September 29 – the six finalists are announced. Five are female. Three of the six are American of Asian descent, two are Chinese, and one is Japanese.
They will play in the Classical Finals Weds Sept.30 & Thurs Oct.1…
Between the six there will be two performances of each of these Mozart Concertos, K216, K218 and K219, with the conductor-less East Coast Chamber Orchestra.
In the Finals, Friday Oct.2 & Sat Oct.3…
Concertos by… Bartók No.2 (twice), Brahms, Mendelssohn, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky, with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
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Friday, September 25 – the semifinals begin today, four consecutive days, each with four violinists competing to determine who will continue into the latter stages of The Indianapolis.
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Can be followed online. Interesting to note that of the 38 competitors, a big majority are female and Asian.