The International Anton Rubinstein Competition for Junior Violin took place with great success on 5 May 2024 at the Anton Rubinstein International Music Academy in Düsseldorf.
Young talents from all over the world competed to demonstrate their skills and win the coveted prizes and awards.
The jury, consisting of renowned musicians such as Michael Blatow, Yury Bondarev and Misha Nodelman, was impressed by the participants’ performances.
Several prizes were awarded in total:
1st prize: Jayda Lu (Australia) and Valerie Bai (USA)
2nd prize: Maelys Lauriac (France)
3rd prize: Raelene Pramana (Indonesia)
Award for outstanding artistic performance and expressiveness: Vlada Pidhirna (Ukraine) and Kai Uemura (Japan)
Award for outstanding interpretation of a work by L. van Beethoven: Aurora Yara Villalobos Salamanca (Germany)
Award for the outstanding interpretation of a romantic work: Cecilia Arnau Toran (Spain)
Award for the outstanding interpretation of a romantic violin concerto: Marianna Pazhik (Poland)
Award for the outstanding interpretation of a work by H. Wieniawski: Estelle Presler (Switzerland)
The organisers of the competition were very satisfied with the performance of the participants and are already looking forward to the next edition in 2025.
