The first edition of the International Piano and Violin Performance Contest brought together 144 participants. We are grateful that we have participants from all over Romania, from the Republic of Moldova, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Italy and Portugal. We thank everyone and congratulate them for their participation and for the work they do every day to achieve performance in music.

The youngest Participants at the International Piano and Violin Contest

Instead of other words and statistics, we present to you what Anne Sophie Dogaru (5 years old) wrote to us: ”Thank you for the opportunity to participate at this contest. I play piano with all my heart and I hope to share the happiness that I feel when I read a new score or when my interpretation gets better. I am grateful to my beloved piano teacher, as well.”

We also would like to introduce to you the youngest violin competitor – Beatrice Ambra (5 years old). She started studying violin for less than a year, with her parents Prof. Antonio Ambra and Alexandra Butnaru. She has already performed in concerts as soloist or as member of young chamber music ensembles. She loves classical music and her favorite violinist is Itzhak Perlman.

We wish all the participants success and a lot of love for music, so that we can be proud that we found out about them on the beautiful occasion of the International Piano and Violin Performance Contest of the Festival 4 Arts (Festivalul de Arte).

The Public Prize for the Participants at the International Piano and Violin Contest

While the Jury listens to the competitors’ interpretations, we invite you to vote for your favorite contestant. The public vote can be done by appreciating the video with the favorite contestant on YouTube or by commenting with his/her name on the post on Facebook, the festival page: https://www.facebook.com/festivaluldearte, of this article.

Rule: Anyone who appreciates can „like” the video on YouTube AND can comment on Facebook with the name of the favorite competitor, but it is not aloud to comment on Facebook several times with the same name.

You can listen to the performances of the participants in the International Piano and Violin Contest by clicking the link to the playlists of each section or the links next to each one’s name.

Time references

The Public Vote will last till the 3rd of April at 23:59. We shall offer two Public Prizes – one for YouTube and the other for Facebook, and they will be 20 Euro (100 lei) each. Many other Prizes will be announced with the results of the contest, on 2nd April night. On 3rd of April night will have the Laureates Gala – Premiere on YouTube and on 4th April night will announce the Festival 4 Arts’ Trophy. Read the Rules for more details regarding Prizes.

The List of Participants International Piano and Violin Contest

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