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22/08/2025

Meet the finalist of the Odesa International Violin Competition 2025 🎻

3. Maya Wichert
8. Ming-Chung Teng
18. Sean Hsi

They will perform the Final round on 24 August with the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Oksana Lyniv - conductor.

22/08/2025

3️⃣0️⃣ days to go before the start of the 59th International Competition for Young Conductors 🎉

The final rounds will take place in Besançon from 22 to 27 September 2025.

Established in 1951 by the Besançon Music Festival, the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors soon became the most prestigious event of its kind.

Following selection round held in Besançon, Seoul, Paris, Berlin and Montreal, 20 candidates were selected for the final rounds with orchestra.

➡https://festival-besancon.com/en/59th-competition

21/08/2025

19/08/2025

The Second round competitors of the Odesa International Violin Competition 2025. The jury has selected 10 violinists to continue their journey in Monheim am Rhein. Congratulations! 🎻

3. ​Maya Wichert
5. Ugne Liepa Zuklyte
8. ​Ming-Chun Teng (not in the photo)
9. Sherzod Abdiev
11​. Ulisse Mazzon
13. Xiang Han
16. Jiyoung Kim (not in the photo)
17. Maksym Synytskyi
18. Sean Hsi
19. Sofiia Plakhtsinska

19/08/2025

Follow the schedule of performances for this afternoon and watch our livestream:

👉 https://www.youtube.com/live/4MOouKTuWq0?si=eODQoUlLIjBCAytH

16:00 - 17:30 (CET)
19. Sofiia Plakhtsinska
20. Sihyeon Lee
21. Hoyle Chung

19/08/2025

🎹✨ Meet the 50 participants of the 13th International Paderewski Piano Competition.
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Poznajcie 50 uczestników XIII Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Paderewskiego. 🎶🌍
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The 13th International Paderewski Piano Competition is co-financed by:
🔸 City of Bydgoszcz - bydgoszcz.pl
🔸 the Minister of Culture & National Heritage of Republic of Poland from the Fund of the Promotion of Culture as part of the “Music” program, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance
Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego, Narodowy Instytut Muzyki i Tańca
🔸 Main partner - Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region

SPONSORS:
🔸 Solbet Sp. z o.o.
🔸 Grupa Unibep Kariera
🔸 ALSTAL Grupa Budowlana sp. z o.o. sp. k
🔸 Miejskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja w Bydgoszczy

PARTNERS:
🔸 The Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy | Akademia Muzyczna w Bydgoszczy
🔸 The Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic | Filharmonia Pomorska im. I. J. Paderewskiego w Bydgoszczy
🔸 Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych
🔸 Yamaha Music Global
🔸 Kawai Polska
🔸 Fazioli Pianoforti
🔸 Steinway & Sons

MEDIA PATRONAGE:
🔸 TVP Kultura
🔸 Telewizja Polska S.A. Oddział w Bydgoszczy TVP3 Bydgoszcz
🔸 Dwójka - Program 2 Polskiego Radia
🔸 Polskie Radio P*K
🔸 Redakcja Polmic - Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej
🔸 Gazeta Pomorska
🔸 Bydgoszcz Nasze Miasto

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Plakat XIII Konkursu: Adam Kosik Ilustracje

18/08/2025

Follow the schedule of performances for this afternoon and watch our livestream:

👉 https://www.youtube.com/live/YUYqerfQ8iM?si=QyzSzXaK_l2CFxfK

16:00 - 17:30 (CET)
7. Siqi Yu
8. Ming-Chun Teng
9. Sherzod Abdiev

- - Break - -

18:00 - 19:30 (CET)
10. Yoko Ishikura
11. Ulisse Mazzon
12. Hayoung Song

18/08/2025

Our team of jury members of the Odesa International Violin Competition 2025 🎻

• Harald Schoneweg (Germany)
Chairman of the Jury

• Marc Bouchkov (Belgium)

• Soyoung Yoon (South Korea)

• Andrii Murza (Ukraine)
Founder and artistic director

• Mario Hossen (Austria–Bulgaria)

• Aleksey Semenenko (Germany-Ukraine)
Co-organizer and artistic director

• Rūta Lipinaitytė (Lithuania)

• Zohrab Tadevosyan (Spain-Armenia)

• Christiane von Velsen (Germany)
Initiator and Honorary Jury member

https://odesacompetition.com/en/jury/

18/08/2025

18/08/2025

🔴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗷𝘂 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱🎶

🎺 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩
🥇First Prize: DoYoung Baek 백도영
🥈Second Prize: Jangwon Son 손장원
🥉Third Prize: Jaemin Park 박재민

📯 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙣
🥇First Prize: Minsoung Kang 강민성
🥈Second Prize: Ku-Hsin Chen 陳谷欣
🥉Third Prize: Seunghwan Shin 신승환

🎶 𝙏𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙚
🥇First Prize: Roberto de la Guia
🥈Second Prize: Li Jiarui 李佳芮
🥉Third Prize: Jackson Howard

🎵 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙩
🥇First Prize: Glanz Brass Quintet
🥈Second Prize: KANAGAWA Brass Quintet
🥉Third Prize: Tai One BQ

#音楽コンクール #チェロ #콩쿠르 #국제콩쿠르 #국제콩쿠르세계연맹 #제주국제관악콩쿠르

18/08/2025

💫 (𝗪𝗙𝗜𝗠𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀) 𝗪𝗙𝗜𝗠𝗖 𝗖𝗮𝗳𝗲́: 𝗝𝗶𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻

An interview with the remarkable Chinese pianist and 2025 Queen Elisabeth Competition Laureate

Florian Riem, WFIMC Secretary General, had an interview with Jiaxin!🎙️

📚𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗙𝗜𝗠𝗖 𝗛/𝗣(www.wfimc.org)💌
📰 (𝗪𝗙𝗜𝗠𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀) 𝗪𝗙𝗜𝗠𝗖 𝗖𝗮𝗳𝗲́: 𝗝𝗶𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻
https://www.wfimc.org/news-media/wfimc-cafe-jiaxin-min

📣 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿!
🔴 (𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿) 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲♫
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