Contestants
III Competition

Yujie Xu

Student of the Shanghai Conservatory, class of Professor Vera Tsu Weiling. In 2021, was awarded the People’s Scholarship. In 2022, co-founded the Guardian Piano Trio. In 2023, demonstrated his talent as a soloist with the Novus-Classica Camerata (NCC) conducted by Enrico Calini at the Shanghai Concert Hall, and by Yukuang Jin at the Hangzhou Grand Theatre. He participated in the world premiere of the Violin Concerto "The Year of Magical Thinking" at the Guiyang Grand Theatre with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra (GYSO) conducted by Guoyong Zhang

1st round
J. S. Bach. Adagio and Fuga from Sonata for Violin solo No. 1 G minor, BWV 1001
N. Paganini. Caprice No. 23 E-flat major, Op. 1
F. Kreisler. Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for Violin solo, Op. 6

2nd round
E. Grieg. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 C minor, Op. 45
S.V. Rachmaninoff. «Daisies», Op. 38, No. 3
P. de Sarasate. Gypsy Airs C minor, Op. 20

3rd round
S.V. Rachmaninoff. Trio élégiaque for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 G minor, TN 34
W. A. Mozart. Violin Concerto No. 3 G major, КV 216

4th round
J. Sibelius. Violin Concerto D minor, Op. 47