We congratulate 25 violinists from 10 countries, who won the preliminary round of the Viktor Tretyakov International Violin Competition:
Algi Akbike / Kazakhstan Artyugina Olga / Russia Cai Yuran / China Dueñas María / Spain Fedotov Peter / Russia Filatov Vladimir / Russia Gibboni Giuseppe / Italy Jiang Zhenyi / China Jones Julia / United States of America Kacharina Maria / Russia Kawai Eugene / Japan Kitagawa Chisa / Japan Korniev Olexandr / Ukraine - Singapore Lee Yesong Sophie / United States of America Lundina Maria / Russia Manza Daria / Russia Moncado Elias David / Germany Ohno Yukari / Japan - Austria Starikov Stepan / Russia Turuntaev Ruslan / Kazakhstan Uno Yukiko / Japan - Austria Usov Mikhail / Russia Wu Yulun / China Yin Oukalin / China Zhelezny Leonid / Russia
The prize for the winners of the preliminary round is the reimbursement iof the costs of aeroplane and railway tickets to Krasnoyarsk and back.
Finalists of the competition will compete for the prizes valued from 2,000 to 20,000 USD, and special prizes:
The violin by the German violin-maker Igor Laubach The Prize of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk region Alexander Uss – 500,000 rubles The Prize of the Mayor of Krasnoyarsk Sergei Eremin – 200,000 rubles Concerts of the laureates of the competition with the leading orchestras of Russia.
The competition is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Krasnoyarsk region.