We are pleased to present you the winners of the 2021 edition of the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, which ended on September 4 in Sion:

• First Prize: Maria Ioudenitch (25 years, American)
• Second Prize: Tassilo Probst (19 years, German)
• Third Prize: Lorenz Karls (20 years, Swedish)

 

As a result of the exceptional level, the Jury awarded three Fourth Prizes to:

• Ava Bahari (24 years, Sweden)
• Seira Horiuchi (25 years, Japan)
• Arthur Traelnes (18 years, Switzerland).

 

Other Prizes awarded:

• Audience Prize: Maria Ioudenitch (25 years, American)
• Youth Jury Prize: Maria Ioudenitch (25 years, American)
• Tibor Varga Prize: Lorenz Karls (20 years, Sweden) – for his performance of the compulsory work Stilleven commissioned from the French composer Michel Petrossian

 

A total of 25 young violinists under the age of 26 participated in the Competition, which this year recorded a record participation (124 entries) with a 32% increase over the 2019 edition. All rounds were livestreamed in collaboration with The Violin Channel. Channel 9 broadcast live both nights of the Finals on September 2 and 4.