Violinist Maya Alexandra Kasprzak wins the €10,000 first prize
The 9th Henri Marteau International Violin Competition concluded on 9 May at the Freiheitshalle in Hof, Germany. The violinists were accompanied by the Hof Symphony, conducted by Martijn Dendievel.
The €10,000 first prize was awarded to German–Polish–Japanese violinist Maya Alexandra Kasprzak, 20, following her performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto in the final round. She also received the €1,000 special prize for the best interpretation of Mozart.
The €7,500 second prize went to US violinist Jayden King, 11, along with the €1,000 Youth Jury Award. The €5,000 third prize was awarded to Spanish violinist David Martínez González, 19, in addition to the €1,000 special prize for the best Henri Marteau interpretation.
The €2,500 fourth prize and the €1,000 audience award were won by Ukrainian violinist Oleksii Tyshchenko, 19, and the €2,500 fifth prize by British violinist Sasha Parker, 19. The €1,500 sixth prize and the €1,000 special prize for the best interpretation of Max Reger were awarded to Chinese violinist Ziwen Wang, 23.
The €1,000 special prize for the best interpretation of Bach went to Lithuanian violinist Rokas Diržys, 18, while the loan of a copy of Henri Marteau’s Maggini violin was awarded to Chinese violinist Junxi Li, 20.
Kasprzak has studied with Latica Honda-Rosenberg at the Berlin University of the Arts and with Tobias Feldmann at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Among her accolades, she has won the first prize at competitions including the Jenő Hubay International Violin Competition and the Japanese National Competition, and the third prize at competitions including the Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition, the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition and the Bartók World Competition.
This year’s jury was chaired by Gilbert Varga and comprised Michael Frischenschlager, Erika Geldsetzer, Ilya Kaler, Viktoria Kaunzner, Silvia Marcovici, Lena Neudauer, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Ingolf Turban and Tianwa Yang.
Previous winners of the competition include violinists Hawijch Elders, Lorenz Chen, Fedor Rudin, Tobias Feldmann and Andrey Baranov.
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