Category 5

(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Stefan Iordachi / Romania / video1 / video2
repertoire: P.I.Tchaikovsky- Pezzo Capriccioso op.62, Pietro Locatelli - Sonata in D Major, 1. Allegro 
teacher/school: Ani Marie Paladi, George Enescu National College of Music / piano accompaniment: Raluca Iordachi

1st Prize

Valentijn Jeukendrup / Netherland / video1 / video2
repertoire: J.S. Bach - Sarabande from Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008, N. Paganini - Variations on one string on a theme by Rossini "Mosè in Egitto" 
teacher/school: Matthias Naegele, Academy for Musical Talent, Utrecht / piano accompaniment: Mirjam Oost

2nd Prize

Zile Song / China / video
repertoire: Edward Elgar: Concerto in e Minor op.85,1st Movement
teacher/school: Sichuan Conservatory of Music / MINGWEI ZHAO / piano accompaniment: KEFU QIU

Wanting Zhang / China / video
repertoire: Popper Dance of the Elves, Op. 39, Kabalevsky - Cello Concerto No 1 in G minor
teacher/school: Wei Yang/Affiliated Middle School of Sichuan Conservatory of Music 

Tyhran Nakhalov / Ukraine / video
repertoire: Popper: Ungarische Rapsodium
teacher/school: CHARKIV MUSIK LIZEI SCHELKANOVZEVA Elena / piano accompaniment: Elena Dovhan

Xiaowen Lin / China / video
repertoire: Lalo Cello Concerto in d minor, 3rd Movement
teacher/school: Zheng Chen / piano accompaniment: Yiran Zhou

Ziyue Wang / China / video
repertoire: Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor, I. Allegro maestoso
teacher/school: Xuyang Zhao / piano accompaniment: Yanhui Liu

Qinyue Gu / China / video
repertoire: Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major ,mov.1
teacher/school: Yijia Fang

Smiltė Petrošiūtė / Lithuania / video
repertoire: Georg Goltermann Concerto No.5 Op.76 - I, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee
teacher/school: Asta Krištaponienė / Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium / Lithuania / piano accompaniment: Ella Vladimirskaja

3rd Prize

Moiseev Vladislav / Russia / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: 1. David Popper. TARANTELLE, Op.33, 2. Giovanni Battista Sammartini. Cello Sonata G-dur (1st movement), 3. Giovanni Battista Sammartini. Cello Sonata G-dur (2nd movement)
teacher/school: Dmitrii Smirnov Alekseev Music School Moscow  / piano accompaniment: Daniil Borzenko