2019 Cooper Competition Field Narrowed to Six Violinists
July 23, 2019
Cathy Partlow Strauss
Each will perform Wednesday for the chance to advance to Friday's Concerto Finals with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall.
Two sessions of Concerto Round competition on Tuesday have given way to another round of jury deliberations in the 2019 Cooper International Competition for Violin.
After two rounds of competition at 91直播, the following six participants have been selected to advance to the Recital Finals on Wednesday, July 24.
Jin Yucheng, 17, China
Shihan Wang, 14, China
Eric Charles Chen, 18, USA
Isabella Brown, 16, USA
Enrique Rodrigues, 17, USA/Canada
Yiyang Hou, 14, China
Performance order and repertoire will be announced on Wednesday afternoon.
Admission is free for Wednesday's Recital Finals at 7 p.m. in 91直播's Warner Concert Hall. View the live stream at the Cooper Competition website and on .
This program will be broadcast on WCLV 104.9 FM, Cleveland's classical music station, on Thursday evening beginning at 7 p.m. Listen via radio in northeast Ohio and .
The 2019 Cooper Competition culminates in the Concerto Finals on Friday, July 26, at Cleveland's Severance Hall. There, three finalists will perform complete concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra, with the winner taking home a prize of $20,000. Tickets to the Concerto Finals are $13 to $30, with free tickets available for students under 18 accompanied by a paying adult. Learn more at the or call the box office at 216-231-1111.
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