A graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music where she studied with Petros Haykazyan, Diana is a current student of Ana Chumachenco at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts. After

  Hoopes has continued to perform with many of the world’s leading orchestras since winning First Prize at the Young Artists Division of the Yehudi Menuhin

  She will receive €30,000, an additional €10,000 "Laureate of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover" prize, as well as a number of international performance

  Open to international violinists born between October 10, 1989, and September 26, 2005, who are ready to embark on an international career, the competition's four