The International Violin Competition Kloster Schöntal is open to any young violinists who fit in the three age categories: Up to 14-years-old, 15 to 17-years-old, and 18 to 21-years-old.
The competition's pre-selection jury — consisting of Mrs. Rebekka Hartmann, Prof. Paul Roczek, Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn, and Artistic Director of Competition Prof. Petru Munteanu — has selected 37 candidates who will compete in the next round from August 26 to September 4, 2022.
They are, in alphabetical order:
First Age Group:
- Amina Akhmetzhanova
- Philipp Chernomor
- Yu Wa Ocean Chow
- Mathilda Dendorfer
- Shang.En Hsieh
- Sebastian Manning
- Lois Muntean
- Juan Jose Pena Aguirre
- Vasilisa Sokolova
- Till Stümke
- Yadan Zheng
Second Age Group:
- Moë Dierstein
- Jialin Ding
- Jennifer Gheorghita
- Isabell Karlsson
- Alexaander Kulitskiy
- Anne Sophie Luong
- Tareq Matar
- Tokuji Miyasaka
- Ryota Nakamura
- Jiyu Oh
- Isabelle Raviol
- Sofija Vasecka
- Mingnan Mue
Third Age Group:
- Pijus Česaitis
- Joshua Galasse
- Pauline Hoffmann
- Sara Ispas
- Céleste Klingelschmitt
- Angi Lai
- Aijia Li
- Elena Meyer
- Veronika Rädler
- Mia Ruubel
- Alberto Sanz Rivera
- Katharina Strepp
- Ashley Tsai
The prize money offered is up to € 24.000. In addition, the Jury may award the Reinhold Würth Promotion Prize for further education in music (€ 5000) and an appearance as a soloist with the Würth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Previous major prize winners include VC Artists InMo Yang, Sarah Christian, Yury Revich, Igor Pikayzen, Alexander Conunova, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Rennosuke Fukuda, Ziyu He, and Ioana Christina Goicea.