The finalists of the competition will have the opportunity to borrow the Italian violin and the French violin bow from the Blatow Foundation.
These are a 3/4 violin by Carlo Bergonzi II from 1780 in Cremona, a violin by Bernardo Calcagno from 1743 in Genoa, a violin bow by Eugène Sartory and a 3/4 violin bow by Louis Morizot.
The following prizes will be awarded in this year's competition:
- 1st prize - donated by Jason Price, Tarisio Auctions
- 2nd prize - donated by the Blatow Foundation
- 3rd prize - donated by the Anton Rubinstein International Music Academy
- Award for outstanding artistic performance and expressiveness
- Award for the outstanding interpretation of a work by L. van Beethoven
- Award for the outstanding interpretation of a romantic work
- Award for the outstanding interpretation of a romantic violin concerto
- Award for the outstanding interpretation of a work by H. Wieniawski