Contestants
III Competition

Manza Darya

She began studying violin at the age of 6. From the age of 9 she studied in the class of professor of the Siberian State Academy of Arts Mikhail Benyumov, chief conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra, Honored Artist of Russia, artistic director of the international festival of chamber and orchestra music "Asia-Siberia-Europe". In 2022, she graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Music College with honors. From 2022 to 2023 academic year she was a student of the Siberian State Academy of Arts. In 2023, she entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of teacher Pavel Milyukov — soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic, St. Petersburg House of Music, laureate of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Daria has been performing as a soloist with the Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra since the age of 8, and from 2021 to 2023 she was an artist of the Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra. She has performed with the Krasnoyarsk State Symphony Orchestra, the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra, the chamber orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic, the Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Italian chamber orchestra of the L’Arrigoni Academy, and the chamber orchestra "Moscow Soloists" by Yu. Bashmet.

Winner of the X International Competition named after E. Mravinsky, laureate and winner of the audience prize of the IV International Yankelevich Competition, laureate of the IX International Competition for Young Violinists (chairman of the jury — Z.N. Bron, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation), three-time gold medalist of the Youth Delphic Competitions games of Russia and the CIS, laureate of the II and III All-Russian competition of young musicians "Constellation", participant of the XI International Youth Competition named after P. I. Tchaikovsky, participant in the opening ceremony of the XXIX World Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk. Laureate of all-Russian and international competitions.

Participated in master classes by leading Russian and foreign violinists: V.V. Tretyakov, N.E. Likhopoy, B.I. Kushnir, S.A. Krylov, E.D. Grach, P. Vernikov, Z.N. Bron, V.V. Repin, S. Malov, G.G. Kazazyan, A.B. Trostyansky, P. S. Milyukov, A. Sokolova, I. Polesitsky, G. Murzha, A.A. Koshvanets, M. Tsinman, A. Barakhovsky.

1st round
J. S. Bach. Adagio and Fuga from Sonata for Violin solo No. 1 G minor, BWV 1001
N. Paganini. Caprice No. 17 E-flat major, Op. 1
E. Ysaye. Sonata for Violin solo No. 3 D minor, «Ballade», Op. 27

2nd round
C. Debussy. Sonata for Violin and Piano G minor, L 140
S.V. Rachmaninoff. Romance Op. 6, No. 1
P.I. Tchaikovsky. Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Piano C major, Op. 34

3rd round
S.V. Rachmaninoff. Trio élégiaque for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 G minor, TN 34
W. A. Mozart. Violin Concerto No. 5 A major, KV 219

4th round
P.I. Tchaikovsky. Violin Concerto D major, Op. 35