Winners Announced in 2018 Johansen International Competition

March 29, 2018, 9:52 AM · Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, announced March 17 in in Washington, D.C.

The competition drew 190 applicants from around the world, with 31 semi-finalists chosen: 12 violinists, eight violists, and 11 cellists. Here are this year's laureates in each category:

VIOLIN

First prize: Julian Rhee, 17, of the United States (Almita Vamos, teacher)
Second prize: Charlotte Marckx, 16, of the United States (Simon James, teacher)
Third prize: Phoenix Avalon, age 17, of the United States (Jaime Laredo, teacher)

Violinists, L to R: Julian Rhee; jury member Chee-Yun Kim; Phoenix Avalon and Charlotte Marckx.

VIOLA

First prize: Beatrice Chen, 14, of the United States (Matthew Lipman, teacher)
Second prize: Yixiu Lin, 16, of China (Li Sheng, teacher)
Third prize: Samuel Rosenthal, 17, of the United States (Jeffrey Irvine, teacher)

CELLO

First prize (split): Krzysztof Michalski, 15, of Poland (Henryk Zarzycki, teacher)
First prize (split): Michal Balas, 16, of Poland (Stanislaw Firlej, teacher)
Third prize: Isaiah Kim, 16, of the United States (Clara Kim, teacher)

Best Performance of Commissioned Work, "Johansen," composed by Joel Phillip Friedman: Michal Balas

Jury members included Chee-Yun, Timothy Deighton and Peter Stumpf. First prize in each category was $10,000; second prize $7,000, and third prize $5,000.

The competition was established in 1997 by the Friday Morning Music Club. First-prize winners in 2015 were violinist Lara Boschkor; violist Hae Sue Lee and cellist Zlatomir Fung; here is a complete list of past winners.

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