Contestants
III Competition

Krishchyan Artur

Since 2020, a student of the Academic Music College at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (class of T.V. Balashova). Laureate of the VII Leopold Auer International Violin Competition (2020, St. Petersburg; 1st prize and special prize for the best performance of a work by S.S. Prokofiev), VIII Leopold Auer International Violin Competition (2021, St. Petersburg; 2nd prize), XX Youth Delphic Games of Russia (2021, Perm; gold medal, 1st prize), XI Grand Music Art International Competition (2021; 1st prize), IV All-Russian Competition "Constellation" (2022, Sirius; 2nd prize), ISCART International Music Competition (Lugano, Switzerland; 1st prize). Since 2022, soloist of the St. Petersburg Music House. Has attended the master classes of M. Fedotov, P. Milyukov, T. Balashova, A. Povolotsky, M. TampereBezrodnaya. Has been on concert tours in Mexico, Guatemala, France, the USA, Lebanon.

1st round
J. S. Bach. Adagio and Fuga from Sonata for Violin solo No. 3 C major, BWV 1005
N. Paganini. Caprice No. 24 A minor, Op. 1
E. Ysaye. Sonata for Violin solo No. 3 D minor, «Ballade», Op. 27

2nd round
S.S. Prokofiev. Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, Op. 94
S.V. Rachmaninoff. Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14
F. Waxman. Fantasy on themes from G. Bizet’s opera «Carmen»

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
J. Sibelius. Violin Concerto D minor, Op. 47