30 violinists from around the world will compete for the chance to win the top prize of €10,000 this December in Katowice, Poland
The second edition of the Mieczysław Wajnberg International Violin Competition will be held from 1 to 8 December 2024, at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland.
The competition is open to violinists of all nationalities born between 1993 and 2005. 30 contestants have been chosen, who will have the opportunity to scoop the top prize of €10,000 following three competitive rounds.
The contestants are, in alphabetical order of surname:
1. Besman, Kristina
2. Błachuta, Julia
3. Coman, Iohan
4. Cooreman, Alexandra
5. Decaris, Arthur
6. Gogibedaschwili, Elisso
7. Górny, Karolina
8. Hakkarainen, Matthew
9. Horvat, Maja
10. Jagiełło, Łukasz
11. Johanson, Evan
12. Koroleva, Vasilisa
13. Lee, Youngjoo
14. Luethy, Simon
15. Marton, Mira
16. Orlik, Michał
17. Park, Mee-Huen Esther
18. Perl, Anna
19. Pocitari, Lilia
20. Pozorska, Hanna
21. Saito, Aoi
22. Sakamoto, Reika
23. Samarasekara, Andrew
24. Şimonca-Opriţa, Ștefan
25. Wilewska, Gaja
26. Yamakage, Raika
27. Yoshika, Reina
28. Yumiba, Yumiko
29. Zou, Meng
30. Zou, Zhang
The jury for this year’s competition will be chaired by Szymon Krzeszowiec and comprises Andreas Vierziger, Eszter Haffner, Bartłomiej Nizioł, Dima Tkachenko and Łukasz Błaszczyk.
The competition takes its name from Polish composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996), a contemporary of Witold Lutosławski, Bela Bartok and Dmitri Shostakovich. The first edition of the competition was held in 2021 and was won by Russian violinist Dmitry Serebrennikov.
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