Finalists Announced at Italy's il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition

The Finalists have been announced at the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy

The 5 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2019 il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition – in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy.

The 2019 Finalists are:

• 11-year-old Teo Gertler from Slovakia
• 12-year-old Flavia Napolitano from Italy
• 9-year-old Margarita Pochebut from Ukraine
• 12-year-old Stefania Pospekhina from Russia
• 13-year-old Edward Walton from Australia

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 comprises: Pavel Vernikov (President), Viktor Tretyakov, Sophie Rachlin, Eszter Haffner, Gianpaolo Peloso, Dong-Suk Kang and Sergej Krylov.

Livestream of all rounds available live on The Violin Channel.