VC LIVE | Mirecourt International Violin Competition 2023

Tune in on November 14 at 6 PM (ET) to witness the finals of this year's competition

The Mirecourt International Violin Competition, organized by the Jeunesses Musicales de Mirecourt, will take place in Mirecourt and Thaon-les-Vosges, France. Open to violinists from all nationalities, born after November 4th, 1997, the competition announced its winners:

• 1st prize: Jaewon Wee (24, South Korea)
• 2nd prize: Matthew Hakkarainen (23, USA/Finland)
• 3rd prize: Yixuan Ren (19, China)
• 4th prize: Hannah Kim (21, South Korea)

The 2023 jury comprised of Christian Altenburger (Austria), Nora Chastain (USA), Hu Kun (China), Alissa Margulis (Russia), Mihaela Martin (Romania), Lavard Skou-Larsen (Brazil), and Marianne Piketty (France).

The first through fourth prize winners will receive € 5,000, € 3,000, € 1,000, and € 500 respectively.

Former first prize winners include Nathan Mierdl and Jian Ren, Yuna Ha, Roman Kholmatov and Yuliia Van, and Qingzhu Weng from the last edition.