First prizes for three young artists

A total of 56 string players from Switzerland and abroad had registered. 19 violinists, 22 cellists, 11 violists and 4 double bassists performed at the ZKO House in Zurich from January 16 to 19. 12 of them reached the final and were ranked as follows by the jury - Stefan Wagner (violin), Hannes Bärtschi (viola), Ivan Monighetti (cello) and Frank Sanderell (double bass) - and awarded prize money (1st prize: CHF 12,000, 2nd prize: CHF 8,000 and 3rd prize: CHF 4,000):

Violin
Vasyl Zatsikha, 1st prize, Ukraine, born 1991
Sherniyaz Mussakhan, 2nd prize, Kazakhstan, born in 1993
Eoin Ducrot, 3rd prize, Ireland, born 1994
Amelia Mirella Maszonska, 3rd prize, Poland, born in 1993

Viola
Natanael Ferreira Dos Santos, 3rd prize, Brazil, born 1994
Manuel Nägeli, 3rd prize, Switzerland, born 1991

Violoncello
Salauat Karibayev, 1st prize, Kazakhstan, born 1995
Minji Kim, 2nd prize, South Korea, born 1995
Constantin Macherel, 2nd prize, Switzerland/Belgium, born 1991
Francesco Stefanelli, 3rd prize, Italy, born 1999

Double bass
Zhi Xiong Liu, 1st prize, China, born 1996
Irene Sanz Centeno, 3rd prize, Spain, born in 1992

First prize winners' concert at the Tonhalle Maag

The three first prize winners will perform as soloists with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Patrick Hahn on April 10 at the Tonhalle Maag. Program:

Nino Rota: Divertimento Concertante for double bass and orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat major op. 107
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 35

The concert will be professionally recorded (sound and video recording) and made available to the prizewinners as a streaming link as an additional prize component.