Prizes Awarded at 1st Dominique Peccatte International Violin Competition

Japanese violinist Rika Masato has been awarded 1st prize at the inaugural Dominique Peccatte International Violin Competition

27 year old Japanese violinist, Rika Masato has been awarded 1st prize at the inaugural Dominique Peccatte International Violin Competition, in Paris.

She will receive €5,000 (US $5600) - and a violin bow by Swiss bow maker, Kaspar Pankow.

2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded to 18 year old Marie-Astrid Hulot, from France and 27 year old Haruka Nagao, from Japan.

Bow maker, Kaspar Pankow will also receive €5,000 as winner of this year’s bow making section.

The 2016 jury comprised Patrice Fontanarosa (Chair), Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian,  Alexis Cardena, Laurent Korcia, Stéphanie-Marie Degand, Vahan Martirosyan,Christie Julien and Roger Sala.