Young violinists from around the world will convene in Budapest, Hungary from 4 July 2024 to compete for the total prize money of €10,000

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Daniil Bulayev, winner of the 4th Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition 

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The Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition has announced competitors for its 2024 edition, which will be held from 4 to 14 July 2024 in Budapest, Hungary.

The competition is divided into two age groups of violinists under 15 years old and those between the ages of 15 and 22. Following the competition, the contestants will have the opportunity to attend the rehearsals and concerts of the 9th Festival Academy Budapest 2024, the international chamber music festival hosted by Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen, commencing 14 July.

The contestants will be judged by an international jury comprising violinists and music educators, presided by Shlomo Mintz, who was a former student of the Hungarian-Israeli violin teacher Ilona Fehér. Additionally, masterclasses led by jury members form an integral part of the competition. The jury for this year’s competition comprises Alissa Margulis, Andreas Vierziger, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Dora Schwarzberg, András Keller, Magdalena Ursu György Pauk, Peter Herresthal, Qian Zhou and competition co-founder Barnabás Kelemen.

The contestants are as follows:

Age group 1 (under 15 years old)

Ma Panxi

Kimia Corke

Hana Hoshino

Kaltrina Kaçiu

Lin Xi

Zhang Jinger

Ziyue Duan

Constantin Stefan Cristian

Sheng Fangyuan

Gábor Ferenc Nagy

Xinru Lai

Kai Gergov

 

Age group 2 (15- 22 years old)

Tsao Wei Chun

Zixuan Shen

Salvatore Di Lorenzo

Cibotaru Elizaveta

Maksym Synytskyi

Renei Tang

Iryna Borysova

Chien Hsin

Tsao Wei Chun

Sofiia Plakhtsinska

Cheng-Yi Syu

Henry Jin Quan

Enpai Zhu

Julia Raphaela Kasprzak

Natalia Wojciechowska

Kovács Zsolt

Xinrui Xie

Nathan Iau

Jovana Udovic

Jovana Savić

Marianna Pazhik

Székely Anna Lilla

Leonhard Baumgartner

Ina Park

Ruiying Lin

Flavia Jace

Hsiao Toa-Yuan

Natalia Szymczyk

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