Contestants
III Competition

Manza Darya

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

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

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

Participated in#nbsp;master classes by#nbsp;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.#nbsp;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