Finalists are announced!

Late last evening, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis announced the 6 Finalists after a thrilling 4 days of Semi-Final performances!  The Finalists are as follows (in alphabetical order):

Andrey Baranov
Benjamin Beilman
Clara Jumi-Kang
Antal Szalai
Haoming Xie
Soyoung Yoon

For more information on the Finalists and the performance schedule for the final round, please visit www.violin.org

Behind the Scenes: Nikki Chooi

Isaac Thompson catches up with Nikki Chooi after his Semi-Finals performance.  This is what the Canadian native said about his performance!

Behind the Scenes: Danbi Um

Hello Again!

Tonight we talked with Danbi Um after her wonderful performance in the IVCI Semi-Finals.  Check it out!

Behind the Scenes: Stella Chen

Hey IVCI fans,

We caught up with Stella Chen after her brilliant performance in the Semi-Finals.  Here's what she said!

Behind the Scenes: the Broadcast Room, Green Room, & On-Deck Area

Here is our second installment of our Behind the Scenes look at the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.  Today we introduce you to Michael Toulouse and Steve Shipps, our broadcast team.  If you're following our live stream or listening to the performances on-demand, these are your wonderful hosts!  Also, get a taste of what the participants experience in the Green Room and On-Deck Areas of the Indiana History Center.  Enjoy!

Behind the Scenes: the Sound/Streaming booth!

Here is our first behind the scenes look at the IVCI!  As you may know, we stream the entire Competition live over the internet through our website (www.violin.org).  Considerable work and energy goes into bringing the streaming video and the high quality sound to you, anywhere in the world.  We caught up with our streaming engineer, Jay Ray and IVCI Photographer Denis Kelly in the sound booth.  Check out the brief tour!

First day of Preliminaries!

Today has been an exciting first day of Preliminaries for the 8th Quadrennial Violin Competition of Indianapolis!  The distinguished jury has heard 10 of our spectacular international participants.  Another exciting aspect of this first day is the fact that we are streaming the Competition live through our iPhone app.  We are proud to be one of the first performing arts organizations in the world to do a mobile streaming project of this magnitude.  Remember that you can also catch all the action streamed live through our website: www.violin.org 

In addition to this, we are constantly updating our Facebook fan page--check there for posted photos and updates.  In addition, we will be posting videos and photos here on our blog!  Stay tuned for more!