The Winners of the 9th International Balys Dvarionas Contest for Young Pianists and Violinists

In the evening of May 5, on the stage of Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society, the award ceremony of the 9th International Balys Dvarionas Contest for Young Pianists and Violinists and the gala concert took place. The crowd cordially greeted the young performers.

The Winners of the 9th International Balys Dvarionas Piano and Violin Contest GROUP A Runners-up Pianists: Marie Sophie Decker-Hauzel (Germany) Sandro Nebieridze (Georgia) Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė (Lithuania)

Violinists: Mariam Obolashvili ( Georgia) Ugnė Liepa Žuklytė (Lithuania) Grand Prix (1000 Eur) Pianists: Not awarded

Violinists: Daniils Bulajevs (Latvia)

GROUP B Runners-up (1000 Eur) Pianists:

Anastasia Sokolova (Russia) Ilja Domnins (Latvia)

Violinists: Not awarded Grand Prix (2000 Eur)

Pianists: Yukine Kuroki (Japan)

Violinists: Yoo Jin Hong (South Korea)

GROUP C Runners–up (1500 Eur) Pianists: Misora Ozaki (Japan) Donata Vaitkutė (Lithuania) Gustav Krogh Hansen Piekut (Denmark)

Violinists: Han Eun Joo (S. Korea) Elisabeth Saglas Gebhardt (Germany) Grand Prix (3000 Eur) Pianists: Not awarded

Violinists: Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania)

Diploma holders

Pianists:

Karlis Gunars Tirzitis (Latvia) Rytis-Paulius Juškaitis (Lithuania) Kristina Annamukhamedova (Lithuania)

Violinists:

Una Stanic (Austria) Miranda Rachel Liu (USA) Christa Maria Rachel Stangorra (Germany) Anastasia Mazurok (Russia) Leila Hairova (Latvia) Alfonso Aldeanueva Hernandez (Spain)

SPECIAL PRIZES

for the best performance of Balys Dvarionas piece (500 Eur) Ilja Domnins (Latvia) Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania) for the best performance of a composition by a contemporary Lithuanian composer (500 Eur) Simas Šakenis (Lithuania) Paulina Jankovskytė (Lithuania) youngest particpant in Round 2 Guoda Valackaitė (Lithuania) Daniils Bulajevs (Latvia) for the creative interpretation of contemporary music Dorotė Vdovinskytė (Lithuania) Ugnė Liepa Žuklytė (Lithuania) for the artistic potential Ilja Domnins (Latvia) Yoo Jin Hong (South Korea) LG prize for violinists Daniil Bulaev (Latvia) Yoo Jin Hong (South Korea) EMCY prize Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania)