Klein Competition

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The Irving M. Klein International String Competition is recognized as the world’s leading competition for young string musicians ^[1]^[2] and one of the most prestigious international events ^[3]. It is open to young musicians, ages fifteen to twenty-three and takes place every June in San Francisco, California ^[4]. The competition was founded in 1985.

The format of the competition is that each entrant (no more than twelve, selected from among many taped applications) performs a twenty-minute recital on the first day. The judges select up to five finalists who play longer programs on the second day. The judges then select the top three to perform full concertos with orchestra on the final evening of the competition. The performances are open to the public and attract an enthusiastic and supportive audience.

1 Prize Winners
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Prize Winners

Past winners of the competition:^[5]

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2007	Jing Wang (violin)	David McCarroll (violin)	Madeleine Kabat (cello)	Lydia Hong (violin)	Alice Yoo (cello)
2006	David Requiro (cello)	Yu Jin (viola)	Celeste Golden (violin)	Song-le Do (cello)	Natalia Szadkowski (violin)
2005	Mihai Marica (cello)	Tee Khoon Tang (violin)	Ilana Setapen (violin)	Katherine Eberle (violin)	Rachel Harding (violin)
2004	Jung-Min Amy Lee (violin)	David Kim (viola)	Joshua Roman (cello)	Yves Dharamraj (tied for 3rd) (cello)	Clara Lyon (violin)
2003	Eric Nowlin (violin)	Tao Ni (cello)	David Joshua Roman (cello)	Katie Hyun (violin)	Ayane Kozasa (violin)
2002	Min-Ji Kim (cello)	Teng Li (viola)	Caroline Campbell (violin)	Kathryn Eberle (violin)	Adam Barnett-Hart (violin)
2001	Howard Zhang (violin)	Teng Li (viola)	Eunice Keem (violin)	Yvonne Lam (violin)	Adam Barnett-Hart (violin)
2000	Angela Fuller (violin)	Yoon-Jung Cho (violin)	Jun Jensen (cello)	Yang Xu (violin)	Hannah Jin (violin)
1999	Frank Huang (violin)	Madeline Adkins (violin)	Lucia Micarelli (violin)	Cecilia Lee (cello)	John Keigwin (double bass)
1998	Denise Djokic (cello)	Patrick Jee (cello)	Christina Castelli (violin)	YonJoo Lee (violin)	Hee Guen Song (violin)
1997	Kirsten Johnson (viola)	Amy Schwartz (violin)	Vivek Klamath (viola)	Amir Eldan (cello)	Boris Tonkov (viola)
1996	Lisa Kim (violin)	Lucasz Szyrner (cello)	Alberto Parrini (violin)	Jenny Oaks (violin)	Margo Tatgenhorst (cello)
1995	Cathy Basrak (viola)	Pavel Sporcl (violin)	Ani Aznavoorian (cello)	Kirsten Johnson (viola)	Esther Noh (violin)
1994	Francois Salque (cello)	Nurit Pacht (violin)	Serge Oskotsky (cello)	Ayako Yoshida (violin)
1993	Jennifer Koh (violin)	Vadim Gluzman (violin)	Julia Tom (cello)	Lara St. John (violin)	Joanna Kurkowisz (violin)
1992	Mark Kosower (cello)	Qi-Xin Pu (violin)	Lisa Lee (violin)	Owen Lee (double bass)	Annie Chang (viola)
1991	Jennifer Frautschi (violin)	Alexis Gerlach (cello)	Brent Samuel (cello)	Carol Oh (cello)	David Park (violin)
1990	Robert deMaine (cello)	Jian-Wen Tong (cello)	Joan Kwuon (violin)	Misha Keylin (violin)
1989	Alyssa Park (violin)	Wendy Warner (cello)	Alban Gerhardt (cello)
1988	Sang Mee Lee (cello)	Gianna Abondolo (cello)	Richard Hirschl (cello)	Eileen Moon (cello)	Anne Chalix (violin)
1987	Molly Mo-Lin Fung (violin)	Gloria Justen (violin)	Hai-Ye Ni (cello)	Robin Sharp (violin)
1986	Stephanie Arado (violin)	Sandra Park (violin)	Sara Parker (violin)	Charles Chandler (double bass)	Timothy Landauer (cello)

[edit] Trivia

In the book The Eggnog Chronicles, one fictional character is introduced as "the youngest violinist to win the Irving M. Klein String Competition." ^[6]