Final results of the 7th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2025

1st prize - Xunyu Zhou (China)

2nd prize - Sara Furuichi (Japan)

3rd prize - Ella Eunsuh Park (USA/South Korea)

Laureate diploma - Julie Svačinová (Finland)

Special prizes

Audition prize - Ella Eunsuh Park

Nedbal prize and honorary mention - Julia Wawrowska (Poland) 

Martinu prize - Ayano Nakamura (USA/Japan) 

Pirastro prize - Diego Ignacio Alvarado Sanchez (Venezuela)

Big congratulations to everybody!! It was a great night 🎶🎻

🎻 Tomorrow is the Grand Finale!

The four best violists of the 7th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2025 will perform with the Barocco sempre giovane chamber orchestra, presenting concertos by C. Stamitz and F. A. Hoffmeister.

Join us via live stream at the link below and experience this celebration of viola artistry!

📅 Sunday, October 26

🕔 Starting at 5:00 PM (CET)

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZExp8lbW-sM?si=YMkLwg4ibOKPf6ES

1. Julie Svačinová (Finland)

2. Ella Eunsuh Park (USA/South Korea)

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3. Sara Furuichi (Japan)

4. Xunyu Zhou (China)

Don’t miss this unforgettable finale! 🌟

✨ Bravo to all our 18 violists!

So many inspiring performances today — it was incredibly hard to select just four.

Congratulations to the finalists of the 7th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition! 🎶

Sara Furuichi (Japan)

Ella Eunsuh Park (USA/South Korea)

Julie Svačinová (Finland)

Xunyu Zhou (China)

See you on Sunday!

Dear friends,

We are absolutely thrilled by the extraordinary participation in the 1st round of our competition.

A record-breaking 115 applications from 35 countries around the world have arrived, and the level of the young violists was truly exceptional.

The jury faced a tremendously difficult task in selecting only 18 semifinalists from such an outstanding pool of talent.

We sincerely thank all participants for their remarkable performances and wish you the very best of luck in your musical journey!

Semifinalists of the 7th edition of the competition (listed alphabetically):

Rodrigo Agudelo Celda (Spain/UK)

Diego Alvarado Sánchez (Venezuela)

Carla Guillén García (Spain)

Sara Furuichi (Japan)

Elena Küssner (Germany/Sweden)

Jiwon Kim (South Korea)

Ayano Nakamura (USA/Japan)

Ella Eunsuh Park (USA/South Korea)

Junhao Peng (China)

Davis Sliecans (Latvia)

Marvin Stark (Germany)

Julie Svačinová (Finland)

Guohan Tang (China)

Kyrillos Volkov (Greece)

Julia Wawrowska (Poland)

Mingyue Yu (China)

Zihan Zhang (China)

Xunyu Zhou (China) 

Congratulations!! And see you in Prague in October!!