The Kendall National Violin Competition announced finalists of its 23rd competition on Saturday December 7 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Following a day of performances by fifteen stellar young violinists the finalists performing in Kendall on March 2 2025 are
Category A (violinists born after January 1 2006)
Audrey Jarvis, Connie Liu and Lily Song
Category B (violinists born after January 1 1999 and before January 1 2006)
Phoebe Fan, Beverly Kwan, Benjamin Lam, Fiona Qui
Founded in 1999 the competition offers cash prizes to all finalists and a first prize for the category A competition of a fine concert violin made by Australian violin make John Simmers from Brisbane.
“It was simply incredible to see the skills of these talented young violinists and hear their musical vision and imagination manifest itself”, Goetz Richter, Artistic Director and President of the Kendall National Violin Competition said. “This was a captivating day and we are grateful to our judges, Dr. Elizabeth Layton (Adelaide), Fintan Murphy (Melbourne) and Timothy Kantor (Sydney) for tackling the difficult task of selecting the finalists. All performers could have been selected for the finals and it would have been challenging to make a decision.”
The finals of the competition will be held on March 1 2025 in Kendall (NSW).
Download Full Program of the Semifinals
Watermark Composition Prize
Now open -> further details here
Closes January 6 2025
PhiloMusica Concert @ Kendall School of Arts
Details and Ticket Bookings Here
KNVC 2024/5 DATES
PhiloMusica Concerts 2024
Dec 15 - Christmas Concert
Dates 23rd Kendall National Violin Competition
May 1 - Watermark Composition Prize opens
Oct 8 KNVC Competition Entries close
Sept
Dec 7 - KNVC Semi Finals at Sydney Conservatorium of Music;
January 6 2025 Watermark competition closes. (deadline extended)
January 13 2025 Watermark prize announced,
March 1/2 2025 - 23rd KNVC Finals at Kendall
The Prize Violin is created by John Simmers
Kendall National Violin Competition Story
The Kendall National Violin Competition celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018 and has established itself as one of Australia’s foremost performance opportunities for young violinists. Past finalists and winners of the Kendall National Violin Competition have embarked on impressive careers and the Competition is proud to have encouraged these talented artists on their way.
The Kendall National Violin Competition is supported by many generous supporters of the Hastings, Camden Haven and Mid North Coast communities and is administered by an honorary management committee based in Kendall.
Please support the competition with your donation. The Kendall National Violin Competition is a registered charity and donations are tax deductible.
