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Finalists Announced at Italy’s 2023 “Il Piccolo Violino Magico” Competition

July 7, 2023

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The annual event is open to young international violinists, aged 9 to 13 years old, and is being streamed LIVE here on The Violin Channel

The candidates progressing to the final round of the 2023 “Il Piccolo Violino Magico” International Competition for Young Violinists have today been announced in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy.

This year's four finalists are:

Mio Imai (b. 2010 Japan)

Jayda Lu (b. 2011 Australia)

Yeonah Kim (b. 2014 South Korea)

Elizabeth Song (b. 2009 United States)

For the final stage, each of the four candidate will perform the first movements of either Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Paganini's Violin Concerto in D Major, Wieniawski's Violin Concerto in D minor, Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto in B minor or Khachaturian's Violin Concerto in D minor.

The Final will be streamed LIVE here on The Violin Channel on Sunday July 9th at 8.30am (ET). The Semi-Final stage is now available for playback.

This year's 1st Prize winner will receive €5.000 plus a contemporary violin made by Italian maker Fabio Piagentini — courtesy of the Risonanze Festival.

The jury comprises Pavel Vernikov (Chair), Koh Gabriel Kameda, Janne Malmivaara, Henja Semmler, George Tudorache, Robin Wilson and Yamei Yu.