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.

ONE HUNDRED AND SIX YOUNG VIOLINISTS REPRESENTING 26 NATIONS HAVE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION BEING STAGED IN SEPTEMBER 2017.

We kindly ask our future contestants not to submit their online application in the last minute.

Violinists under the age of 30 have until 26 March to register for the international violin competition being arranged in autumn 2017. The organizers are also looking forward to receiving applications for the associated musicology symposium.