The finalists will perform a concerto by Prokofiev, Shostakovich or Wajnberg for the chance to win the top prize of €10,000
The jury of the 2024 Mieczysław Wajnberg International Violin Competition has selected six violinists to proceed to the finals, following the semi-final rounds which were held on 3 and 4 December in Katowice, Poland.
The six violinists are:
Iohan Coman (Romania)
Matthew Hakkarainen (US/Finland)
Maja Horvat (Slovenia)
Lilia Pocitari (Moldova)
Ștefan Şimonca-Opriţa (Romania)
Zhang Zou (China)
The finalists will perform a concerto by Prokofiev, Shostakovich or Wajnberg with the Karol Szymanowski Academic Symphony Orchestra on 6 and 7 December.
The winner will receive €10,000, while second and third place will receive €5,000 and €3,000 respectively. All finalists will receive a diploma, with the main prizewinners performing in a laureates concert on 8 December.
The jury is chaired by Szymon Krzeszowiec (Poland) and comprises Eszter Haffner (Austria), Dima Tkachenko (Ukraine), Maria Sławek (Poland), Andreas Vierziger (Austria), and Łukasz Błaszczyk (Poland).
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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