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Signed to Deutsche Grammophone in 2016, the second album was recorded with Maestro Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra, featuring Tchaikovsky violin concerto and other celebrated works by the composer.
#Sibelius violin competition 2015 series#
The competition is nowadays organised jointly by the Sibelius Society of Finland and the Sibelius Academy.Yu-Chien (Benny) Tseng is rapidly building an international reputation as one of today's most exciting and gifted young concert soloists of enormous promise praised for his “grace,poise, and blistering virtuosity.”įollowing his win at the XV International Tchaikovsky Violin Competition in 2015, he has made a series of major debut with the London Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Mariinsky theatre Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic. The members of the Jury have always been internationally well-established violinists and violin teachers, whereas the Chairmen have been Finns – so far Tauno Hannikainen, Joonas Kokkonen, Tuomas Haapanen, Aulis Sallinen, Mikko Heiniö and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.The artistic importance of the competition lies in its potential for discovering new talents and helping young artists in their careers. The finalists play the Sibelius Violin Concerto and one other violin concerto with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra or the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The number of applicants set a new record in 2015 with 234 of these, 45 were selected for the competition in Helsinki.The competitors play both optional and obligatory repertoire. Young violinists from all over the world who have not yet reached their 30th birthday have been able to demonstrate their musical talents and compete with one another. Since 1965 the competition – without an Honorary Committee – has been held every five years. The honour of chairing the Committee naturally feel to Aino Sibelius. Among them were Sir John Barbirolli, Herbert von Karajan, Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Eugene Ormandy, Igor Stravinsky and Henryk Szeryng. An Honorary Committee was set up and a large number of distinguished musicians agreed to become members. The situation at the outset was impressive. The Sibelius Society of Finland launched the competition in 1965 in connection with the 100th anniversary of Sibelius’ birth.
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The most recent competition, the eleventh, was held in Helsinki from November 22 to December 3, 2015. The Sibelius Violin Concerto was, of course, one of the main reasons for holding the first competition in 1965. Since 1969 it has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions. The International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition is one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. Left: II Joshua Epstein, III Valeri Gradov, the winner Oleg Kagan and chair of the jury Nils-Eric Ringbom Prize giving 1965 at Helsinki University Great Hall