The Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, Germany, has announced the winners of its 2024 edition. The Joseph Joachim Prize has been jointly awarded to 27-year-old Angela Chan, from Hong Kong, and 19-year-old Jacques Forestier, from Canada.
The best interpretation of the commissioned work by Enno Poppe was given to Angela Chan, while the Audience Award was given to Jacques Forestier.
The Chamber Music Prize, of 3,000 Euro, chosen by the members of the Kuss Quartet, went to Semi-Finalist Louisa Staples.
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory, Angela Sin Ying Chan studied with Donald Weilerstein, Pamela Frank, Shmuel Ashkenasi, and Aaron Rosand. Chan is a prize winner at the 2017 International Louis Spohr Competition and the 2022 Nomea Competition.
A student at the Curtis Institute of Music since 2022, Canadian Jacques Forestier previously studied in the Perlman Music Program and at the Mount Royal Conservatory of Music. He studies with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank.
