Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition 2018 Winner, Milan Al-Ashhab

Tune into the 2022 Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition on The Violin Channel

Now in its 2022 edition, all rounds of the competition are being streamed on The Violin Channel until September 25. Tune in here.

The 6 competitors who advanced to the Finals are:

Guido Sant'Anna e Silva - 17, Brazil

Elli Choi - 21, USA

Amira Abouzahra - 16, Germany

Raphael Nussbaumer - 16, Switzerland

Michael Shaham - 18, Israel

Rino Yoshimoto - 19, Japan

Milan Al-Ashhab was awarded 1st prize at the 2018 Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition. Watch one of his winning performances here:

A graduate of the Teplice Conservatory and the Prague Academy of Music, where he studied with Ivan Štraus, Květoslava Hradilová and Peter Schuhmayer, Milan is a former major prize winner at the Kocian, Telemann, and Spohr International Violin Competitions.