Open to violinists of all nationalities who were born after November 4th, 1997, the Mirecourt International Violin Competition, organized by Jeunesses Musicales de Mirecourt, is scheduled to take place from November 4th to November 12th, 2023, in the scenic locations of Mirecourt and Thaon-les-Vosges, France.
The roster of contestants for this year's competition includes:
- Leonid Anikin (22 years old, representing Russia)
- Garance Cartou (19 years old, representing France)
- Sung-Chi Chang (22 years old, representing Taiwan)
- Lea Glubochansky (22 years old, representing Canada/Israel)
- Matthew Hakkarainen (23 years old, representing USA/Finland)
- Myeongbin Han (24 years old, representing South Korea)
- Hyewon Huh (18 years old, representing South Korea)
- Anna Im (26 years old, representing South Korea)
- Hannah Kim (21 years old, representing South Korea)
- Hsin-Yu Shih (24 years old, representing Taiwan)
- Chih-En Kuo (23 years old, representing Taiwan)
- Hyunjeong Lee (24 years old, representing South Korea)
- Clara Messina (18 years old, representing France)
- Sakura Nakagawa (23 years old, representing Japan)
- Muriel Oberhofer (23 years old, representing Switzerland)
- Yixuan Ren (22 years old, representing China)
- Emrik Revermann (15 years old, representing Canada/Germany)
- Biel Ricart Gélinas (22 years old, representing Spain/Canada)
- Jieun Son (25 years old, representing South Korea)
- Maria Sotriffer (24 years old, representing Austria)
- Leyang Tang (23 years old, representing China)
- Kristóf Tóth (23 years old, representing Hungary)
- Maxim Tzekov (23 years old, representing Austria)
- Yoichiro Ueno (21 years old, representing Japan)
- Quentin Vogel (22 years old, representing France)
- Sophie Wang (24 years old, representing Taiwan)
- Jaewon Wee (24 years old, representing South Korea)
- Esther Yang (23 years old, representing South Korea)
- Yinan Zhao (25 years old, representing China)
The esteemed jury for the 2023 competition will consist of Christian Altenburger (Austria), Nora Chastain (USA), Hu Kun (China), Alissa Margulis (Russia), Mihaela Martin (Romania), Lavard Skou-Larsen (Brazil), and Marianne Piketty (France).
Prizes for the competition winners include €5,000 for first place, €3,000 for second place, €1,000 for third place, and €500 for fourth place. Additionally, there will be several special prizes, such as the Modern Bow Prize worth €4,000, a prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary piece, an award for the best interpretation of the French sonata, and the Special Prize of Contemporary String Instrument Manufacturing, which includes a two-year loan of a violin by David Wiedmer.
Notable previous first prize winners from the competition's last edition include Nathan Mierdl, Jian Ren, Yuna Ha, Roman Kholmatov, Yuliia Van, and Qingzhu Weng.
