First round 2022 : Bryan Cheng
Bryan Cheng won first prize at the UNISA International Strings Competition in Pretoria and second prize and the audience prize at the Geneva International Music Competition. He first performed in a recital at Carnegie Hall at the age of fourteen, then at the Elbphilharmonie in 2018 with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and will perform next season with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester at the Philharmonie in Berlin. Bryan Cheng has also performed as a soloist with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa. As a chamber musician, he performs as a member of the Cheng² Duo and with musicians such as Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt, and Antje Weithaas. Bryan Cheng has recorded three albums with the Audite label,
Russian Legends,
Violonchelo del Fuego and
Violoncelle Français.