Mirecourt International Violin Competition 2023 Announces Candidates

Open to violinists from all nationalities, born after November 4th, 1997, the competition will be held from November 4-12, 2023, in France

The Mirecourt International Violin Competition, organized by the Jeunesses Musicales de Mirecourt, will take place in Mirecourt and Thaon-les-Vosges, France.

The candidates participating in this year's competition include:

• Leonid Anikin (22, Russia)
• Garance Cartou (19, France)
• Sung-Chi Chang (22, Taiwan)
• Lea Glubochansky (22, Canada/Israel)
• Matthew Hakkarainen (23, USA/Finland)
• Myeongbin Han (24, South Korea)
• Hyewon Huh (18, South Korea)
• Anna Im (26, South Korea)
• Hannah Kim (21, South Korea)
• Hsin-Yu Shih (24, Taiwan)
• Chih-En Kuo (23, Taiwan)
• Hyunjeong Lee (24, South Korea)
• Clara Messina (18, France)
• Sakura Nakagawa (23, Japan)
• Muriel Oberhofer (23, Switzerland)
• Yixuan Ren (22, China)
• Emrik Revermann (15, Canada/Germany)
• Biel Ricart Gélinas (22, Spain/Canada)
• Jieun Son (25, South Korea)
• Maria Sotriffer (24, Austria)
• Leyang Tang (23, China)
• Kristóf Tóth (23, Hungary)
• Maxim Tzekov (23, Austria)
• Yoichiro Ueno (21, Japan)
• Quentin Vogel (22, France)
• Sophie Wang (24, Taiwan)
• Jaewon Wee (24, South Korea)
• Esther Yang (23, South Korea)
• Yinan Zhao (25, China)

The 2023 jury will comprise 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. Several special prizes will also be offered — including a modern bow prize, valued at €4,000, a prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary piece, one for the best interpretation of the French sonata, and the Special Prize of Contemporary String Instrument Manufacturing including a two-year-lent-violin by David Wiedmer.

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