The 2024 International
Cello Competition

October 15th - 20th, 2024
New York City

Preliminary Round

Klavierhaus

790 11TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10019

Klavierhaus was founded in 1993 by Gabor and Sujatri Reisinger in New York City.

The brothers became known in professional circles for their high quality craftsmanship and their collaborative approach to creating instruments according to the individual needs of artists.

As a result, their efforts have earned international acclaim from world-class performers as well as students, teachers, and music aficionados across all genres.

For the last 30 years, many of the world’s most important pianists have worked with Klavierhaus and performed on their pianos.

The list includes Richard Goode, Sir Andras Schiff, Angela Hewitt, Garrick Ohlsson, Herbie Hancock, Simone Dinnerstein, Yuja Wang, Geri Allen,  Gyorgy Kurtag, Frank Kimbrough, Jeremy Denk and others.

Klavierhaus’ concert pianos have appeared on stage at venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the White House, Library of Congress, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and have been included in the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments.

Venue Website

Artists

Artist

Country

Age

Andrew Byun

Canada

26

Michael Song

Canada

23

Sam Chung

Canada

25

Shengyu Meng

China

21

Zhihao Wu

China

28

Jonathan Swensen

Denmark / United States

27

Constantin Siepermann

Germany

24

Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir

Iceland / United States

29

Yushi Izumi

Japan

24

Daniel Hamin Go

South Korea

28

Tae-Yeon Kim

South Korea

18

Shun-Ming Yang

Taiwan

24

Aaron Wolff

United States

30

Edward Luengo

United States

28

Chase Park

United States

26

Jakob Taylor

United States

26

Andres Sanchez

United States

27

Connor Kim

United States

28

Alexander Hersh

United States

31

Amy Goto

United States

20

James Kim

United States

31

John-Henry Crawford

United States

31

Megan Yip

United States

28

Josh Halpern

United States

30

Johannes Gray

United States

27

Lila Holyoke

United States

20

Sydney Lee

United States

27

Robin Park

United States

23

Rainer Crosett

United States

32

Olivia Marckx

United States

25

Miriam Smith

United States

17

Gabriel Martins

United States

26

Peter Eom

United States

29

Leland Ko

United States / Canada

26

Elena Ariza

United States / Japan

26

Mei Hotta

United States / Japan

21

Julia Lee

United States / South Korea

24

Jury

Name

Title

Thomas Demenga

Steven Doane

David Geber

Jury Chair

Bonnie Hampton

Philippe Muller

Hannah Roberts

Semi-Final Round

Greenfield Hall

Manhattan School of Music
130 Claremont Ave, New York, NY

With seating for 270, the intimate Gordon K. & Harriet Greenfield Hall is the School’s main space for chamber music, master classes, and lectures. The Hall’s Edwardian design features a distinctive stained-glass window, which allows for a high degree of natural lighting. The Hall’s integrated audio system makes it an ideal recording space.

The room was lovingly refurbished in 2002. The simplicity of the walls and French doors gives way to the much more ornate vaulted ceiling. This ceiling is extensively decorated with intricate cornice moldings, characterized by alternating corbels and rosettes. These motifs culminate on the balcony, where the arched doorways are capped with lintels featuring large corbels and lutes against a floral background.

Similarly, the face of the balcony is decorated by floral wreathes and pairs of crossed horns and panpipes. These features make Greenfield easily the most pastoral room at Manhattan School of Music.

Venue Website

Artists

Artist

Country

Age

Semi-Finalists Not Announced

Jury

Name

Title

Thomas Demenga

Steven Doane

David Geber

Jury Chair

Clive Greensmith

Bonnie Hampton

Joel Krosnick

Nicholas Mann

Philippe Muller

Hannah Roberts

Final Round

Neidorff-Karpati Hall

Manhattan School of Music
130 Claremont Ave, New York, NY

The School’s main concert hall (formerly Borden Auditorium),  has been newly renamed the Neidorff-Karpati Hall, to acknowledge Noémi K. and Michael Neidorff’s anchor gift to the project. The Hall recently underwent a complete renovation and is the contemporary translation of Manhattan School of Music’s flagship, Art Deco, 650-seat theater and the first modernization of the Hall in over 85 years.

The new hallmarks of the stage are a custom-built orchestra shell enclosure and demountable proscenium wall. These new features allow a full 100-plus-piece orchestra to be positioned on stage within a single acoustical enclosure for the first time in the Hall’s existence and include upgrades to the existing rigging, theatrical lighting, audio-visual, and flexible acoustical infrastructures.

Combined, these improvements better accommodate the variety of programs, offerings, and performances the School plans to host now and into the future.

Venue Website

Artists / Awards

Award

Artist

Country

Age

Finalists Not Announced

Jury

Name

Title

Thomas Demenga

Steven Doane

David Geber

Jury Chair

Clive Greensmith

Bonnie Hampton

Joel Krosnick

Nicholas Mann

Philippe Muller

Hannah Roberts

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2024 International Cello Competition.


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Preliminary Rounds
Oct 15th - Oct 17th 2024

Semi-Final Round
Friday, Oct 18th 2024

Final Round
Sunday, Oct 20th 2024