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Musicians selected for the 2025 edition

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Alessandra Yang

Alessandra Yang

  • Edition of the Academy: 2025
  • Country: Italy
  • Instrument: Viola
  • Age during Academy: 21
  • Last or current school: Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien
  • Concours de Genève - Viola 2025 | Chamber Music Prize

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Violist Alessandra Yang currently studies at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität (Vienna, Austria) in the studio of Jennifer Stumm and attended Juilliard Pre-College under the tutelage of Hsin-Yun Huang. She frequently participates in chamber music festivals and masterclasses, including Taos School of Music, Perlman Music Program, Newburyport Chamber Music Festival, Prussia Cove, and Saline Royale Academy, and she regularly performs in baroque ensembles across Europe and the United States.

She wins the special Chamber Music Prize at the Concours de Genève 2025 for Viola.

Outside of music, she enjoys exploring philosophy and has taken classes at Freogen Fellowship, the inaugural Forbidden Courses program at the University of Austin, and as a fellow of the Hertog Foundation.

Alessandra plays on a 2017 Hiroshi Iizuka viola made local in her native Philadelphia and an 1801 Michael Stadlmann Viola d'amore made in Vienna.

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Geneva International String Academy artists awarded in 2025

In 2025, five former Geneva International String Academy participants were distinguished by major international awards: Sarah Strohm, Brian Isaacs, Alessandra Yang, Arne Zeller and Maxime Grizard. It confirms the Academy’s artistic standards and long-term commitment to excellence.

Concours de Genève 2025 - First Prize ex aequo Viola - Sarah Strohm and Brian Isaacs

Concours de Genève 2025

Concours de Genève 2025 - Special Prize Chamber Music - Alessandra Yang

Concours de Genève 2025 - Prix Spécial du jury

Budapest International Cello Competition 2025 - First Prize - Arne Zeller

Budapest International Cello Competition 1st Prize 2025 Arne Zeller

Radu Lupu 2025 - First Prize - Maxime Grizard

Radu Lupu 2025 - Premier Prix - Maxime Grizard
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