Three emerging  violinists have won the chance to perform alongside international violinist Ray Chen and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House on 25 July, chosen from the international competition Play with Ray.

Yongren Yuto Lim (11, Singapore), Anna Sing (21, Melbourne) and Przemysław (Przemek) Prucnal (21, Poland) were selected from almost 1,000 entries for a competition open to performers from across the world, between the ages of six and 63.

The winners will each perform one movement of Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor in a duet with Chen, in a program that also includes Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, Macpherson’s Waltzing Matilda and Koncz’s arrangement of Satie’s works, A New Satiesfaction.

Yongren Yuto Lim, Anna Sing, Przemysław (Przemek) Prucnal. Photos supplied (Anna Sing image © Sam Chiu, Chloe Teo)

The youngest of the winning performers, Lim will give his first-ever performance with a full-size orchestra next to his violin idol.  “It feels like my dream has come...