Corina Deng
Canada, 18
Corina Deng is a recipient of the Ana Chumachenco Prize at the Kronberg Academy, and First Prizes at the 60th Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition and the 2024 International Tibor Varga Junior Violin Competition. She has collaborated with orchestras across Europe and North America, recently making her debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. A former student of the Curtis Institute, Corina currently studies at The Juilliard School as a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship.
Teachers:
Catherine Cho 2026 – present
Donald Weilerstein 2024 – present
Ida Kavafian 2022 – 2026
Jaime Laredo 2017 – 2022
Jan Mark Sloman 2017 – 2022
Preliminaries
Sonata No. 4 in E minor — E. Ysaÿe
Sonata in C major, K. 303 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice Nos. 21 and 24, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Albumblatt — R. Wagner (arr. A. Wilhelmj)
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Fantasy in C major, Op. 159 — F. Schubert
Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 — C. Saint-Saëns
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice viennois, Op. 2 — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 — A. Dvořák
