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Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition Names 2024 Finalists

July 11, 2024

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Tune in on June 12 and 13 at 9 AM (ET) for the Finals of the competition

The Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition is currently underway at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary. Founded in 2017 by Hungarian violinists Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen, artistic directors and founder of the Festival Academy Budapest, the competition is held for two age groups: Group 1 for those under 15 and Group 2 for ages 15-22.

You can watch the Final Rounds of the competition on July 12 and 13, 2024, at 9 AM (ET) LIVE on The Violin Channel.

The finalists for Group 1 are:

Hana Hoshino (Japan)
Sheng Fangyuan (China)
Constatnin Stefan Cristian (Romania)
Kimia Corke (Switzerland)

The finalists for Group 2 include:

Tao-Yuan Hsiao (Taiwan)
Sofiia Plakhtsinska (Ukraine)
Maksym Synytskyi (Ukraine)
Leonhard Baumgartner (Austria)
Salvatore Di Lorenzo (Italy)

The President of the Jury is Shlomo Mintz, a former student of the legendary Hungarian-Israeli violin teacher, Ilona Fehér. Alongside him, the jury comprises Alissa Margulis, Andreas Vierziger, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Dora Schwarzberg, Keller András, Magdalena Ursu, Pauk György, Peter Herresthal, Qian Zhou, and Kelemen Barnabás.

Masterclasses led by jury members form an integral part of the competition, and the contestants may also attend the rehearsals and concerts of the 9th Festival Academy Budapest 2024 — which starts on July 14 after the violin competition.

Cofounders Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas said, "If we take a look at the rich and colorful tradition of violin playing, with performers like Joseph Joachim, Carl Flesch, Ede Reményi, Leopold Auer, Jenő Hubay and all the other Hungarian legends, including Ilona Fehér, the different schools from Israel to Russia and Germany and, of course, Hungary, we feel the challenge and beauty of the past, and we are happy to preserve it and pass it on to younger generations."

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