They’ve just been named:
Violinist Shlomi Shahaf (17), born in Israel and raised in Ukraine, currently studying at the Purcell School
Pianist Ryan Wang (17) from Vancouver, Canada, currently on a music scholarship at Eton College
Pianist Jacky Zhang (16) from Surrey, a piano and composition student at the Royal College of Music
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