Candidates Announced for Italy’s 2018 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition 

The opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition

The opening-round candidates have been announced for the 2018 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – to be held in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy from the 4th to the 8th of July.

The 2018 opening-round candidates are:

• Esme Arias-Kim (United States)
• Benedetta Fiechter (Italy)
• Marie Veronica Helling (Germany)
• Aleksandra Khmara (Ukraine)
• Kento Kuroiwa (Japan)
• Bohdan Luts (Ukraine)
• Daria Manza (Russia)
• Matteo Morbidelli (Italy)
• Natsuho Murata (Japan)
• Stefania Pospekhina (Russia)
• Yassen Stamenov (Bulgaria)
• Pauline van der Rest (Belgium)
• Barbara Ana Roinishvili (Georgia)
• Naz Irem Turkmen (Turkey)
• Shihan Wang (China)
• Hironori Yamaguchi (Japan)

Open to international violinists aged 9 to 13 years old, the 1st prize winner will receive €5000 - and a number of international performance opportunities.

The 2018 jury will comprise: Pavel Vernikov (President), Viera Fischer, Susanne Gessner, Ruta Lipinaityte, Corrado Bolsi, Sergej Krylov, and Vilmos Szabadi.