The Ninth Triennial Johansen International Competition for Young String Players took place March 21–24, 2022, at Live! At 10th & G (First Congregational UCC) in Washington, DC. To learn more about the 2022 competition, and to see what repertoire was performed during semifinal and final rounds, take a look at the 2022 JIC semifinals program and finals program. To see a list of the ten winners with their ID numbers, click here.
First-Place Winners
Jinan Laurentia Woo
Violin
Best Performance of a Commissioned Work
Seoyeon Ryu
Viola
Luka Coetzee
Cello
Second-Place, Third-Place, and Special Commendation Winners
Hannah Tam
Second-Prize Violin
Jacques Forestier
Third-Prize Violin
Emad Zolfaghari
Second-Prize Viola
Claire Xu
Third-Prize Viola
Romain-Olivier Gray
Second-Prize Cello
A-Hyeon Choi
Third-Prize Cello
William Tan
Judges’ Commendation (Cello)
Prize Winners
Violins
- First Prize – $10,000 – Jinan Laurentia Woo, age 14, Republic of Korea
- Second Prize – $7,000 – Wan Ching Hannah Tam, age 16, Hong Kong
- Third Prize – $5,000 – Jacques Forestier, age 17, Canada
Violas
- First Prize – $10,000 – Seoyeon Ryu, age 18, Republic of Korea
- Second Prize – $7,000 – Emad Zolfaghari, age 17, Canada
- Third Prize – $5,000 – Claire Xu, age 15, United States
Cellos
- First Prize – $10,000 – Luka Coetzee, age 17, Canada
- Second Prize – $7,000 – Romain-Olivier Gray, age 18, United States/Canada
- Third Prize – $5,000 – A-Hyeon Choi, 15, Republic of Korea
Best Performance of Commissioned Work, The Imagined Wisdom of Bella Pavis, by Jessica Krash – $1,000 – Jinan Laurentia Woo (Violin), age 14, Republic of Korea
Judges’ Commendation – $500 – William Tan (Cello), age 17, United States
