The Donald Portnoy International Violin Competition was held at the USC School of Music Recital Hall and Koger Center for the Arts on September 24-25. Eleven talented violinist were invited to compete in the semi-final round on September 24. The young violinists competed for one of three prizes. The third place winner would receive a prize of $2,000; second place, $4,000; and first place, $6,000.
The eleven semi-finalists were:
Keun Hwa Kim
Stanicnka Dimitrova
Carlota Amargos
Brandon Buckmaster
Seula Lee
Yifan Zhou
Garam Kim
Luke Hsu
Alicia Choi
Fang Rong Wang
Eric Gratz
This group was then narrowed down to five for the final round which took place on Saturday, September 25. The final five were Brandon Buckmaster, Seula Lee, Yifan Zhou, Luke Hsu, and Eric Gratz.
As with most competitions, a winner had to be chosen. The final line up was as follows:
Honorable Mention: Brandon Buckmaster
Second Runner-Up: Eric Gratz
Runner-Up: Seula Lee
Winner: Luke Hsu
Later that day the three winners performed in a winners recital. It was as, you may have assumed, an awesome performance by all three gifted violinists.
Congratulations to all the winners and participants for there excellent performances!
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