No 1st Prize Awarded at Italy’s Lipizer International Violin Competition

23-year-old Issei Kurihara from Japan has been awarded 2nd prize at the 2019 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition

23-year-old Issei Kurihara from Japan has this week been awarded 2nd prize at the 2019 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition – in Gorizia, Italy.

No 1st prize was awarded at this year’s competition.

ISSEI KURIHARA | BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO | PROKOFIEV VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 | 2019 LIPIZER INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 2ND PRIZE

3rd and 4th prizes were awarded to Chaofan Wang from China - and Tianren Xie from China.

5th, 6th and 7th prizes were awarded to Namhyun Kim from South Korea, Mariia Lundina from Russia - and Irené Fiorito from Italy.

The 2019 jury comprised: Guido Pipolo, Vincenzo Bolognese, Enkhtuya Jamsran, Gunars Larsens, Winston Marquesi Ramalho Jr, Fraz Anzil Levin and Sviatlana Papova.

CHAOFAN WANG | KHACHATURIAN VIOLIN CONCERTO | GLAZUNOV VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 | 2019 LIPIZER INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 3RD PRIZE

TIANREN XIE | BARTOK VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 | BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 2019 LIPIZER INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 4TH PRIZE