The high artistic standards the Guadagnini Foundation has set for the competition are also demonstrated by the select panel of judges and are reflected in the prize money.
The high artistic standards the Guadagnini Foundation has set for the competition are also demonstrated by the select panel of judges and are reflected in the prize money.
24 candidates, who are no older than 28 at the time of the application deadline, will be selected by a jury of experts from an international field of applicants and admitted to the competition.
An international jury of experts appointed by the Guadagnini Foundation will be responsible for pre-selection of the candidates, admission to the second preliminary round and to the final, and for the selection of the winners.
In addition to prize money totalling 63,000 Euros and the loan of a violin made by the famous 18th century Italian violin maker, G.B. Guadagnini, the prize winners will be offered additional support. This will include artist management for the three subsequent years, as well as membership of the leading online networking platform for classical musicians, Klassikal.com.
All jury portraits:
Ingolf Turban (presidency) /
Shmuel Ashkenasi /
Dr. Harald Eggebrecht /
Stefan Fehlandt / Suyoen Kim /
Rudolf Koelman / Josef Rissin /
Hagai Shaham / Ulf Wallin
and concert engagements with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonie Südwestfalen, the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz, the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin, the Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra as well as further recitals.
The first prize winner will also be granted a fabulous loan of a violin made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1746.
and the loan of a violin by J&A Beare for one year.
€ 3,000.00 for the best interpretation of a commissioned piece.
All three winners receive a two year membership on Klassikal.com, the platform that connects professionals in classical music.