From the 4th January to the 20th February took place the Netherlands Violin Competition took place in Utrecht, Netherlands. The competition aims to encourage gifted and promising violinists from the Netherlands.
The finals took place in Great Hall in Tivoli a Vredenburg. The new Prize winner is Niek Baar, who played Shumann Violin Concert, for the category Oskar Back.
The prize winners of other categories are:
You can watch videos of the Competion on the Netherlands Violin Competition Youtube channel and you read more information on their website.
Existing since 1967, the Netherlands Violin Competitions’ scope is not only to give aspiring musicians the chance to perform in front of a sophisticated audience but also to help them going further in their studies by offering them trained coaching. Moreover, a talent support program is offered to the all of the competitors before, during and after the competition.
The Netherlands Violin Competition´s aim is to promote the young violinist in an international level for discovering, developing, stimulating and promoting violin talent.
