Prize Winners 2018 in the Category Violin/Baroque Violin
1st prize: Maria Włoszczowska / 26 yrs / violin / Poland
Studied at the Fryderyk-Chopin-Music University Warsaw with Jan Stanienda, at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Leonid Kerbel, at the Royal Academy of Music London with Maxim Vengerov and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London with András Keller; master classes with Ferenc Rados, Ivry Gitlis, Philippe Graffin and Roland Baldini and others; 1st prize at the 2013 Michail Elsky International Violin Competition in Minsk; worldwide concert appearances as a soloist with the Baltic Sea Philharmonic and others; currently a freelance musician and student.
2nd prize: Maia Cabeza / 25 yrs / violin / USA/Canada
Studied at the Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia with Ida Kavafian and Joseph Silverstein and at the University of Music »Hanns Eisler« Berlin with Ulf Wallin and Antje Weithaas; master classes with Christian Tetzlaff, Leonidas Kavakos, Gerhard Schulz, Ana Chumachenco and others; 1st prize at the 2013 International Leopold Mozart Violin Competition in Augsburg; concerts in Germany, Russia, Canada, the Czech Republic and other countries; CD recording; currently a member of the Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
3rd prize: Hed Yaron Meyerson / 28 yrs / baroque violin / Germany/Israel
Studied at the University of Music and Theatre Munich with Ana Chumachenco, at the University of Arts Zurich with Nora Chastain, at the University of Music und Performing Arts »Mozarteum« Salzburg with Reinhard Goebel and Igor Ozim and at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Ryo Terakado; master classes with Ana Chumachenco and Chiara Banchini and others; prize winner at national competitions; currently deputy concertmaster with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.