Tibor Junior Violin Competition completed
The 2024 International Tibor Junior Violin Competition has concluded in Sion. Three young violinists aged between 14 and 17 competed in the final round.
Sixteen-year-old Corina Deng from Canada was awarded the first prize of 5000 francs. Viktor Vasilev from Bulgaria came second (CHF 2000) and Qingyuan Yang from China/UK came third (CHF 1000).
Deng received three further awards: the Audience Award, the Calma Management Award and the prize for the best interpretation of the competition's commissioned work, Onde-Punti-Voci for solo violin and string orchestra by the Serbian-Canadian composer Ana Sokolović.
The 2024 jury consisted of Pavel Vernikov (President), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Switzerland), Mario Hossen (Bulgaria-Austria), Alexandre Vinnitski (Finland), Eduard Wulfson (Germany) and Ana Sokolović (Serbia/Canada), who joined the jury in the second round.
