PREMIO PAGANINI 2008 INFO Per informazioni rivolgersi a: Segreteria del Concorso Internazionale di Violino “Premio Paganini” Comune di Genova Via Sottoripa, 5 - I -16124 Genova Tel. +39 010 5574215/219 - Fax +39 010 5574326 violinopaganini@comune.genova.it Admitted competitors 1 AHN Julie (USA), f, 23 years 2 ANDRIESII Marcel (Belgium), m, 29 years 3 AOKI Ayane (Japan), m, 22 years 4 AUGUSTYN Kinga (Poland), f, 26 years 5 AWANO Yumiko (Japan), f, 25 years 6 BAE Wonhyee (Republic of Korea), f, 21 years 7 BARANOV Andrey (Russian Federation), m, 22 years 8 CHO GaHyun (Republic of Korea), f, 24 years 9 CHUN Harim (Republic of Korea), f, 25 years 10 COELHO Luiz Felipe (Brasil - Italy), m, 23 years 11 COUCHERON David (Norway), m, 24 years 12 DARMON Violaine (France), f, 17 years 13 DEGO Francesca (Italy), f, 19 years 14 DI RENZO Daniele (Italy), m, 24 years 15 DROPULICH Ivo (Bulgaria - Croatia), m, 22 years 16 GATTO Lorenzo (Belgium), m, 21 years 17 GU Danny (Australia), m, 21 years 18 HEMPEL Stefan (Germany), m, 28 years 19 HONG Ui-Youn (Republic of Korea), f, 21 years 20 ISHIMOTO Hiromi (Japan), f, 23 years 21 JANG Yoo Jin (Republic of Korea), f, 18 years 22 JEONG Stephanie (USA), f, 21 years 23 KALLAI Erno (Hungary), m, 22 years 24 KANG Clara-Jumi (Germany - Repubblic of Korea), f, 21 years 25 KAZAZYAN Haik (Russian Federation), m, 26 years 26 KHASHIMOV Nadir (Uzbekistan - USA), m, 18 years 27 KIJIMA Eriko (Japan), f, 25 years 28 KIM Jee Won (Republic of Korea), f, 18 years 29 KUROKAWA Yu (Japan), m, 18 years 30 KUZNECOVAITE Dalia (Lithuania), f, 19 years 31 LEE Bryan Andrew (USA), m, 20 years 32 LEE James (Republic of Korea - Great Britain), m, 23 years 33 LEE Jik Mu (Republic of Korea), m, 20 years 34 LEE Sean (USA), m, 21 years 35 MARZADORI Laura (Italy), f, 19 years 36 MICHAL Matous (Czech Republic), m, 16 years 37 MILETIC Iva (Serbia), f, 20 years 38 MUTO Yoriko (Japan), f, 20 years 39 NAKAMURA Daichi (Japan), m, 18 years 40 NARITA Tatsuki (Japan), m, 16 years 41 OH Joo Young (USA), m, 27 years 42 PAPA Regi (Russian Federation), m, 21 years 43 PARK Ji-Yoon (Republic of Korea), f, 22 years 44 SANGUINETI Mattia (Italy), m, 20 years 45 SARAZA Diomedes Jr. (Philippines), m, 18 years 46 SKALOVA Anna (Czech Republic), f, 20 years 47 SOLOZOBOVA Maria (Russian Federation), f, 29 years 48 SORAJJA Marisa Ann (USA - Thailand), f, 26 years 49 SUGIMURA Kana (Japan), f, 27 years 50 SVIRIDOV Evgeny (Russian Federation), m, 19 years 51 TONG Yan (P.R. China), f, 23 years 52 TUDORACHE George-Claudiu (Romania), m, 21 years 53 TYSHCHENKO Diana (Ukraine), f, 18 years 54 VODICKA Jiri (Czech Republic), m, 20 years 55 WANG Lei (P. R. China), f, 29 years 56 WANG Wei Yi (P. R. China), f, 25 years 57 WAWROWSKI Janusz Henryk (Poland), m, 26 years 58 WEE Ji Man (Republic of Korea), m, 16 years 59 WOO Yezu Elizabeth (Republic of Korea), f, 20 years The pre-selection stage of the Paganini applicants was held at the Conservatory "N. Paganini" in Genoa on June 3rd and 4th. 107 the applications examined. The panel of experts, appointed by the Artistic Committee of the Competition, was composed of mr. Giulio Franzetti (violinist and one of the Jury member of this year's competition), mr. Raimondo Matacena (concertmaster of the Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra in Genoa) and mr. Mario Trabucco (violinist and member of the Artistic Committee of the Competition). The order of performance of the competitors has been sorted at the end of the pre-selection stage. The letter sorted is the A; therefore the first competitors to perform are those whose surname begins with the letter A, the others will follow consequently with the letter next to A.