Ukrainian violinist Georgii Moroz wins $50,000
The grand final round of the Singapore International Violin Competition (SIVC) took place on 7 February at the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore. The three competing violinists performed concertos with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joshua Tan.
The first prize was awarded to 24-year-old Ukrainian violinist Georgii Moroz, receiving $50,000 as well as the $3,000 chamber music prize. The second prize of $25,000 was won by Danish violinist Michael Germer, along with the $1,000 prize for the best performance of the competition’s commissioned work, Soliloquy by David Loke. Chinese violinist Zou Meng received the $15,000 third prize, the $5,000 violin and piano recital prize, the $1,000 prize for the best performance of Bach, as well as the $1,000 prize for the best performance of Ysaÿe.
The $6,000 fourth prize was awarded to US violinist Karisa Chiu, the $5,000 fifth prize to South Korean violinist SongHa Choi, and the $4,000 sixth prize to Chinese violinist Qingzhu Weng.
The six finalists also received three-year loans of the following violins: the 1680 ‘D’Annunzio-Baccara’ Antonio Stradivari violin; a 1719 Carlo Tononi violin; a 1721 Domenico Motagnana violin; a 1753 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin, a 1793 Lorenzo Storioni violin, and an 1840 Francesco Pressenda violin.
Concert opportunities were also awarded with the Qatar Philharmonic, the Macao Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Moroz has studied with Olha Korinets at the Lysenko State Music Lyceum, with Qian Zhou at Singapore’s Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of music; and with Antje Weithaas at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. Among his accolades, he has competed in the semi-finals of the 2024 Queen Elisebeth Competition and the 2022 edition of SIVC, and has won prizes in competitions including the International Jean Sibelius Competition, the Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition, and the Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition. He presently performs on an 1829 J.B. Vuillaume violin on loan by Camerata Lysy.
This year’s jury comprised Shmuel Ashkenasi, Augustin Dumay, Koichiro Harada, Ida Kavafian, Barnabás Kelemen, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Paul Roczek, Pavel Vernikov and Lina Yu, with artistic director Qian Zhou as chair.
‘What has been most moving in this year’s edition is seeing young artists who do more than play beautifully,’ said Zhou. ‘On stage, they shone not just as competitors, but as musicians with individuality, sensitivity, sincerity and true virtuosity – exactly the qualities SIVC seeks to nurture.’
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