Candidates Announced for Italy’s il Piccolo Violino Magico Competition

The opening round candidates have been announced for the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition 

The opening round candidates have been announced for the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – to be held in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy from the 3rd to 7th of July, 2019.

The opening round candidates are:

• Toma Arakawa (Japan)
• Miryam Capuano (Italy)
• Ilva Eigus (Switzerland)
• Teo Gertler (Slovakia)
• Madeline Goh (Singapore)
• Mateusz Izdebski (Poland)
• Theodor Kaskiv (France)
• Sofiia Kysliak (Ukraine)
• Lira Masuda (United States)
• Flavia Napolitano (Italy)
• Amanda Vatn Noor (Norway)
• Margarita Pochebut (Ukraine)
• Stefania Pospekhina (Russia)
• Edward Walton (Australia)
• Hironori Yamaguchi (Japan)
• Yejin Kim (South Korea)

Open to violinists of any nationality aged 9-13, the 1st prize winner will receive €5,000, an instrument made by contemporary Italian violin maker, Fabio Piagentini – plus a number of important European concert engagements.

The 2019 violin jury will comprise: Pavel Vernikov (President), Viktor Tretyakov, Sophie Rachlin, Mariana Sirbu, Laura Gorna, Dong-Suk Kang and Sergej Krylov.