VC LIVE | 2024 Wajnberg Violin Competition

Tune in from December 3-7 to watch this year's competition live from Poland

We're coming to you LIVE from Katowice, Poland, for the 2024 International Mieczysław Wajnberg Violin Competition. Hosted at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, this year's competition will run from December 1-8.

Founded in 2021 and currently on its second edition, the International Mieczysław Wajnberg Violin Competition in Katowice, Poland, was named for Polish composer Mieczysław Wajnberg, whose contemporaries included Lutosławski, Prokofiev, Bartók, and Shostakovich.

Open to violinists of any nationality born between 1993 and 2005 (inclusive), the competition will award a €10,000 first prize, €5,000 for second place, and €3,000 for the third prize winner. Each of the finalists will also receive a diploma.

 

COMPETITION SCHEDULE:

Final Round | December 6 | 1PM (ET)

Lilia Pocitari | 1 PM (ET)

• Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 77

Ștefan Şimonca-Opriţa | 2 PM (ET)

• Mieczysław Wajnberg – Violin Concerto in G minor Op. 67

Zhang Zou | 2:50 PM (ET)

• Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 77

 

Final Round | December 7 | 1 PM (ET)

Iohan Coman | 1 PM (ET)

• Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 77

Matthew Hakkarainen | 2 PM (ET)

• Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto in G minor Op. 63

Maja Horvat | 2:50 PM (ET)

•  Mieczysław Wajnberg – Violin Concerto in G minor Op. 67

 

Round 2 | December 3 | 4 AM (ET)

Mira Marton | 4 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst – The Last Rose of Summer
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No.5 Op. 53 for violin and piano

Anna Perl | 5 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Johann Sebastian Bach – Ciaccona from Partita in D minor BWV 1004 for violin solo
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No. 4 Op. 39 for violin and piano

Lilia Pocitari 6:15 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak - AS for solo violin
2. Maurice Ravel – Tzigane
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No. 3 Op. 37 for violin and piano

Hanna Pozorska | 7:15 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Ernest Chausson – Poème Op. 25
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No. 4 Op. 39 for violin and piano

Ștefan Şimonca-Opriţa | 9:30 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Eugène Ysaÿe – Sonata for violin solo Op. 27 No. 1
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No.5 Op. 53 for violin and piano

Gaja Wilewska | 10:30 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst – Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gioacchino Rossini’s Otello11
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No. 4 Op. 39 for violin and piano

 

Round 2 | December 4 | 4 AM (ET)

Reina Yoshioka | 4 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Ernest Chausson – Poème Op. 25
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No. 4 Op. 39 for violin and piano

Zhang Zou | 5 AM (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Karol Szymanowski – Nocturne and Tarantella Op. 28
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No. 3 Op. 37 for violin and piano

Iohan Coman | 6:15 (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Eugène Ysaÿe – Poème Élégiaque, Op. 12
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No.5 Op. 53 for violin and piano

Alexandra Cooreman | 7:15 (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Henryk Wieniawski – Variations On An Original Theme Op. 15
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No. 5 Op. 53 for violin and piano

Matthew Hakkarainen | 9:30 (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Niccolo Paganini – I Palpiti Op. 13
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No.5 Op. 53 for violin and piano

Maja Horvat | 10:30 (ET)

1. Aleksander Nowak – AS for solo violin
2. Benjamin Britten – Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
3. Mieczysław Wajnberg – Sonata No.5 Op. 53 for violin and piano