The 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, which was launched on August 10, has announced the 12 semi-finalists (7 women / 5 men from 7 countries) who will participate in the Semi-Final round, which begins next Saturday with the String Quartet session.
Diana Tishchenko, Ukraine: July 1990 (age 28)
Alex Zhou, United States: July 2001 (age 17)
Arsenis Selalmazidis, Greece: June 1990 (age 28)
Chang Yuan Ting, Canada: May 2000 (age 18)
Nancy Zhou, United States: January 1993 (age 25)
Olga Šroubková, Czech Republic: March 1993 (age 25)
Quanshuai Li, China: February 1991 (age 27)
Jia Yi Chen, China: August 1996 (age 22)
Sophia Su, United States: August 2001 (age 17)
Yige Chen, China: April 2000 (age 18)
Yurina Arai, Japan: November 1994 (age 24)
Yun Tang, China: May 1992 (age 26)
