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Congratulations to our 2009 Klein Competition Semifinalists

Location:
Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco

Tickets:
June 13 (Semifinal Round) - $10 gen. adm./$5 students & seniors
June 14 (Final Round) - $20 gen. adm./$10 students & seniors
Weekend Pass (Sat-Sun) - $25 Adult/$15 Student-Senior

Competition Schedule
June 11, 2009 - Semifinalists Arrive
June 11 - 12, 2009 - Closed Rehearsals
June 13, 2009 - 10am to 4pm - Semifinals with Piano Accompaniment, Top 3 Advance to Final Round
June 14, 2009, 4 pm - Final round with Piano Accompaniment
Awards Ceremony at 7pm, Gala Reception following ceremony

2009 Klein Competition Semifinalists

• Eunice Kim, a 17-year-old violinist from Daly City, CA, studies with Wei He at the San Francisco Conservatory in San Franicsco, CA.
• Jacqueline Choi, a 22-year-old cellist from Old Tappan, NJ, studies with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.
• Su Jin Lee, a 17-year-old cellist from South Korea, who studies with Paul Katz at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.
• Vicki Powell, a 20-year-old violist from Chicago, IL, studies with Roberto Diaz at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA.
• So Jin Kim, a 23-year-old violinist from South Korea, studies with Cho-Liang Lin at Rice University in Houston, TX.
• Nikki Chooi, a 19-year-old violinist from Victoria, Canada, studies with Joseph Silversteint & Ida Kavafian at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA.
• Meta Weiss, a 21-year-old cellist from San Francisco, CA, studies with Norman Fischer at Rice University in Houston, TX.
• Xiang Yu, a 20-year-old violinist from Shanghai, China, studies with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.

And thank you to all who applied to this year's Klein Competition. Best wishes in all of your musical endeavors!