Dutch Violinist Rosanne Philppens Awarded 1st Prize at Freiburg International

27 year old Rosanne Philppens, from the Netherlands has today been awarded 1st Prize at the Freiburg International Violin Competition, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

2nd prize was awarded to 25 year old Nitzan Bartana, from Israel - with 3rd prize to 23 year old Angelo de Leo, from Germany.

A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire, Rosanne is a former 1st prize winner at the Dutch National and Oskar Back Violin Competitions – and former prize winner at the Cologne International Violin Competition.

Rosanne will receive 15,000 Euro (US $19,500) - and a number of performance opportunities.

The prize for 'Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto' was awarded to Nitzan Bartana.