International Anton Rubinstein Competition 2024 - VIOLIN JUNIOR

5. & 5. May 2024, Dusseldorf

The International Anton Rubinstein Competition 2024 – VIOLINE JUNIOR is open to all young violinists aged 8 to 15 who have the goal of becoming successful professional musicians. The competition offers them a unique opportunity to test their skills and level of musical development as young artists, to meet and network with other musicians and to have the chance to win a variety of prestigious prizes.

 Jury

Vassili Voronin
Biography 

Vassili Voronin, born in St. Petersburg in 1980, graduated with distinction from the violin class of Prof. Antonina Kazarina at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory there. At the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, he completed his concert exam with Prof. Ariadne Daskalakis and then worked as an assistant in her class for two years. He studied chamber music and string quartet with Prof. Hatto Beyerle at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover and then completed his musical education with Prof. Dora Schwarzberg at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Vassili Voronin has won prizes at international competitions. In 2006 he made his debut with his quartet at the Berlin Philharmonie and has since performed in numerous European countries, including the Stockholm Philharmonie and the Palau de la Musica in Valencia. Since 2011 he has been first violinist with the Aachen Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2012 he has been teaching violin and chamber music at the Anton Rubinstein International Music Academy in Düsseldorf.
Yury Bondarev
Biography 

Yuri Bondarev, born in St. Petersburg, switched to the viola after studying violin at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin and was accepted into the class of Prof. Tatjana Masurenko at the Leipzig Academy of Music, where he also took his concert exam. Regular solo and chamber music performances have taken him to Austria, Italy, France, Greece, Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Japan. He has played in various ensembles including the Vienna Musikverein, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Milan Conservatory, the Alte Oper Frankfurt and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf.

He gained his first important orchestral experience with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic with conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Kurt Masur, Daniel Harding, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Christopher Hogwood, Herbert Blomstedt and others. Since 2009 he has played as deputy principal violist with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2012 he has been teaching violin, viola and chamber music at the Anton Rubinstein International Music Academy in Düsseldorf.
Misha Nodelman
Biography 

Misha Nodelman is a master violinist who joined the Russian musical elite at an early age. His effortless masterful violin playing and deep musicality makes every concert with him an event. Misha Nodelman is first concertmaster of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia, an international prize winner and has been teaching as an assistant to Prof. Zakhar Bron in Cologne since 2006.

Misha Nodelman was born in 1977 in St. Petersburg into a family of musicians. He attracted attention at an early age due to his extraordinary talent. After winning first prize at the Young Talents Competition in St. Petersburg, he received top-class Russian violin training at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, first at the special music school there for highly gifted children, then under Prof. Ovcharek.
During this time he became the winner of the violin competition of the “Gartow Foundation” St. Petersburg. With the string quartet “Modus” he won the third prize at the competition of the Munich Concert Association. He was also a member of the chamber orchestra “Saint-Petersburg Kamerata” under Saulius Sondeckies.

His path then led him to one of the most famous violin teachers of our time, Zakhar Bron in Cologne.
During this period he became a laureate of the 1st International Liana Issakadze Violin Competition and received the first prize as well as the special prize at the International Violin Competition Eurasia-2. He became a scholarship holder of the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation. Misha Nodelman completed his studies with the concert exam.

Misha Nodelman performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. As concertmaster of the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, he is familiar with the workings of a large orchestra. An experience that makes him even more valuable as a soloist.
He leads the Nodelman Quartet, which brilliantly and expressively interprets classical music literature.
In the meantime, the Nodelman Quartet is one of the best string quartets in Germany. In addition to the concert stage, the Nodelman Quartet repeatedly stands out through peace projects, such as the nationally acclaimed multimedia project “Threnody for the Victims of Ukraine”, or “Klingende Stolpersteine”, an artistic project of the Nodelman Quartet against forgetting.

Since winter semester 2022/23, Misha Nodelman is a lecturer for violin at the International Music Academy Anton Rubinstein in Düsseldorf.

 Competition awards

  • 1st Prize - €1000, donated by Jason Price, Tarisio Auctions
  • 2nd Prize - €750, donated by the Blatow Foundation
  • 3d Prize- €500, donated by the International Music Academy Anton Rubinstein.

 Conditions and FAQ

CONDITIONS AND FAQ
• The International Anton Rubinstein Competition for Violin Junior 2024 will be held by the International Music Academy Anton Rubinstein in Düsseldorf on 05.05.2024 at the International Music Academy Anton Rubinstein in Düsseldorf.
• Young violinists between 8 and 15 years of age from all nations can participate in this competition.

How do the competitions work? 
• There will be two rounds: the first round and the final, from the final jury will choose the winners.
• The first round will be completed via video link on YouTube. The results will be announced by email on 10.04.2024.
• The final will be held in the International Music Academy Anton Rubinstein in Düsseldorf on 05.05.2024.
• The final of the competition is open to the public.
• After the registration period, the names of the candidates who participated in the first round will be published on our website on the date specified in the announcement.
• The jury will decide on the admission of a maximum of 16 candidates to the final after the first round on the date specified in the announcement.
• The order of the candidates’ auditions will be determined by the Anton Rubinstein International Academy of Music.
• The program for the first round can be chosen freely and should last a maximum of 15 minutes.

What happens if I am in the final? 
• The final will take place at the International Music Academy Anton Rubinstein in Düsseldorf on May 05, 2024.
• All names of the finalists will be published on our website on the dates specified in the announcement.
• The candidates will be informed by e-mail that they are in the final.
• The finalists have to perform a program of maximum 15 minutes. The repertoire for the final can be chosen freely and can be repeated from the first round.
• In case of exceeding 15 minutes of audition time, the jury reserves the right to cancel the performance.
• For the final, participants may arrive with their own pianistic accompaniment. The piano accompaniment can be provided by the International Music Academy Anton Rubinstein upon prior request. The amount due for this, 100 €, includes a 20-minute rehearsal with the pianist and the performance at the competition (payable after admission to the 2nd round).
• The announcement of the results of the competition, as well as the awarding of prizes and certificates will take place on Sunday, 05.05.2024 at around 18:00.
• It is compulsory for all participants to be present at the announcement of the results.

What happens if I am not in the final? 
• All candidates in the first round will receive a certificate of participation by email.

What are the prizes?  
• The results of the final round will be announced by e-mail to the winners on the date specified in the call for entries and published on our website and social media channels.
• All finalists will receive a certificate documenting the competition award by email.
• All other finalists will receive a certificate via email that they participated in the final round.
• In 2024, the following prizes will be awarded in the competition:

1st prize – €1000, donated by Jason Price, Tarisio Auctions.
2nd prize – 750 €, donated by the Blatow Foundation
3rd prize -500 € , donated by the Anton Rubinstein International Academy of Music.

• The finalists of the competition will have the opportunity to borrow the Italian violin and the French violin bow of the Blatov Foundation. These are a 3/4 violin by Carlo Bergonzi II from 1780 in Cremona, a violin by Bernardo Calcagno from 1743 in Genoa, a violin bow by Eugène Sartory and a 3/4 violin bow by Louis Morizot.

How can I register for the competition?
• To register, candidates need the following documents:
– Biography (in Word only)
–  Photo
– Video links (YouTube only)
– Proof of payment of the participation fee (PayPal or bank transfer only).
The participation fee is 100 € (Early Booking 80 € until the date published in the announcement). The participation fee is to be paid exclusively via PayPal (here) or the following bank account:
Freunde und Förderer der Anton Rubinstein Akademie 
IBAN: DE56 3022 0190 0364 0117 17 
SWIFT/BIC: HYVEDEMM414.
• When making payment, it is essential to state the full name of the participant(s) and the desired competition.
• The participation fee will not be refunded under any circumstances.

How should I make the recording? 
• The programme can be chosen freely, with a duration of approximately 15 minutes.
• Candidates may submit one or more YouTube video links.
• The YouTube video links should be submitted directly at the time of registration, but may still be submitted by e-mail up to the registration deadline for the respective competition.
• No new videos will be accepted after the registration deadline.
• The videos will be used for judging in both rounds. Finalists do not have to submit new videos.

What are the legal conditions?
• With their registration, participants allow the organiser to freely dispose of the photo, sound and video recordings submitted to the competition for the purpose of documentation and public relations on its website and social media channels.
• The jury’s decision is final.
• All registration deadlines and dates can be found in the announcement of the respective competition on our website.
• With their registration, the candidates confirm their agreement with the competition conditions.

Schedules
  • Schedules are being worked on and will be published soon.