Last month the violin was in the spotlight at the International Competition for Violin, Kloster Schöntal. The prize winners of the 18th edition are:
First Age Group
First Prize: NAKAHARA, Riisa (Japan)
Second Prize: RUSANU, Dragos (Romania)
Third Prize: HAFFNER, Haymon (Germany)
Forth Prize: CIUBANCAN, Bianca (USA / Romania)
Fifth Prize: TOSCHEV, Leonard (Germany)
Special Prize “Baroque” – HAFFNER, Haymon (Germany)
Special Prize “Sonata” and Special Prize “GEWA Violin Case“ – RUSANU, Dragos (Romania)
Special Prize “Virtuoso” – NAKAHARA, Riisa (Japan)
Special Prize for Chamber Music Performance (donated by Prof. Dr. Med. Viorica Radoi) – TOSCHEV, Leonard (Germany)
Special Prize “Masuratini Violin Case” – NAKAHARA, Riisa (Japan) and CIUBANCAN, Bianca (USA / Romania)
Second Age Group
First Prize: BULAYEV, Daniil (Latvia)
Second Prize: LIM, Haewon (Korea)
Third Prize: AUER, Katharina (Austria)
Forth Prize: STREPP, Katharina (Germany)
Fifth Prize: WANG, Jingran (China)
Finalist Diploma and Special Prize “Bach” – CHANG, Darwin (Taiwan)
Special Prize “Sonata” and Special Prize “Masuratini Violin Case” – LIM, Haewon (Korea)
Special Prize “Virtuoso”, Special Prize “GEWA Violin Case“, Special Prize “Old Italian VIOLIN” from Leonhard, London and Reinhold Würth Award – – BULAYEV, Daniil (Latvia)
Third Age Group
First Prize: TZEKOV, Maxim (Austria)
Second Prize: YASUDA, Lisa (Japan)
Third Prize: EINENKEL, Robert (Germany)
Forth Prize: WEISSBECKER, Alexandra (Germany)
Fifth Prize: GUO, Kejun (China)
Special Prize “Bach” and Special Prize “Masuratini Violin Case” – TZEKOV, Maxim (Austria)
Special Prize “Sonata” – EINENKEL, Robert (Germany)
Special Prize “Virtuoso” – YASUDA, Lisa (Japan)
Special Prize “GEWA Violin Case” – WEISSBECKER, Alexandra (Germany)
Schachtner Prize (Contemporary composition) – EINENKEL, Robert (Germany)
The EMCY Prize winner of the 2019 edition is Maxim TZEKOV (Austria).
The Jury members were: Prof. Petru Munteanu – Chairman (Germany), Albena Danailova (Bulgaria / Austria), Florian Leonhard (Great Britain), Svetlana Makarova (Russia / Switzerland), Florin Parvulescu (USA), J. X. SCHACHTNER (Germany), Takashi Shimizu (Japan), Elly Suh (Korea), TONG Weidong (China) and Quian Zhou (Singapore).
