6th Mirecourt International Violin Competition

The Competition initially scheduled for 2020 has been postponed to 2021

Palmares

Sunday 28 November 2021 – Final

Yumiko Yumiba (Japan) in the Sibelius Violin Concerto

Victoria Wong (Australia) in Brahms' Violin Concerto

Qingzhu Weng (China) in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Gawon Kim (South Korea) in Brahms' Violin Concerto

Alongside our members of the jury!

Prize giving and gala concert!

Qingzhu Weng, unanimously awarded 1st prize. In addition to his prize, he also wins the audience's favorite prize, the orchestra prize (by the Lorraine National Opera Orchestra's musicians), and the special prize for the best interpretation of Florentine Mulsant's contemporary piece (Sonate de concert).

Gawon Kim, 2nd prize. In addition to her prize, she also wins the violin makers' prize (by the students from the Mirecourt National Violin Manufacturing School) and the special bow makers' prize, which is a modern bow by Gabriel Pasquier, offered by La Venotte and the Jeunesses Musicales de Mirecourt.

Victoria Wong, 3rd prize

Yumiko Yumiba, 4th prize. In addition to her prize, she also wins the Special Prize of Contemporary String Instrument Manufacturing, a 2-year-lent-violin: a copy made by Bogidar Vermand from Vermand - Luthiers Workshop of the "Vieuxtemps 1741" by Guarneri Del Gesù.

Larissa Cidlinsky, Special Prize for the best interpretation of the French sonata.

Our semi-finalists Elise Bertrand, Léa Al-Saghir, and Larissa Cidlinsky performed at the closing gala concert, accompanied by our pianists Antoine de Grolée & Laetitia Bougnol.

Our jury: Irina Muresanu, Martin Beaver, Sergey Malov, Jan Repko, Dong-Suk Kang, Marco Rizzi & Marianne Piketty!

Concert hall –La Louvière auditorium in Epinal

With the Orchestra of the National Opera of Lorraine – Programming of Epinal Classical Concerts

Wednesday 24 & Thursday 25 November 2021 – Public semi-final auditions

Concert hall – Rio Cinema, Mirecourt

First round: Sunday 21 and Monday 22 November

Opening Gala on November 20, 2021 by Yuliia Van, winner of the previous edition of the competition, and Valère Burnon, winner of the last edition of the Epinal International Piano Competition

Les candidats sélectionnés

Aino Akiyama (Japon), Johnny van Gend (Australie), Gawon Kim (Corée du Sud), Erten Deniz Ispir (Turquie), Emily Turkanik (Allemagne), Sophia Fournier (France), Leqing Wang (Chine), Larissa Cidlinsky (Allemagne), Riana Heath (Etats-Unis), Qingzhu Weng (Chine), Reika Sato (Japon), Thomas Briant (France), Victoria Wong (Australie), Yoko Ishikura (Japon), Yumiko Yumiba (Japon), Léa Al-Saghir (Suisse), Elise Bertrand (France), Alcide Menetrier (France) et Simone Spadino (Italie).

Jury

The jury will be made up of internationally renowned musicians and teachers: Martin Beaver, Jan Repko, Dong-Suk Kang, Sergey Malov, Marianne Piketty, Marco Rizzi, Irina Muresanu.