graduate of the National University of Music in Bucharest, he studied with Professor Marin Cazacu, honing his skills and deepening his musical expertise. Throughout…

FRANCE June 9, 1997 Jean-Baptiste Maizières studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Marc Coppey and Jérôme Pernoo. He continued his studies at Haute école de musique de Lausanne with François Salque. At…

SOUTH KOREA September 28, 2000 Chanheung Min was born in Korea in 2000 and started playing the cello at the age of 7. He studied at the Korea National Institute for Gifted in Arts and the Korea National University of…

AUSTRIA February 14, 2000 Sarah Moser was born in 2000 in Salzburg. She started playing the cello at the age of 7. Her first teacher was Barbara Lübke-Herzl in Salzburg. At the age of 15 she was accepted into the…

JAPAN September 24, 2004 Sho Nishida was born in 2004 and began playing the cello at the age of 5. In 2012, he won the Grand Prix in the cello section of the 22nd Japan Classical Music Competition. Sho Nishida…

ITALY February 25, 2003 Born in 2003, Ettore Pagano began studying the cello at the age of 9. He is a former student of Antonio Meneses at the Walter Stauffer Academy, David Geringas at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana and Enrico…

ROMANIA February 4, 2001 Jan Sekaci started playing the cello at the age of 10 in his home town of Oradea at the High School of Arts. Between 2015 and 2020 he studied with Octavian Lup at the National College…

CANADA November 21, 2000 Recipient of the Kronberg Academy’s Landgrave of Hesse Prize, Canadian cellist Michael Song has performed in venues including Koerner Hall and Carnegie Hall as well as halls in Lisbon, Paris, Montreal, and New York with orchestras…

RUSSIA August 18, 1994 Born in 1994 in Kazan, Vasily Stepanov graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (in classes of Professors Natalia Shakhovskaya and Boris Andrianov) and its assistant internship (in class of Boris Andrianov). He studied at the…

SWEDEN September 15, 1998 Vladimir Todea was born in 1998 in Lund, Sweden. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Stavanger under the guidance of Ilmari Hopkins and Liv Opdal. He has also participated in masterclasses with Alexandra Guțu, Marin Cazacu,…

USA April 7, 2004 Austin Topper is a Polish-American cellist from Dallas, Texas. He is pursuing his Bachelor’s degree at the New England Conservatory, where he is studying with Laurence Lesser on a full scholarship. He has been fortunate to…

TAIWAN January 13, 2002 Yung-Tzu Wang began studying the cello at the age of 8 and is currently studying with Professor Wen-Sinn Yang at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich. She has performed numerous cello concerts such as…

GERMANY May 15, 2002 Michael Wehrmeyer was born in Berlin in 2002. He began playing the cello at the age of 5 and is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Michael…

CHINA April 10, 2004 Born in 2004, Xuanhan Xu began her studies at the age of 13 at the Hochschule für Musik in Saar, Germany, where she studied with Professor Gustav Rivinius. At the age of 16, she began her…

TAIWAN August 18, 2000 Shun-Ming Yang was born in Taiwan in 2000. As an active musician, Shun-Ming Yang has performed and competed not only in Taiwan, but also in Singapore, where he completed his studies. Shun-Ming Yang studied with Professor…

CHINA December 10, 2008 Ziyang Zhao was born in December 2008. She is currently studying at the Music Middle School affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she is studying with Professors Jiwu Li and Jian Wang. She also…

ROMANIA October 25, 1998 Cornelius Zirbo was born in Cluj-Napoca, where he began his musical studies at the age of 9. He continued his studies in Bucharest with Professors Octavian Lup and Marin Cazacu and in Paris with Gautier Capuçon…