VC LIVE | 2025 Jascha Heifetz Violin Competition

Tune in on February 14-22 to watch this year's full competition online

We're coming to you LIVE from Vilnius, Lithuania, for the VII International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists. Chaired by violinist Gidon Kremer, the competition will offer a prize fund of €30,000, alongside other awards.

The first and second rounds will take place at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Participants in the final round will perform with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and its principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society.

The final round participants are:

• Rokas Diržys (Lithuania)
• Yuki Hirano (Japan)
• Chaeyeon Lee (South Korea)
• Jinzhu Li (China)
• Zofia Anna Olesik (Poland)
• Shaoheng Zhong (China)

Competition Schedule:

Final Round

February 21 | Session 1 | 12 PM (ET), 7 PM Local Time

February 22 | Session 2 | 10 AM (ET), 5 PM Local Time

Previous Rounds:

Round 2

February 18 | Session 1 | 9 AM (ET) | 3 PM (Local Time)

• Maya Alexandra Kasprzak, Germany - Poland
• Emmanuel Coppey, France
• Kristijonas Pūtys, Lithuania
• Michael Lewin, Germany
• Rokas Diržys, Lithuania
• Lora Markova, Bulgaria
• Chaeyeon Lee, South Korea
• Wakana Kimura, Japan
• Adam Koch Christensen, Denmark
• Jinzhu Li, China

February 19 | Session 2 | 3:30 AM (ET) | 9:30 AM (Local Time)

• • Yuki Hirano, Japan
  • Shaoheng Zhong, China
  • Zofia Anna Olesik, Poland
  • Saulė Buikaitė, Lithuania
  • Yige Chen, China
  • Jieun Son, South Korea
  • Maria Sotriffer, Austria
  • Hanna Pozorska, Poland
  • Haewon Lim, South Korea

Round 1

February 15 | Session 1 | 3 AM (ET), 10 AM Local Time

February 16 | Session 2 | 3 AM (ET), 10 AM Local Time

February 17 | Session 3 | 2:30 AM (ET), 9:30 AM Local Time

Round 2

February 18 | Session 1 | 8 AM (ET), 3 PM Local Time

February 19 | Session 2 | 3 AM (ET), 10 AM Local Time