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7th Mirecourt International Violin Competition

concours violon 2023 Mirecourt
The 6th Mirecourt International Violin Competition 2021 project was funded by the European Union and the LEADER program EU
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Our jury

Christian Altenburger

Christian Altenburger

Christian Altenburger is an internationally renowned soloist and chambrist. He is the artistic director of the music festival Schwäbische Frühling in Germany and of the Loisiarte Festival in Austria. Contemporary music takes a prominent place in his career as his discography proves it. Since 2001, he is professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

https://www.christian-altenburger.at/en/
Nora Chastain

Nora Chastain

Nora Chastain is regularly invited as a soloist by worldwide renowned orchestras conducted by prestigious artistic directors. Many composers wrote to her contemporary works she created. As a chambrist, she founds the Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet and the Kreisleriana Trio, both invited in major festivals. She teaches at Berlin University of the Arts and counts among her students many international-competition-prizewinners and accomplished artists.

https://norachastain.com/
Hu Kun

Hu Kun

Hu Kun is an accomplished conductor and violinist. First chinese violinist to have a career as a soloist in the 80s, he played with internationally renowned orchestras and on worldwide stages. He founded in London his own orchestra he conducts. He is regularly invited in international competitions as jury member, he is professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and regularly gives masterclasses in festivals.

https://www.hukun.net/
Lavard Skou Larsen

Lavard Skou Larsen

Many-prize-winner as a soloist and a chambrist, Lavard Skou-Larsen teaches since 1991 in Mozarteum University Salzburg. He founds his orchestra the same year, fonde la même année son orchestre, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, and makes a brilliant international career as a regular guest and conductor in festivals. He is very involved in contemporary and French creation as well.

http://www.salcsol.com/en/artistic-director

Alissa Margulis

Alissa Margulis is an acclaimed violinist and considered as one of the most talented artist of her generation. She worked with the most brilliant conductors and international orchestras. Alongside her soloist commitment, she makes her career as a chambrist and is regularly invited in numerous festivals. She teaches at the Folkwang University of the Arts.

https://www.alissamargulis.com/

Mihaela Martin

Mihaela Martin is an exceptional violinist regularly invited to play with prestigious orchestras all around the world and with brilliant conductors. Chamber music takes an important place in her career and founds the Michelangelo String Quartet. She is the artistic director of the Rolandseck Festival. She teaches at the Cologne Music University, at the Barenboim–Said Academy in Berlin and at the Kronberg Academy.

https://www.mihaelamartin.com/
MariannePiketty

Marianne Piketty

“Density, passion, virtuosity, depth, generosity” — this is how the press describes the violinist who has built an eclectic career, blending solo performances, recitals, chamber music, unique duos, major repertoire, rare works, and contemporary creations. Marianne Piketty is a professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon and conducts numerous masterclasses across Europe. She is the artistic director of the Rencontres Internationales de Musique de Mirecourt and, of course, of the string ensemble she founded. Le Concert Idéal.

http://mariannepiketty.com/

Our pianists accompanists

Antoine de Grolée

Antoine de Grolée

Winner of the 2007 Long-Thibaud competition and finalist of the 2018 Chopin competition on historical instruments, Antoine de Grolée is graduated from Lyon National Conservatory. He is regularly invited in prestigious festivals and gives recitals and chamber music concerts everywhere in France and abroad. He accompanies violin classes of Svetlin Roussev and Michaël Hentz, and cello class of Michel Strauss in Paris National Conservatory. Since 2014, he is artistic director of Musical moments festival in Rabastens in France.

https://www.antoine-de-grolee.com/
Yukako Morikawa

Yukako Morikawa

was born in Tokyo, Japan. She took piano lessons from Ikuko Yamaguchi, Yasuko Kubota and Prof. Atuko Jinzai. She studied at Toho Music High School Tokyo under Kyoko Ohashi, later under Prof. Martin Hughes and Prof. Rainer Becker at Universität der Künste Berlin, graduated „Diplom“. She continued studying on the Soloist course “Konzertexamen” under Prof. Robert Benz at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim and completed her “Konzertexamen” with the best score.

She participated various master cources – under Bernhard Wambach, Théodore Paraskivesco, Bernard Ringeissen and Bruno Leonardo Gelber, in 2001 Participation in the 6th Hamamatsu International Piano Academy (under Hiroko Nakamura, John O’Conor, Sergio Perticaroli, Jacques Rouvier and Oxana Yablonskaya).

She won the prizes at the various international competitions in Rome, in Calabria, in Epinal, in Barcelona und beim Brahms-Wettbewerb in Pörtschach with the chamber music.
Her performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto KV466 with the Berlin　Symphony Orchestra received high acclaim and she has been invited back every year since. She has already more than 20 appearances at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall.

Yukako Morikawa is a devoted chamber musician, and has been invited by many　 international festivals to perform with musicians.

Additionally the performance of Yukako Morikawa was broadcasted among NDR, HR, SWR and Schweizer Radio DRS2.
She serves on Faculty of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and the Universität der Künste Berlin as a collaborative pianist. She works regularly as official pianist for international competitions and the instrumental masterclasses with such eminent artists as, Nora Chastain, Ana Chumachenco, Mark Gothoni, Stephan Picard, Christian Tetzlaff, Elisabeth Weber, Antje Weithaas or Laura Ruiz Ferreres.

https://www.facebook.com/yukako.morikawa

Prizes and awards

Jaewon Wee (24 years old, South Korea)
5000 Euros
Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, USA/Finland)
3000 Euros
Yixuan Ren (19 years old, China)
1000 Euros
Hannah Kim (21 years old, South Korea)
500 Euros
Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, USA/Finland) for the Brief Sonata by Eric Tanguy
Yixuan Ren (19 years old, China) for the Poulenc Sonata
Jaewon Wee (24 years old, South Korea)
A modern silver-mounted bow worth €4,000 offered by La Venotte and Jeunesses Musicales de Mirecourt, made by Gabriel Pasquier in collaboration with Lucie Martinie
Jaewon Wee (24 years old, South Korea)
Loan for two years of a violin by David Wiedmer
Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, USA/Finland)
Jaewon Wee (24 years old, South Korea)
Public masterclasses for candidates given by jury members
The competition winner is hired for a recital and chamber music concerts for the 2024 RIMM Festival, for the opening concert of the 2025 Competition, for a recital in Paris in the season Jeunes Talents 24/24, for a recital in Saint-Dié de Musique Espérance in the 24/25 season and for a soloist concert with theEnsemble Orchestral Epinal la belle image in the 24/25 season.

Download information regarding competition registration and rules by clicking HERE

Final, Gala and public awards ceremony

With the-Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lorraine, conducted by William Le Sage – Programming of Concerts Classiques d'Épinal. Possible work list on the subscription form above.
The final will be recorded and broadcasted on Violin Channel for instance.
Semi-finalists will play for the closing gala before the award ceremony with our pianists.

The Final and the Gala on video

The Final and the Gala in photos

The Finalists

  • Hannah Kim (21 years old, South Korea)
  • Yixuan Ren (19 years old, China)
  • Jaewon Wee (24 years old, South Korea)
  • Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, United States)
  • Big congratulations to Yixuan Ren who won the special prize for the best performance of the French sonata (Poulenc Sonata)
  • Thank you and congratulations to our incredible pianists for their recitals: Yukako Morikawa and Antoine de Grolée

Semi-Finals

A 60-minute-recital including:
1. A piece for violin and piano among Schubert and Beethoven sonatas
2. A French sonata for violin and piano
3. A free-chosen-virtuoso-piece for solo violin or with piano
Possible work list on the subscription form above.

The Semi-Finalists

  • Maria Sotriffer (24 years old, Austria)
  • Leyang Tang (23 years old, China)
  • Clara Messina (18 years old, France)
  • Jieun Son (25 years old, South Korea)
  • Hannah Kim (21 years old, South Korea)
  • Yixuan Ren (19 years old, China)
  • Jaewon Wee (24 years old, South Korea)
  • Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, United States)
  • Emrik Revermann (15 years old, Canada/Germany)
  • Special prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary piece with the Sonata Brief by Eric Tanguy: Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, United States)

First round public auditions

A 30-minute-programme for solo violin with a Paganini caprice, a piece by J.S. Bach and a contemporary French piece (Possible work list on the subscription form above).

Opening concert

Operning gala by Qingzhu Weng, winner of the previous competition and Slava Guerchovitch, winner of the last edition of the Epinal International Piano Competition.

The Candidates 2023

Candidats Concours International de Violon de Mirecourt 2023
From left to right, top to bottom: Leonid Anikin (22 years old, Russia), Garance Cartou (19 years old, France), Sung-Chi Chang (22 years old, Taiwan), Lea Glubochansky (22 years old, Canada/Israel), Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, United States). /Finland), Myeongbin Han (24 years old, South Korea), Hyewon Huh (18 years old, South Korea), Anna Im (26 years old, South Korea), Hannah Kim (21 years old, South Korea), Hsin- Yu Shih (24 years old, Taiwan), Chih-En Kuo (25 years old, Taiwan), Hyunjeong Lee (24 years old, South Korea), Clara Messina (18 years old, France), Sakura Nakagawa (23 years old, Japan), Muriel Oberhofer (23 years old, Switzerland), Yixuan Ren (19 years old, China), Emrik Revermann (15 years old, Canada/Germany), Biel Ricart Gélinas (22 years old, Spain/Canada), Jieun Son (25 years old, South Korea) , Maria Sotriffer (24 years old, Austria), Leyang Tang (23 years old, China), Kristóf Tóth (23 years old, Hungary), Maxim Tzekov (23 years old, Austria), Yoichiro Ueno (21 years old, Japan), Quentin Vogel (22 years old, France), Sophie Wang (24 years old, Taiwan), Jaewon Wee (24 years old, South Korea), Esther Yang (23 years old, South Korea) and Yinan Zhao (25 years old, China)

Important dates

After this date, registrations are no longer possible.

Candidates must provide before July 1st, 2023, a high quality video including:

  • Paganini : a caprice of your choice
  • 1. movement of the chosen concerto for the final round, recorded with piano
Operning gala by Qingzhu Weng, winner of the previous competition and Slava Guerchovitch, winner of the last edition of the Epinal International Piano Competition.
Their programme:
Mozart – Sonata n° 18 in G Major KV301
Ravel – Sonata n° 2 in G Major M77
Prokofiev – Sonata n° 2 in D Major Op. 94a
Ravel – Tzigane

Concert hall – Rio Cinema, Mirecourt

A 30-minute-programme for solo violin with a Paganini caprice, a piece by J.S. Bach and a contemporary French piece.
Possible work list on the subscription form above.

Concert hall – Rio Cinema, Mirecourt

A 60-minute-recital including:
1. A piece for violin and piano among Schubert and Beethoven sonatas
2. A French sonata for violin and piano
3. A free-chosen-virtuoso-piece for solo violin or with piano
Possible work list on the subscription form above.

15h – Concert hall
La Rotonde de Thaon-les-Vosges

With the-Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lorraine, conducted by William Le Sage – Programming of Concerts Classiques d'Épinal. Possible work list on the subscription form above.
The final will be recorded and broadcasted on Violin Channel for instance.
Semi-finalists will play for the closing gala before the award ceremony with our pianists.
  • trompette
  • Festival international musique Mirecourt
  • violon avec partition
  • Flute
  • Guitare

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