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On Sunday evening, 31 August, the youngest entrant, fifteen-year-old Chinese Michael Jiang, drew the number of the contestant who will be the first to perform, according to the tradition of the institution's competitions: it will be Anastasiia Kliuchereva from Russia, and she is followed by in alphabetical order.

Violinist Ami Oike, who has won a competition in Japan with Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2, accepted an invitation from the organisers of the Bartók World Competition just a few days ago to join the jury for the 2021 String Quartet Competition.

Okamoto Shinsuke in first place, Korean competitors Noh Seung Ju and Kim Jonghoon in second and third place.

Prize winning works will be played by the most outstanding young Hungarian string quartets.