International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
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The International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, named after Finnish composer
The competition has always had high-level competitors, and winners such as
Structure
The competition has three rounds: the first round, the second round, and the final round. After each round, a number of competitors are chosen to proceed to the next round, and after the final round the finalists are ranked. In the final ranking, the performance in each round is considered as a whole. To be accepted in the competition, candidates need to send a performance sample for a competition committee for pre-selection.
The first round program consists typically works of Bach, a sonata by Mozart, and Paganini's capriccios. It is said that Bach measures readiness, Mozart measures understanding of style, and Paganini measures technical ability. The second round, often referred as the semi-finals, consists typically of a sonata for violin and piano, few pieces by Sibelius, a modern Finnish piece, and a virtuoso piece. In the final round, the finalists perform two concertos accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. One of the concertos is mandated as the Violin Concerto in D minor by Sibelius.[5]
In 2005, 175 applications were received, 58 competitors were accepted of which 50 took part in the competition, 20 proceeded to the second round, and 8 were chosen to the final round.
Laureates
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1965 | Oleg Kagan | Joshua Epstein | Valery Gradov |
1970 | Liana Isakadze | Not awarded | Otto Armin |
1975 | Yuval Yaron | Ilya Grubert | Eugene Sârbu |
1980 | Viktoria Mullova | Sergei Stadler | Andrés Cárdenes |
1985 | Ilya Kaler | Not awarded | Vilmos Szabadi |
1990 | Not awarded | Cristina Anghelescu | Sigrún Edvaldsdóttir |
1995 | Pekka Kuusisto | Elisabeth Batiashvili | Madoka Sato |
2000 | Sergei Khachatryan
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Natsumi Tamai | Zhi-Jiong Wang |
2005 | Alina Pogostkina | Jiafeng Chen
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Hyun-Su Shin
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2010 | Nikita Borisoglebsky
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Petteri Iivonen | Esther Yoo |
2015 | Christel Lee | Emmanuel Tjeknavorian | Friederike Starkloff |
2022 | In Mo Yang | Nathan Meltzer | Dmytro Udovychenko |
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-313-27728-3.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-2565-2.
- ISBN 978-1-349-14700-7. Archivedfrom the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "10th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition Nov. 21 – Dec. 2, 2010". Sibelius Academy. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ^ "Rules". 11 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
External links
- Official website
- The competition pages of Finnish Broadcasting Company
- The Sibelius Society of Finland Archived 24 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine