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This year's violin competition will take place from April 2 - to April 10, 2022, in Odense, Denmark.

In addition to the violin, clarinet, and flute competitions, the 2022 event will also include Expansiva!, a new in-person program designed to offer participants an off-stage platform to create connections with other musicians and music industry experts - including The Violin Channel's Founder & CEO, Geoffrey John Davies.

"Excellence, Curiosity, Individuality and Community are the values that were core to Carl Nielsen in his approach to life and music, and they remain the same values that underpin the approach of both the Competition and Espansiva!" Competition President, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider said.

 

SUNDAY APRIL 10 | 8:00 AM (ET)

2022 CARL NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | FINAL ROUND (CARL NIELSEN VIOLIN CONCERTO PERFORMANCE)

ODENSE CONCERT HALL - ODENSE, DENMARK

 

In the Final Round of this year’s competition, the same three finalists from the Pre-Final Stage will each perform Carl Nielsen’s Violin Concerto Op. 33 with conductor Daniela Musca and the Odense Symphony Orchestra. 

 

 

Hans Christian Aavik (23)

• Nielsen Violin Concerto Op. 33

Eun Che Kim (24)

• Nielsen Violin Concerto Op. 33

Bohdan Luts (17)

• Nielsen Violin Concerto Op. 33

 

This year's first prize winner of the violin competition will receive €12,000, an Ulf Eriksson and Duncan Duncan Emck violin bow, a CD recording with the Odense Symphony on the Orchid Classics label, plus a number of solo engagements with top Nordic orchestras.

The 2022 violin jury comprises: Noah Bendix-Balgley (Head Juror), Eugene Tichindeleanu, Albena Danialova, Tasmin Little, Judith Van Eeckhout, Mark Williams, and Baiba Skride.

 

 

FRIDAY APRIL 8 | 1:30 PM (ET)

2022 CARL NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION  | PRE-FINAL ROUND (MAJOR ROMANTIC/20TH CENTURY CONCERTO PERFORMANCE)

ODENSE CONCERT HALL - ODENSE, DENMARK

 

Three candidates have progressed to the Pre-Final and Final Stages of this year’s violin competition. For the Pre-Final Round, each finalist is required to perform a major Romantic or 20th Century Violin Concerto with conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the Copenhagen Philharmonic. 

 

 

Hans Christian Aavik (23)

• Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 35

Eun Che Kim (24)

• Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47

Bohdan Luts (17)

• Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY APRIL 6 | 1:00 PM (ET)

2022 CARL NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION  | SEMI-FINAL ROUND  

ODENSE CONCERT HALL - ODENSE, DENMARK

 

Six candidates have progressed to the Semi-Final stage of this year’s competition.

Each semi-finalist will now perform a Mozart Violin Concerto with conductor Daniela Musca and the Odense Symphony Orchestra plus a short encore work.

 

1:00 PM - Hans Christian Aavik

• • • • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major

1:40 PM - Eun Che Kim

• • • • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major

2:15 PM - Ava Bahari

• • • • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major

3:05 PM - Sarah Jégou-Sageman

• • • • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major

3:45 PM - Lorenz Karls

• • • • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major

4:20 PM - Bohdan Luts

• • • • Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major

 

 

Previous Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition major prize winners include Kathleen Winkler, Joji Hattori, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Jennifer Koh, Pekka Kuusisto, Adele Anthony, Hrachya Avanesyan — and VC Artists Josef Spacek, Ji Won Song, Luke Hsu, and Johan Dalene.

 

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