Over 250 violin players from 40 countries have applied to take part in the preliminary selection for 15th International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition (2016)

We have the pleasure of informing you that over 250 young violin players representing forty countries have applied to take part in the preliminary selection of candidates for 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, which will be held in Poznań, Poland, on 8-23 October 2016. We are very glad that the Wieniawski Competition enjoys such recognition throughout the world, and that players from so many countries – incl. such distant ones as Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Venezuela, or the USA – would like to take part in it.

Preliminary selection for the 15th edition of Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition were held in the first half of 2016. Maestro Maxim Vengerov personally listened to candidates. Live auditions took place in four different locations on three continents (Europe, Asia, North America): Toronto, Interlaken, Gdańsk and Tokyo.

We kindly inform that Chairman of the Jury Maxim Vengerov will announce the participants of the 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition around June 20th, 2016. List of participants will be published on competition website as soon as possible.

Nationality of candidates – preliminary selection for 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (2016)

Sex of candidates – preliminary selection for 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (2016)