Three violinists compete for the first prize of €60,000
The 17th edition of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition is currently underway, and the candidates that will participate in the final round have been announced. They are South Korean violinist SooBeen Lee, 26, Chinese violinist Jinzhu Li, 19, and Ukrainian violinist Bohdan Luts, 21.
The final round will take place on 22 October at the Adam Mickiewicz University Auditorium in Poznań, Poland. The violinists will each perform a violin concerto by Wieniawski together with the Poznań Philharmonic and conductor Łukasz Borowicz.
This year’s prize pool totals €120,000, including a €60,000 first prize. The jury is led by Bartłomiej Nizioł and comprises Andrea Obiso, Liviu Prunaru, Gerhard Schulz, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Akiko Suwanai, Agata Szymczewska, Vera Tsu Weiling, Sungsic Yang and Nancy Zhou.
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