VC LIVE | "Premio Paganini" International Violin Competition — Final Round

Tune in on October 27 at 9 AM (ET) to witness the Final Round of this year's competition

The Premio Paganini Competition was founded in 1954 to pay homage to the famous virtuoso from Genoa.

The competition begins on October 16, 2023, in Genoa's Palazzo Tursi, and concludes on October 27 with the final event at Teatro Carlo Felice — on the 241^stanniversary of the birth of the great Genoa violinist and composer.

The First Prize, entitled “Premio Paganini,” will receive € 30,000, while the 2nd Prize is at € 20,000 and the 3rd Prize is at € 10,000. 4th through 6th Prize will receive € 4,000, € 3,000, and € 2,000 respectively.

The 2023 jury includes Salvatore Accardo (President) Ilya Grubert, Michael Guttman, Christopher Reuning, Maxim Vengerov, Reiko Watanabe, and Régis Pasquier.

Former first prize winners including Gyorgy Pauk, Gérard Poulet, Salvatore Accardo, Gidon Kremer, Ilya Grubert, Leonidas Kavakos, Ilya Gringolts, Sayaka Shoji, Ning Feng, and VC Artists Inmo Yang and Kevin Zhu.

Program Order (in ET):

• 9:00 AM: Qingzhu Weng - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
• 9:45 AM: Jingzhi Zhang - Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 7

BREAK (10:30 AM)

• 10:50 AM: Simon Zhu - Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
• 11:35 AM: Qingzhu Weng - Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 6

BREAK (12:20 PM)

• 12:40 PM: Jingzhi Zhang - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
• 1:20 PM: Simon Zhu - Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 6

Awards Ceremony (2:30 PM)