The Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (SISIVC) is a biennial violin competition in commemoration of violinist Isaac Stern , which takes place in Shanghai, China . The inaugural competition took place August–September 2016 offering $ 100,000 as the first place prize, the largest single cash prize ever in an international violin competition.
20-528: In honor of Isaac Stern and his significant contribution to classical music in China, Maestro Long Yu led the path to establish the competition working closely with Isaac Stern's family. Stern's influence began with a historic trip in 1979 after the Chinese Cultural Revolution and just after China's long period of isolation from the rest of the world. His visit to China included both performances across
40-782: Is a Canadian-American violinist. She won fourth prize at the 2019 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium , top prize at the Sendai International Music Competition in Sendai, Japan, and second prize at the International Naumburg Competition . Born in Canada to engineer parents, Lee started the violin at the age of 4 in Plano, Texas . At age 8, she started studying with Jan Mark Sloman. Lee debuted at
60-503: Is awarded to "an individual who is deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to our understanding of humanity through the medium of music." In 2016, one award was presented to Negin Khpalwak , an Afghan woman conductor who directs an orchestra for women in Afghanistan . The other award was presented to Wu Taoxiang and Du Zhengquan, who founded a middle-school ensemble in China called
80-942: The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra . Yu is also the Chairman of the Artistic Committee of the Beijing Music Festival and co-director of the Music in the Summer Air Festival (MISA). The son of a pianist mother Ding Jiannuo and a choreographer father Yu Lixun Yu was born into a family of musicians in Shanghai, China and grew up during the Cultural Revolution . Yu received his early childhood music education beginning with piano studies from his grandfather,
100-782: The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra appointed Yu its music director. During his tenure, the orchestra has begun its Music in the Summer Air Festival (MISA) in August 2010, constructed a new home for the orchestra (the Shanghai Symphony Hall) in 2014, established the Shanghai Orchestra Academy in 2014, and begun the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition in 2016. Yu has shared the position of Artistic Co-Director of
120-651: The Urban Council of Hong Kong for five years. He was a founder of the Beijing Music Festival (BMF) in 1998, becoming its first artistic director. In 2000, the Chinese government invited Yu to assume leadership of the China Broadcasting Symphony (also called the China National Symphony ). Yu held open auditions, becoming the first Chinese orchestra to recruit all its performers this way. The symphony
140-515: The Einstein Orchestra. The second competition took place from August 8 to September 1, 2018. The required Chinese work for the competition was a co-commission by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra , Beijing Music Festival , Melbourne Symphony Orchestra , Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse , and New Jersey Symphony Orchestra , a violin concerto entitled La Joie de la Souffrance by Chinese composer Qigang Chen . The $ 100,000 first prize
160-512: The Music In the Summer Air Festival (MISA) with Charles Dutoit since the festival's launch in 2010. In January 2015, Yu was named principal guest conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra , the first appointment of a mainland Chinese conductor to the position. In June 2018, Deutsche Grammophon announced an exclusive recording deal with Yu and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO). Shannon Lee (violinist) Shannon Lee (born 1992)
180-542: The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, was conducted by Michael Stern. In keeping with Isaac Stern's values, all contestants were required to play a Chinese work, the iconic Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto . Only 24 competitors were invited to the competition from the 140 applications the competition received. The semi-finals of the competition was broadcast live internationally through LeTV Music while SMG broadcast
200-447: The Stern family, including his sons Michael and David , worked with Yu to develop a structure including chamber music and Chinese music, which were important to Isaac Stern, in order to establish a competition he would be happy with. The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra hosts the competition with Maestro Yu as president. The organization committee includes David Stern. The competition offers
220-642: The United States, would receive equal scholarship awards of $ 20,000. 2020: See section "2020 competition" above. Long Yu Yu Long ( Chinese : 余 隆 ; pinyin : Yú Lóng ; born July 1, 1964) is a Chinese conductor. He is currently artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic and of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra , music director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra , and principal guest conductor of
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#1732869729470240-821: The age of 12 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra , and two years later performed with Christof Perick and the Nuremberg Philharmonic . In 2013, she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science at Columbia University , where she also studied with David Nadien , former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic . In 2016 Lee earned a Performance Diploma at the Curtis Institute of Music , where she studied with Ida Kavafian and Arnold Steinhardt . During her time in Philadelphia, she worked under
260-515: The competition organizers announced that because of difficulties with international travel, the finals would be canceled and would be replaced with an online concert in August in which all six contestants would perform their final-round repertoire. The committee declared that the six finalists, Rino Yoshimoto of Japan; Thomas Lefort of France; Ruifeng Lin of China; Felicitas Schiffner of Germany; Angela Sin Ying Chan of Hong Kong, China; and Shannon Lee of
280-752: The composer Ding Shande . He continued his piano studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music , and also began conducting studies, graduating from the conservatory in 1987. He further studied music in Europe at the Berlin University of the Arts . After returning from Europe, Yu was appointed principal conductor of the Central Opera Theatre in Beijing in 1992, serving for three years. He produced operas for
300-521: The country and masterclasses with Chinese students at China's Central Conservatory of Music and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he imparted lasting musical advice. Yu, just a teenager at the time, was among those in the audience and among the many influenced by Stern's musicianship and knowledge. The Academy Award-winning film, From Mao to Mozart documents Stern's trip. Although Stern expressed distaste in competitions during his lifetime,
320-440: The finals with on-site live commentary. The first place prize was $ 100,000 in addition to performance contracts with several international orchestra, second place prize was $ 50,000, third place prize was $ 25,000, and fourth, fifth, and sixth prizes were $ 5,000 each. In addition, $ 10,000 was awarded for the best performance of the Chinese work and two Isaac Stern Human Spirit Awards were awarded for $ 10,000 each. The Isaac Stern Award
340-761: The highest single cash prize for any international violin competition, $ 100,000. In an effort to ensure transparency, the competition took an unprecedented step in publishing the scores and comments of eliminated participants as well as winners. The inaugural SISIVC took place in Shanghai Symphony Hall over the course of 25 sessions from August 14 to September 2, 2016. Co-chairs of the 13-member jury were David Stern and Vera Tsu Weiling and jury members included violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov , Augustin Dumay , well-known pedagogue Zakhar Bron , and Boris Kuschnir among others. The final round which included concertos played with
360-599: The mentorship of Mary Javian as a Curtis ArtistYear Fellow, helping to support music programs for Cramp Elementary and high school students with help from the All City Orchestra chamber music programs. Lee is a founding member of the Bicycle String Trio. In 2018, she entered the Cleveland Institute of Music for a Master of Music degree, studying with Jan Sloman and Jaime Laredo . Lee has performed with
380-585: Was awarded to Nancy Zhou of the United States. The third competition was set to take place from August 4 to 25, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to August 10 to 29, 2021. Despite the rescheduled dates, it retained "2020" in its name in commemoration of Isaac Stern's 100th birthday in 2020. The final round had tentatively been scheduled to take place live in Shanghai in August 2022, but in July 2022
400-686: Was renamed the China Philharmonic Orchestra . In 2008, Yu and the China Philharmonic performed for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican , as part of increased diplomatic initiative between China and the Vatican. In July 2014, the China Philharmonic was the first Chinese orchestra to perform at the BBC Proms . In 2003, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra appointed Yu its music director. In 2009,
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