The results are as follows:

• FIRST PRIZE: Masha Lakisova (USA)
• SECOND PRIZE: Iris Scialom (France)
• EQUAL THIRD PRIZE: Arthur Traelnes (Switzerland) and Qingzhu Weng (China)

We also awarded four additional prizes:

– Audience Award: Arthur Traelnes (Switzerland)
– Invitation to perform with Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania: Arthur Traelnes (Switzerland)
– Invitation to perform in the opening concert of the Il Piccolo Violino Magico in 2019: Masha Lakisova (USA)
– SVM Foundation Prize: Ju Seon Kim (South Korea)

We would like to thank all of our Jury members for their time, mentoring and expertise, and our candidates for their hard work and communal spirit over the past week. A special thanks too to our orchestras, the Kremerata Baltica and HEMU Orchestra, for performing with and supporting our candidates.

A big thanks also to our photographers and video team for their work throughout the festival. Credit to Céline Ribordy for the attached pictures from the second round – stay tuned for more pictures and HD videos from the final coming soon!

Finally, we hope that everyone involved in the inaugural Tibor Junior International Violin Competition has had as much fun as we have over the past week! We wish all of our 2018 candidates the best with their future music careers and look forward to welcoming you back in Sion in the future!

P.s put the 2019 Tibor Varga International Violin Competition dates in your diary now! 18/08/2019 – 24/08/201