The 12 violin finalists were named last night in Brussels.
Six are American, three Korean.
Most are seasoned competitors, aged 22-25.
Joshua Brown
· Hana Chang
· Elli Choi (pic)
· SongHa Choi
· Anna Im
· Julian Rhee
· Karen Su
· Ruslan Talas
· Dmytro Udovychenko
· Minami Yoshida
· Dayoon You
· Kevin Zhu
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